On the 22nd, the "First Shanghai Qunwen Art and Calligraphy Cadres Exhibition and the First 'Creation Workshop' Achievement Report" kicked off at the Shanghai Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, exhibiting more than 60 works of art and calligraphy cadres from the city's cultural centers, Qunyi Museums, and Jinshan Peasant Painting Institute.
This is a display of the overall appearance of the creation of the cadres of the Shanghai group of arts and calligraphy, and it is also a report on the results of the "Creation Workshop" training activity with the theme of collection, creation and exchange. The exhibition takes the language and expression of art and calligraphy as the focus of exploration, and presents the personal experience and thinking of the group literature cadres in the process of mass art and calligraphy creation under the background of Shanghai culture through the display of excellent works, the recording of the creative process, and the collection of creative materials, and deeply discovers the self-awareness of the contemporary group culture cadres on the mass culture under the background of Jiangnan culture, and studies the living conditions and phenomena of the mass culture in the contemporary context.
The exhibition is organized by the Shanghai Mass Art Museum and the Shanghai Changning District Culture and Tourism Bureau, organized by the Shanghai Changning Culture and Art Center, curated by the Shanghai Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, and supported by the Shanghai District Cultural Centers and Qunyi Museums. This year, Shanghai Changning Culture and Art Center was awarded the "Shanghai Mass Literature and Art (Art) Creation Base" for the first time, and the base at the opening ceremony was officially unveiled. This indicates that the Changning Culture and Art Center will take the construction of the base as the starting point, provide high-quality resources and soil for the development of Shanghai Qunwen art creation, and provide a broader art exchange platform for Qunwen art creators.
After the opening ceremony, the cadres of art and calligraphy creation in various districts and the leaders in charge of some cultural centers discussed and shared their experiences on the relationship between literary and artistic creation and mass cultural guidance, the popularization of aesthetic education, how to use fragmented time for literary and artistic creation, the mechanism guarantee of creative work, and the difficulties and solutions encountered in the process, and made a series of plans for the follow-up development of the exhibition.
Shanghai group art and calligraphy cadres work hard in the front line of mass cultural creation, they are not only the backbone of static group art creation in various districts, but also the guide and organizer of mass art and calligraphy creation in various districts. Nowadays, the level of calligraphy creation in Shanghai is improving day by day, and the centralized display is conducive to the exchange of learning Xi, to better examine the self-quality of the cadres of the group, and to the grassroots counseling and organization of major art calligraphy activities with higher professional quality.
Therefore, the exhibition has formulated a long-term implementation plan and goals, focusing on the study of the creative process of local group culture cadres in Shanghai, building the brand building of the development of contemporary group culture cadres, and using the Shanghai Mass Art Museum as a professional guide, the high-quality resources of Changning Culture and Art Center and cultural centers in various districts, presenting the trajectory of the inheritance, development, transformation and evolution of group art calligraphy creation in the present, and constantly promoting the exchange of outstanding group art and calligraphy cadres in various districts to promote the in-depth development of creation.
The exhibition plans to use the "Biennale" as a continuous record to trigger and strengthen the creative enthusiasm of the cadres of Qunwen art and calligraphy, so as to inspire the cadres to pursue higher art and leave better works for the citizens and society. The exhibition will last until January 7, 2024.