Zhang Hai, a famous calligrapher who has been active in the Chinese calligraphy scene for more than half a century and has been the pioneer of artistic advocacy and leading the trend, has now handed over to the world his new understanding in the field of calligraphy after reaching the age of 80. On April 10th, the exhibition of Zhang Hai's new works after 80 years opened at the National Art Museum of China, exhibiting more than 120 pieces (groups) of calligraphy works created by Zhang Hai after the age of 80, including regular script, official script, seal script, and cursive calligraphy.
As the honorary chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association and the "Lifetime Achievement Calligrapher of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles", Zhang Hai has held exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China three times in the past 20 years. At the opening ceremony, Zhang Hai, who has become white, is still in good spirits, and he said that the exhibitions held every few years have forced him to be tireless, listen to opinions from all sides, and constantly revise in reflection and digestion. "The mountain is eight thousand eight high, and a few people climb it at the top; This is Zhang Hai's self-exhortation poem, which describes the difficulty of standing on the shoulders of giants and rising "one centimeter" high. But at the age of 80, he will continue to sprint towards the "one centimeter" with high spirits.
The exhibition is divided into three parts: "Eighty Tireless", "Thirty Standing" and "Advancing with the Times". The first part, "Eighty Tireless", comprehensively exhibits Zhang Hai's newly created regular script, official script, seal script, and cursive script. Most of the exhibits are eight feet and six feet, mainly in large characters, and the middle hall, banners, screens, and buckets are available. The second part, "Standing at Thirty", focuses on small characters, including various forms of fans, albums, handscrolls, etc. The third part, "Advancing with the Times", focuses on cursive calligraphy with "breaking the front" as the main feature.
Wu Weishan, director of the National Art Museum of China, said that Mr. Zhang Hai has a deep relationship with the National Art Museum of China. From organizing group exhibitions to holding solo exhibitions, important works from different periods of his calligraphy career have been exhibited at the National Art Museum of China. Mr. Zhang Hai was also invited to serve as an advisor to the Exhibition Collection Review Committee of the National Art Museum of China, and donated more than 40 representative works to the National Art Museum of China, enriching the collection of contemporary calligraphy at the National Art Museum of China. Through the exhibition of works, the audience can truly feel the spiraling climb of a calligrapher, and see the vigorous creative vitality from this calligrapher. The exhibition will be on view until April 20.
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After appreciating Zhang Hai's vigorous and powerful calligraphy masterpieces, walking into the No. 2 Hall on the first floor of the National Art Museum of China, it is a bright scene of spring. At the same time, the National Art Museum of China held the "Void and Divine Elements - Li Xuesong's Flower and Bird Painting Exhibition", allowing the audience to enter the magnificent natural world through large-scale flower and bird paintings. The works of Li Xuesong, a painter from the Beijing Fine Art Academy, are based on traditional brushwork and ink, and he is good at finding creative materials from sketching, and constantly develops new themes and techniques for flower and bird painting. In recent years, he has created a series of works around themes such as "Endless Life" and "Rainforest".
In order to create the "Tropical Rainforest" series, Li Xuesong and several artist friends have walked more than half of the world's top ten rainforests. In his view, the rainforest is a distant existence far away from modern society and human civilization, and is completely in a state of self-generation and symbiosis. The natural and true beauty of life contained in it is exactly what he wants to express. The more than 30 huge works of flowers and birds on display were created by Li Xuesong after sketching and inspecting many tropical rainforests around the world, and the audience can feel the beauty of life in which all things coexist and interdepend.
"Li Xuesong not only paints flowers and birds, but also raises and researches. Wu Hongliang, president of the Beijing Fine Art Academy, recalled that at a party, an expert in animal and plant protection once introduced to him: "Li Xuesong of your Beijing Fine Art Academy is very famous in our industry. Flowers, insects, birds and birds are all connected. In Wu Hongliang's view, the saying "Kung Fu is outside the painting" is indeed true. Therefore, the vivid colors and flexible forms in the cedar paintings are the result, the creative fruits of true love and real life. The exhibition will be on view until April 16.