"A Piece of Dan Heart to the Motherland - Exhibition of Wu Zuoren's Calligraphy and Painting Works in the Collection" was recently launched at the Wu Zuoren Art Museum in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Wu Zuoren studied at Shanghai University of the Arts, the Fine Arts Department of Nanguo Art College and the Art Department of Nanjing Central University, where he studied under Xu Beihong. He is also another leading figure in the Chinese art world after Xu Beihong. In the 1920s and 1930s, Wu Zuoren stayed in Europe to study Western art. He has successively served as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, chairman of the China Artists Association, and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Wu Zuoren's works are rich and diverse, including oil paintings, drawings, Chinese paintings, etc., his Chinese paintings are widely used and novel, and animals such as giant pandas have never been included in traditional Chinese paintings. The novelty of Wu Zuoren's Chinese painting has a multi-faceted presentation, and there are new evolutions and expansions in many aspects such as artistic values, artistic creation concepts, and the pen and ink spirit of Chinese painting.
Ding Jianzhong, director of Wu Zuoren Art Museum, said, "Wu Zuoren advocates 'art for life', he believes that art is not only a reflection of the soul, the expression of thought, and a language without words, so it is 'entering the world', it is 'era', and it can be understood." What the public can understand is immortal. Therefore, we must go to society to understand society and find nature in nature. ”
Even with such themes as flowers, birds, grasses and insects, Wu Zuoren can express the emotions and styles of an era through artistic techniques such as "Bixing", rather than just sticking to and being limited to the so-called "bookish feelings" of the traditional literati style. Wu Zuoren adheres to the realistic view of creation, and in his Chinese paintings, there is both the tender lyricism of the breeze and the moon, and the spirit of the excitement. Wu Zuoren, who came from a professional oil painting class, did not ignore the value of Chinese painting, on the contrary, he also required students who studied Western painting to learn a little calligraphy and paint a Chinese painting. He believes that the brush and ink of Chinese painting have more shaping power and generalization power than oil painting.
Nearly half of the 33 works of Wu Zuoren's calligraphy and paintings exhibited in this exhibition are his calligraphy works, including seal calligraphy and cursive calligraphy.
The exhibition is hosted by Suzhou Public Cultural Center and organized by Wu Zuoren Art Museum. The organizers said that on the occasion of celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the theme of the exhibition is Mr. Wu Zuoren's calligraphy "A Piece of Dan Heart to the Motherland", which is to show his heart and ardent love for the great motherland through the artistic charm and appeal of these calligraphy and painting works.
The exhibition runs until September 10.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Li Junna Text Editor: Li Junna Caption Source: Provided by the Organizer Photo Editor: Su Wei
Source: Author: Junna Li