Bookish
The fourth invitational exhibition of Chinese contemporary calligraphers and painters
Special regards
(in alphabetical order of last name)
Chen Li (Qing) Lai Shaoqi
Lu Yanshao, Wang Guichen
Wu Guanzhong, Jao Tsung-i
Zhu Xinjian
Participating Artists
(in alphabetical order of last name)
Chen Sipeng
Chen Yongzheng Chen Zhiping
Fang Tu Gu Qing
Pregnant with a Lin Haizhong
Luo Tao Ren light
Wang Shaoqiang, Wang Zhongyong
Wu Jiecong, Xiao Wenliang
Xu Xiwen and Zhang Dong
Zhang Gong Zhang Wei
Zhu Tao
Organizers
Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute
Opening time
April 19, 2024
Exhibition Hours:
April 19 to May 4, 2024 (Closed on holidays)
Exhibition Venue:
Yangcheng Creative Industry Park, Huangpu Avenue, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
3-12 Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute
Preface
"If there is heaven, then heaven should be what a library looks like. "If Borges said, one of the most beautiful breaths in the world must be bookishness.
So, what kind of breath is bookishness?
Under the "one breath", the Yangcheng Evening News Art Research Institute has held four consecutive bookish exhibitions, and will continue to do so.
The aesthetic issues of calligraphy, painting, its core, spirit, individuality, commonality, interest, contemporaneity, etc., are infinitely extendable cultural topics, which are worthy of our continuous inquiry, pursuit, questioning, exploration, and exploration.
Since the first edition of the 2022 Book Air Exhibition, we have brought the Book Air Exhibition from the city to the countryside, aiming to collide and integrate the book air with the ancient charm of the countryside and the atmosphere of the mountains and forests, so as to make it more vibrant and keep pace with the times.
The authors of the exhibition are not only professional painters, calligraphers, but also scholars and cultural people, as well as the works of Chen Li, Lai Shaoqi, Lu Yanshao, Jao Tsung-i, Wang Guichen, Wu Guanzhong, Zhu Xinjian and other famous masters, presenting the rich core and rich physiognomy of the bookish atmosphere.
The period of books is endless, like the bloom of spring.
- Zhao Xuhong
artist
Zhang wei
Question: What is "bookish atmosphere"? Please answer in one sentence.
Zhang Wei: It is the external manifestation of elegant temperament and good quality.
Question: The ancients said: Calligraphy and painting should be a rhyme. What is the rhyme?
Zhang Wei: In order to answer the question, I studied Baidu.
Question: What is your ideal "bookish atmosphere"? Please cite one or two typical cases.
Zhang Wei: If you can have a slow life of leisure and leisure, you can learn from the ancients to improve yourself.
Question: When looking at all things, when "reflexively and sincerely", will "bookishness" exalt its "sincerity", or will it obscure its "sincerity"?
Zhang Wei: It's hard to say, it varies from person to person.
Question: Jiang Kuiyan said: "The text works with the text, not the text." However, there is no good thing. "The reason why "bookish atmosphere" can arouse your aesthetic feelings, is because of what kind of rules and characteristics of the combination of forms?
Zhang Wei: I don't know if there are similar rules and characteristics to the often said "from the impossible to the law" and then from the "there is the law to the lawless".
Question: "The beauty of poetry is vague, and the realism is not spectacular", is the same for "bookishness"?
Zhang Wei: Is it a bit similar to the meaning of "rare and confused"?
Question: In Dream of Red Mansions, Baoyu distinguishes everything in the world by "Qing" and "turbidity", can "bookish qi" replace "Qing"? Which word can represent "turbidity"?
Zhang Wei: The contrast between "clear" and "turbid" is called the "water metaphor", and in "Dream of Red Mansions", it is used as a metaphor for human nature, but can human nature stand the test?
Q: In terms of art, what is the ideal world you are pursuing, and is it related to "bookishness"?
Zhang Wei: I'm afraid that the pursuit of too much idealism will make me too tired.
