Chinanews.com, Beijing, December 24 (Reporter Ying Ni) The closing exhibition of the National Art Fund project "Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)" opened on the 23rd at the China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, and many precious exhibits of Suzhou embroidery were on public display for the first time.
"Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)" works "Spring Returns to the Earth". Photo by Ying Ni
"Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)" brings together the masterpieces of Suzhou embroidery art in the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, these works are rich in themes, exquisite craftsmanship and diverse styles, which not only reflect the outstanding artistic level, but also systematically demonstrate the continuous innovation and development process of Suzhou embroidery in terms of materials, crafts, themes and styles on the basis of inheriting excellent traditions; It reveals the core of Suzhou embroidery and the generation trajectory of its artistic appearance at multiple levels. Many of these exhibits are being shown to the public for the first time.
The double-sided embroidery masterpiece "White Cat Playing with the Praying Mantis" exhibited at the "Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)". Photo by Ying Ni
The reporter saw the double-sided embroidery masterpiece "White Cat Playing Mantis" at the scene, this work was embroidered in 1956, the white cat is embroidered layer by layer with needles and virtual and real needles, and the fluff is expressed as smooth and silky; Different from the "two-sided light" on daily necessities, double-sided embroidery refers to embroidery used for ornamentation. In the 50s of the 20th century, Suzhou embroidery artists used the double-sided embroidery method to appreciate embroidery, resulting in a number of masterpieces.
Scene of "Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)". Photo by Ying Ni
"Spring Back to the Earth" embroidered in 1978, Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute invited Li Kuchan, Guan Shanyue, Cheng Shifa, Huang Zhou and other 12 painters to create embroidery for the Suzhou embroidery collective, Zhao Puchu inscribed "Spring Back to the Earth". The whole work is four meters long and 1.5 meters wide, and the composition is full, with different styles and swaying flowers gathered together, which is a grand view.
Zha Yingdong, deputy mayor of Suzhou, said that Suzhou relies on a long history and rich cultural heritage to vigorously develop the economic and cultural industry, providing a good development condition and platform for a large number of traditional handicrafts and intangible cultural heritage represented by Suzhou embroidery.
The guests launched the exhibition on the spot. Courtesy of China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum
Sultan, deputy director of the China Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, pointed out that the exhibition shows the wonderful handicraft skills of Suzhou embroidery through a large number of precious historical documents and embroidery works, and traces its glorious history and unique regional humanities, from which we can see the adjustment of production relations, the liberation of productive forces, the flow of aesthetics and the vivid and delicate balance between the mental state of the creative subject. He believes that a good exhibition is an exhibition with questions, but also an exhibition with the courage and wisdom to ask and answer themselves, from which the public can share the joy, the industry can learn from the experience, and the creators can be deeply inspired, and the "Suzhou Embroidery Art Documentary Exhibition (1949-2019)" is such an exemplary exhibition. (ENDS)