Xiang embroidery, which originated and is popular in Hunan, is a national intangible cultural heritage, and is equally famous with Su embroidery, Shu embroidery and Cantonese embroidery, and has four famous embroideries in China.
Xiang embroidery is mostly based on lions, tigers and other beasts of prey as the theme of creation, its unique mane needle method is the representative stitching method of expressing animals. Li Yan, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, on the basis of the traditional mane needle, also invented four new stitching methods - sweat needle, hair needle, curly hair needle, and fluff needle, all of which have been patented.
She integrates the three-dimensional, light and shadow performance into the traditional Xiang embroidery, embroidery landscapes and streams can be heard, embroidered hundreds of animal hair appears, to achieve the artistic effect of "distant viewing grandeur, close to see the divine" artistic effect, so that Xiang embroidery has the reputation of "embroidered peanut fragrance, embroidered birds can listen to sounds, embroidered tigers can run, embroidery people can convey the gods".
Li Yan
A leading figure in contemporary Chinese embroidery
Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts
Representative inheritor of Xiang embroidery intangible cultural heritage
Experts who enjoy the allowance of the State Council
National model worker
Vice Chairman of the Embroidery Professional Committee of the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Association
Judge of the 7th and 8th China Arts and Crafts Masters Judging Committee
Judge of the Hundred Flowers Award of Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters
Director of the 2nd Embroidery Professional Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Association
Director of the Embroidery Professional Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society
He is a member of the 10th and 11th CPPCC National Committee of Hunan Province
Director of Hunan Fine Arts Association
The selection of Chinese arts and crafts masters began in 1979 and was held for seven sessions. Awarded by the department in charge of the protection of traditional arts and crafts of the State Council, it is an honorary title representing the highest level in the field of arts and crafts in the mainland. In the past 40 years, a total of 532 Chinese arts and crafts masters have been selected in the seven sessions, and 417 are currently alive.
Li Yan's work "Zhangjiajie"
As a leading figure in China's embroidery industry, Master Li Yan's works innovatively integrate the expressive techniques of Western painting on the basis of traditional Xiang embroidery, creating a precedent of "combining Chinese and Western styles to paint into embroidery", expanding the modern aesthetic expression of traditional art, and embodying the highest level of contemporary embroidery art.
Master Li Yan's works have not only won the China Hundred Flowers Gold Award many times, but also been given as a national gift to foreign heads of state visiting China. At present, three works are displayed in the Great Hall of the People of the People's Republic of China: "Zhangjiajie" is displayed in the Hunan Hall of the Great Hall of the People; "Lotus Pond Qingqu" is displayed in the People's Congress Hall of the Great Hall of the People; and "Winter Snow North Country" is displayed in the Standing Committee Building of the Great Hall of the People.
Li Yan's work "Zhangjiajie" is displayed in the Great Hall of the People
Master Li Yan's double-sided embroidery "The King of the Mountain Beast" was sold for 2.2 million yuan in Poly, Hong Kong in 2013, setting a record for the highest price of embroidery works in the auction market and creating the value proposition of contemporary embroidery artworks in the international auction market.
Master Li Yan's work "The King of mountain beasts"
The value of his works has not been known to the market for decades, and once he was born, he created the most embroidery auction, and the preciousness and market value of his art are self-evident.
In master Li Yan's nearly 40 years of artistic experience, there is a work that can be called a contemporary classic. It combines all the artistic achievements of the master and highlights the pinnacle of contemporary Chinese embroidery art. This work is "Spring Colors in the Garden" hidden in the core political hall of Zhongnanhai Haotai, and it has been reported by CCTV news network many times.
"Spring Colors in the Garden" condenses master Li Yan's artistic achievements and skills for many years, using the Western oil painting art style, inheriting the oriental embroidery art, combining Chinese and Western styles, and painting and embroidery.
Using the "Yancai embroidery" style technique he pioneered, he created it with the original stitching methods "free needle" and "three-dimensional needle", combined with nearly 100 kinds of stitching. "Spring Colors in the Garden" is a classic work of contemporary embroidery with painting into embroidery, embroidery to express meaning, and meaning to the environment.
"Spring Colors in the Garden" has a rich picture, using Western oil painting colors, inheriting the aesthetics of Oriental painting, combining Chinese and Western paintings, painting and embroidery.
"Spring Colors in the Garden" debuted at the 3rd China International Import Expo
On the left side of the picture, a large pink passionflower climbs on the mountain rock, small and cute, full of life. Symbolize the vision and expectation of the future of the motherland and a happy life;
The tulip flowers on the right side are dense, highlighting the strong vitality and vitality, wishing the great motherland endless life and wishing the people a happy and healthy life;
Hummingbirds in the distance smell the incense, act as messengers of love, and return home to spread love and blessings to all over the world.
"Spring Colors in the Garden" has been praised by all walks of life, the work integrates ancient and modern, Chinese and Western, and shows the development of contemporary Chinese embroidery art to the fullest, which is a very worthy embroidery work.
Chinese lifelong achievement artist Chang Shana,
Tang Kemei, chairman of the China Arts and Crafts Association, vigorously admired "Spring Colors in the Garden"