"Youjuntang Art Salon" is a normalized small art exchange activity created by Li Keran Painting Institute and Songzhuang Academy. The event is held from time to time, and each issue invites senior experts in the industry to conduct dialogues, lectures, and seminars on artists' works, artistic achievements and characteristics, or a certain art topic, or through on-site art appreciation and other forms of activities to interact with the art public, so as to disseminate and promote art activities.
The fourth phase of the "Ink Reflection Heart" Ji Jun Calligraphy and Ink Art Appreciation and "Youjuntang Art Salon" jointly sponsored by the Songzhuang Institute of Li Keran Painting Institute and the Weifang Calligraphers Association will be held in Songzhuang Courtyard of Li Keran Painting Institute on the morning of May 11, 2024. The event will display nearly 40 calligraphy and ink image works created by Mr. Ji Jun in recent years, reflecting the artistic exploration path and achievements of Mr. Ji Jun who has gradually evolved to ink image creation while creating traditional calligraphy. On the opening day, there will be an expert dialogue. The exhibition will run until May 20.
About the Artist
Ji Jun, born in 1963, a native of Weifang, Shandong, a first-class artist, was the vice chairman of the Shandong Calligraphers Association and the director of the Lishu Professional Committee, and is currently the consultant of the Shandong Calligraphers Association, the chairman of the Weifang Calligraphers Association, the honorary chairman of the Weifang Calligraphy and Painting Foreign Exchange Association, and the representative of the 10th National Cultural Congress. Graduated from the Master of Calligraphy at the School of Arts, Renmin University of Chinese. He has successively published many professional collections such as "The Art of Ji Jun Calligraphy", "Selected Poems of Ji Jun", "Ji Jun Horizontal Scroll Calligraphy", "Ji Jun Photography", "Contemporary Calligraphy Masters - Ji Jun Calligraphy", "Ji Jun Calligraphy New Works", "Big Ink Boundless - Ji Jun Ink Marks", "Ji Jun Ink Image" and so on. In 1989, he held a personal calligraphy exhibition in Taiwan, and has been invited to hold personal art exhibitions at home and abroad for 24 times, and his works have participated in various major exhibitions sponsored by the China Calligraphy Association for more than 30 times, and has been invited to give academic lectures at Pingtung University and other universities in Taiwan, and has won many awards such as the "Taishan Literature and Art" Award of the Shandong Provincial Government.
Some of the works on display
Calligraphy work: Liu Yanxu's poems, 140*70cm
01
Engaged in calligraphy learning and creation for decades, I have been constantly seeking on the road of learning from the past and innovating, and I dare not be self-satisfied and stop at all. In recent years, while creating traditional calligraphy, I have begun to explore the works of "ink image", trying to find a more ideal and visually beautiful form of expression of traditional calligraphy.
--- Jijun
Calligraphy work: Bamboo shadow horizontal window, 140*70cm
02
Moxiang originated from Japanese calligraphy of the low-character school and is a major school of modern Japanese calligraphy. These "ink elephants" of mine are different from the Japanese style of ink elephants with few characters, but I also call them "ink elephants". I think they are more like "ink images", they are the various waves of ink, they are the images of ink, and the reflection of the "images" in my heart is called "ink reflecting the heart".
--- Jijun
Calligraphy works No 110*70cm
03
The reason why I have moved from traditional calligraphy to the exploration of abstract art expressions such as ink images is due to the influence of many abstract works of masters with various themes and styles that I have encountered in well-known museums and galleries around the world over the years. In the face of these works, I was unable to decipher and understand them for a while, but I was still willing to spend more time exploring, appreciating and thinking. Many majestic and hearty abstract artworks brought me a strong visual impact, which made me stop and not want to leave for a long time.
--- Jijun
意味 纸本水墨 90*90cm
04
In addition to calligraphy, photography is also my favorite art form. However, the traditional forms of expression and expression of calligraphy and video do not fully meet the needs of my mind and emotional expression.
--- Jijun
红与黑 纸本水墨 180*96cm
05
The creation of ink images breaks through the mechanical reflection of the camera, which is a free self-display of the mind, and the embodiment of the "mental image" that I cannot replicate. Each successful ink image is the only work in the world that is difficult to replicate in a specific state of mind, and it makes me experience the joy and excitement brought by the comfortable swimming of brush and ink and the free release of emotions. I was well aware of the difficulty and preciousness of this kind of creation, and I began to indulge in it unconsciously.
--- Jijun
Hechun, ink on paper, 70*70cm
06
Emotion is the leavening agent and driving force of artistic creation, and it is only under the control of the subconscious mind that emotions can be used to drive creative ideas. I present these works in the hope that they can also bring such emotions and emotions to everyone.
--- Jijun
Guest of Art Dialogue