The Paper's reporter Li Mei
Next year is the 110th anniversary of the establishment of Shanghai Art College, and the art teachers who are currently active in Shanghai's major universities have changed their pursuit of art, and what is their artistic style?
On September 27th, the 5th "Colleges within Colleges" Art Invitation Exhibition opened at xiang art center in Nanxiang, Shanghai, which focused on more than 100 works by art teachers from many institutions of higher learning in Shanghai, including Tongji University, Fudan University, Shanghai University, East China Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai Theater Academy, Donghua University, etc., showing the group art style of contemporary Shanghai college art teachers.
Exhibition poster of Shanghai Nanxiang Zhenxiang Art Center
Pursue the object in your heart, stick to your own simple state, share your sincere feelings, feel everything in sketching, and discover yourself in the journey. ——Feng Xinqun
In my painting creation, I pursue a simple, thick and eternal spiritual feeling, through the understanding and generalization of objects and images, and explain the relationship between things and me in a simple formal language, so that the works can release the inner spiritual power. --Chen Di
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Before entering the exhibition hall, the reporter read the art declaration of the 29 exhibitors of the invitation exhibition on the display wall next to the preface of the introductory exhibition, and not only could they read their pursuit and understanding of art, but also felt the enthusiasm of the artists in the college for life and their attitude on the road of art.
Exhibition site
Universities and colleges are one of the most important gathering places for Shanghai artists, and artists in colleges and universities serve their respective goals of art education while basing themselves on the art itself and immersing themselves in the most extensive artistic creation practice. They carry the dual responsibility of improving art education and cultural inheritance in the context of social development. Since modern times, Shanghai has been the first place for art education in the Kaihai school. In 1912, the establishment of the Shanghai Academy of Graphic Arts (later renamed Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts) not only opened the first page in the history of modern art education in China, but also marked the formal birth of a new type of school with the concept of modern art education, thus building an advanced art education system and cultivating specialized art talents, and then various art schools mushroomed, making Shanghai the largest in the country at that time, and quickly radiated to Hangzhou, Suzhou, Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places. As a result, Chinese art education also has a scale series effect and has an international impact.
Exhibition site
Next year is the 110th anniversary of the establishment of Shanghai Art College, more than 100 years later, how have the art teachers active in Shanghai's major universities changed in their pursuit of art, and what new manifestations of their artistic style?
At the fifth "College within College" art invitation exhibition on the same day, the reporter saw that the exhibition focused on presenting more than 100 works by art teachers from many institutions of higher learning in Shanghai, including Tongji University, Fudan University, Shanghai University, East China Normal University, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai Theater Academy, Donghua University, etc., showing the group art style of contemporary Shanghai college art teachers.
According to the organizers, this exhibition is a positive measure based on the current situation of artistic creation in Shanghai universities, development opportunities and urban integration conditions. The exhibition, titled "College within College", also reflects a pursuit of them.
Zhu Gang opera character paintings on display at the scene
From the depiction of urban landscape to the portrayal of seaside fishing villages, from the attention of home life to the recording of pastoral fruits and vegetables, from the freehand of traditional opera to the visual performance of contemporary pen and ink... The surging news reporter saw at the scene that the artistic works of the 29 college art teachers participating in the exhibition showed a diversified and personalized artistic style. Among them, Zhu Gang, dean of the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, exhibited vivid depictions of opera characters such as "Fifteen Guans Lou A Rat", and the well-known artist Shao Dazhen once commented: "Zhu Gang portrays characters, absorbs Western painting sketching techniques, and integrates the body shaping method into the brush and ink of traditional Chinese painting, which is particularly interesting." ”
Shanghai Qunyi Museum Chen Di's series of works on the sea living room present a variety of Shanghai living room scenery, including fashionable modern decoration, as well as the real scene of "trance in the world" in the old house in the countryside. It is worth mentioning that this series of works, a change in the past Chen Di's good use of black and white gray tones, the picture appears brighter and lighter. "Perhaps it is also a manifestation of my mood change, I now live in Shanghai, rooted in Shanghai, I want to record the current state of Shanghai's living room, the living room is the façade of each home, but also the epitome of life." They gather the characteristics of an era, and perhaps it will be more meaningful to look back at these works in a decade or two. Chen Di said that he will continue to carry out this series as a long-term creative direction for himself.