Q: Does bookishness affect your creative state, and how?
Zhang Wei: Just follow the fate.
Q: Is the epochal or transcendent importance of "bookish atmosphere"?
Zhang Wei: Maybe it's all important.
Zhang Wei, Old Street, 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2021
Zhang Wei, Waiting, 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2021
Zhang Wei, Daily Life in the Community, 34cm×45cm, ink and color on paper, 2021
Zhang Wei, "Don't Say Goodbye", 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, Spring Cold, 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, In Spring, 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, Harbor, 24cm×27cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, "Today's Light Rain", 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, "The Past Like a Song", 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, "The Other Side of the Mountain", 38cm×38cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
Zhang Wei, "The Rooftop Family", 34cm×45cm, ink and color on paper, 2022
About the Artist
Zhang Wei, born in Guangzhou in 1964, graduated from the High School Affiliated to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1984 and from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1988. He is currently a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the vice president of the High School Affiliated to the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Chinese Artists Association.
About the Artist (in alphabetical order of last name)
Chen Ji: A full-time painter of Guangdong Academy of Fine Arts, a national first-class artist, deputy director of the Theory Committee of the Guangdong Artists Association, and a member of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the Guangdong Artists Association
Chen Sipeng: Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Chinese of Sun Yat-sen University, member of Xiling Seal Society, member of China Calligraphers Association
Chen Yongzheng: Researcher, professor and doctoral supervisor of the Institute of Ancient Literature, Department of Chinese, Sun Yat-sen University, former vice chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and former chairman of the Guangdong Calligraphers Association
Chen Zhiping: Director of the Institute of Calligraphy, Jinan University, Professor (Level 2), Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Expert of the Ministry of Education's Major Research Project "Research on the Collation of Chinese Calligraphy Materials and Database Construction".
Fang Tu: Researcher of China National Academy of Painting, former director of the Art Museum, director of the Chinese Artists Association, member of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association, and honorary chairman of the Guangdong Artists Association
Gu Qing: Associate researcher and deputy director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese Academy of Arts
Huaiyi: Professional painter of Beijing Fine Art Academy, member of China Artists Association, national first-class artist
Lin Haizhong: Professor and doctoral supervisor of the Department of Chinese Painting of the China Academy of Art, deputy director of the Calligraphy and Painting Appraisal Center of the China Academy of Art, and vice president of the Lu Yanshao Art Research Association
Luo Tao: Cultural scholar
Ren Guangguang: Professional artist
Wang Shaoqiang: Director of Guangdong Museum of Art, Professor, Second-level Researcher of Cultural Relics Museum, Doctoral Supervisor, Expert Enjoying Special Allowance of the State Council, Director of China Artists Association
Wang Zhongyong: Director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, member of the Calligraphy Committee of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, Vice Chairman of the Guangdong Calligraphers Association, Associate Professor of the School of Chinese Painting of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and Tutor of Master Students
Wu Jiecong: Full-time painter of Guangzhou Painting Academy
Xiao Wenliang: Chairman of Wuxi Young Artists Association
Xu Xiwen: Deputy Director of the Art Committee of the China Auction Association, Visiting Professor and Special Researcher of many universities, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Guan Shanyue Art Foundation, and President of Guangdong Chongzheng Auction Co., Ltd
Zhang Dong: Professor and master's tutor of the School of Chinese Painting of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, member of the Chinese Artists Association, director of the Guangdong Chinese Painting Society, and member of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the Guangdong Artists Association
Zhang Gong: Academic member of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, executive editor-in-chief of the journal, visiting professor and master's tutor of the School of Fine Arts and Design of Guangzhou University
Zhang Wei is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and the vice president of the High School Affiliated to the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Zhu Tao: Professional artist
Editor/Wang Qitong
Question/Concubine Gao
Poster Design / Cheng Sheng
Reviewer/Zhao Xuhong
Issued / Zhang Yanqin
Editor-in-charge|Wang Qitong