lacquer, from the magical lacquer tree in China; Lacquer has a rich connotation, a deep heritage and a broad and inclusive mind. Therefore, the Chinese proudly call it "lacquer". China is the first country in the world to discover the "tears" of the lacquer tree, and it is also the first country to create magical lacquerware and lacquer civilization. Chongqing lacquer art is a traditional intangible cultural heritage handicraft in Chongqing. It has a long history and a long history, and can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou eras. Chongqing lacquerware is one of the four major lacquerware in China.
Chen Jing is a lacquer art teacher and master's tutor of the Department of Handicraft Art of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Ph.D. candidate in art design at the Chinese Academy of Arts. He graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in lacquer art, and has been a lacquer art teacher at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute since 2016. His research focuses on the transformation of traditional lacquer art and modern design under intangible cultural heritage. He has presided over a number of research topics such as the transformation of traditional lacquer art to experimental lacquer art and the comprehensive improvement of lacquer technology. His works have been exhibited in many art exhibitions at home and abroad.
Speaking of lacquer art, Chen Jing, born in the 90s, still remembers it vividly: when she was in the second grade of primary school, she saw lacquer painting for the first time, and an art teacher inlaid a portrait of herself with an eggshell, and Chen Jing has developed a strong curiosity about intangible cultural heritage lacquer art since then. In 2008, he took the college entrance examination and applied for the handicraft major of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute without hesitation, and chose the direction of lacquer art. Since 2016, he has been teaching at the university ever since. She hopes that she and her students will continue to inherit and innovate the traditional lacquer art, create works that are eye-catching to the public, and let more people appreciate the beauty of lacquer art.
As a university teacher in the study of the transformation of traditional lacquer art and modern design. Chen Jing deeply understands that people are gradually shifting from "mass consumption" to "niche consumption"; From functional consumption to spiritual consumption and cultural consumption, we began to pursue an artistic life. In this process, traditional lacquer art has gradually entered people's lives, and its influence on public life is increasing day by day. Therefore, the inheritance of traditional lacquer art must be "ancient for the present", contemporary lacquer art must meet the needs of people's times in the market, around the "art life" constantly develop new processes, develop new products, etc., with "innovative" way to inherit the traditional lacquer art.
At present, Chen Jing, who has been teaching for 8 years, has trained more than 160 lacquer art undergraduates, and organized master's students to further conduct in-depth research on the transformation of traditional lacquer art and modern design. Let more people appreciate the beauty of lacquer art, and add new vitality to the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage lacquer art. Lacquer art is also constantly integrated into the contemporary era towards a more brilliant future, so that the intangible cultural heritage lacquer art glows with new brilliance.
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