Chen Di is one of the "Sea Living Room Series"
Artist Wang Xiaoshuang's "City of Memory" and other works start from self-subjectivity and create some imagery "monsters" that exist in the mind. The tall buildings, made up of clusters of heavy oil paints, have an almost relief textured three-dimensional style, which expresses the artist's intuitive impression of the real world. "Most of China's cities will become very similar after expansion, if you go to a second-tier city, you will find that it feels the same: the building complex in the center of the city's CBD has grown the same, before the buildings in Shanghai were old bungalows, Beijing was a courtyard, but now to see the buildings outside the fourth ring road of Beijing and outside the central ring of Shanghai are similar, they are all kinds of skyscrapers." People see the city, but they can't see its original 'face'. Wang Xiaoshuang introduced.
Wang Xiaoshuang Exhibition site of "City of Memory"
Chen Jianhui's "Happy Land No. 3" of Donghua University integrates its understanding of visual culture and personality analysis into ink painting; Wu Gang's "Transit" of Tongji University uses its own interpretation of ink painting to carry out personalized experiments and explorations from the current perspective, giving people a certain visual impact; Luo Weimin's "Flower Shadow" of Shanghai University of Commerce and other colorful and dazzling oil paintings bring people a sense of novelty in the change of thick and light ink.
Chen Jianhui 《 The Promised Land No. 3 》
Luo Weimin ,Flower Shadow
In addition, Zheng Han's "This Mountain and The Other Mountain" of Shanghai University of Technology is colorful and interesting; Wang Yuan's "Ten Thousand Animals Garden" of the Academy of Fine Arts of East China Normal University breaks the traditional quadrilateral composition and is free and loose; Feng Xinqun of Donghua University's "Badgang Old Han I" Has a portrait of the character so far, looking at ease; Ni Wei's "Skyscraper East" of the School of Fine Arts of Shanghai University is meticulously sketched and full of decoration.
Zheng Han , "This Mountain and The Other Mountain"
Wang Yuan, "The Garden of Ten Thousand Animals"
Feng Xinqun, "Budgang Old Man I"
Also on display are Su Yansheng's "Still Sky NO.3" by Su Yansheng of the School of Fine Arts of Shanghai Normal University, "Wu Song RiverBank" by You Shuai of Shanghai University, "Mian Mian Gua Wan" by Hu Jining of Shanghai Theater Academy, "Paper Ink Spring and Autumn Heavenly Circle Local Series" by Xu Demin of the School of Humanities of Fudan University, He Wei of Tongji University "Mo", and Xiao Suhong's "Continental Drift Series" of Shanghai University, all of which present unique artistic styles in their respective artistic creations.
Su Yansheng 《Quiet Space NO.3》
Hu Jining, "Mian Mian Gua Wan"
According to reports, most of the artists invited to participate in the exhibition are doctoral supervisors, master tutors, professors, etc. who teach in major universities in Shanghai. Compared with previous "Colleges within Colleges" exhibitions, this exhibition presents the latest artistic explorations of artists from Shanghai universities. As a regular art exhibition, this exhibition is oriented to exploration, exchange, pluralism and equality, and innovation, aiming to build an interactive platform for the normalization of artistic creation in Shanghai universities and showcase their latest creative achievements. The exhibition is organized in a relaxed manner, the authors have different ideas, and the themes of the works are diverse.
Xiang Art Center is located in Nanxiang Town
"This exhibition has received strong support from Nanxiang Town, Jiading District." Curator Luo Weimin told the surging news on the spot, "Nanxiang Town is a thousand-year-old town with deep historical and cultural accumulation due to the temple, and the town still preserves the ancient well of Xiaoliang built in the Southern Dynasty period and the brick pagoda of the temple during the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ancient town has been full of famous artists, including Li Liufang, one of the four gentlemen of Jiading in the Ming Dynasty, Wu Zhipan, a famous bamboo carving artist in the Qing Dynasty, and Lu Yushao, a contemporary Chinese painter, all from Nanxiang. In modern times, with the rise of Shanghai, the 'Hai School', represented by Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo and other artists, has become one of the most important painting schools in modern China. In this context, in addition to traditional art, we bring art categories including oil painting, watercolor, installation and comprehensive materials to Nanxiang, so that more artists can gather here to create and display, which I think is very meaningful for the development of culture and art in Nanxiang Town. ”
It is reported that the exhibition is sponsored by the People's Government of Nanxiang Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, Shanghai Nanxiang Zhidi Enterprise Investment Management Co., Ltd., and hosted by Xiang Art Center and Nanxiang Town Painting Art Creation Center of Jiading District, Shanghai. The exhibition will run until 27 October 2021.
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