Venue: Bund One Art Museum, 2nd Floor, Kushi Art Center
No.1 Zhongshan East 1st Road
Exhibition period: December 20, 2020 to January 3, 2021
"Art comes from life", people who have been to the spider fast will have such feelings. The owner Zhou Ying brought the extreme pursuit of art into the pursuit of the taste of daily life, not only Zhou Ying herself, but also her wife and daughter. "My things are all used for use, not for placement", the master's seemingly plain words are rare and valuable. In the hustle and bustle of mortal dust, the dazzling but orderly spider zhai is more like a paradise, and the father and daughter are "alone and quiet" in it, leisurely depicting the art in their hearts.
This exhibition is a joint exhibition of Zhou Ying and Zhou Zhizhen's father and daughter, Zhou's father and daughter show the audience the works of recent years, including: paintings, calligraphy works, photography, personal collections, stationery supplies, etc. The exhibition will also restore the unique "lifestyle" of Jie Spider Zhai, as well as the impact of this lifestyle on artistic creation, so the exhibition will also unfold from the most ordinary daily life, such as: clothing, food, housing, travel, etc., to reveal to the audience the daily life of these two Chinese painters who will perfectly integrate ancient and modern Chinese and Western.
Curator
BoRu
Curator
Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University
Deputy Director of the Joint Studio of Aesthetic Education Teaching
Getting to know Zhou Ying Zhou Zhizhen's father and daughter began by getting to know their paintings. At an auction preview of many modern and contemporary masterpieces, the exquisite techniques and the lofty artistic conception conveyed by the pictures impressed me so much that I had never written down the name of the painter. After that, I had the opportunity to meet in person and was introduced by a friend in the Zhou family. At first, I called myself "Teacher Zhou", and Zhou Ying felt that I was outside, because I was a little Zhou Ying, and then I changed my mouth to be called "Brother" according to the local name of Shanghai. Maybe it was fate, since then, it has become a regular visitor to the Zhou family.
After becoming a regular visitor to the Spider Zhai, every visit is no longer just to see the paintings, but because this side seems to be small, but the arrangement is staggered in the Zhou's living room, everywhere naturally reveals a rare leisure and deep Chinese life culture, so that people can enter a spiritually unlimited open world from here. This Kind of Chinese-style understanding of life is not stuck in the book and belongs to the past or is closed and unchanged, but is full of new and new, full of vitality, and belongs to the daily life of the current era. Just as the so-called extravagance diet, shang clothing, camp room, taste fresh fruit, taste good tea, smell strange incense, raise spirit pets, swim in landscapes, play antiques, talk about engraving, appreciate calligraphy and painting, study rhythm, prepare everything, and be proficient in everything. Life is like this, and so is the work.
Speaking of the Zhou family, it has to be mentioned that Ying sister-in-law. The two painters in the family live daily, and the care of the inside and outside of the house depends on Ying Sister-in-law. But all the old gourmets who have tasted the craftsmanship of Ying Sister-in-law have all praised each other. Although I have been envious for a long time, I can't stand the lack of cooking skills, and I often chat with My sister-in-law about life chores after tea and dinner. That day, Sister-in-law Ying mentioned that the newly bought shoes she had bought with ZhenZhen the day before yesterday were shown to me. I looked at it and liked it, but I said that it was a pity that there were many new shoes and new clothes I bought over the years, but due to the limitations of the occasion, I did not have the opportunity to wear them. Several friends present also sighed, and joked that it was better to hold a painting exhibition, and give everyone a chance to take out the clothes and shoes at the bottom of the pressure box to breathe. I don't want all the people here that day to do things, a half-joking word, half a year to really complete this exhibition.
The soul figure of the Spider Jai, Xu Min
Because of nature, I also hope to present a kind of nature that comes from life as much as possible. With the theme of nature here, please walk with me into the real artistic life of Zhou's father and daughter.
Happy day with happy wine and food
Year Chaotu, Zhou Ying, Zhou Zhizhen, 48.5x72cm, color on paper, 2020
Exhibition Present
The owner of the Youlan small room, Zhou Zhizhen
Trick Drawing, Zhou Zhizhen, 37x155cm, Color on Paper, 2019
Shu Shu Tu, Zhou Zhizhen, 24x24.5cm, Color on Paper, 2016
Drunken Dance, Zhou Ying, 43x71cm, color on paper, 2020
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Eat more meat and drink less porridge, Zhou Ying, 35x45cm, color on paper, 2020
Grass Worm Melon Solid Map, Zhou Zhizhen, 25.6x28cm, Color on Paper, 2016
Huizong Sketch, Zhou Zhizhen, 25.6x28cm, color on paper, 2016
Wine List, Zhou Ying, Color on Paper, 2020
Jie Spider Zhai Family Feast Menu, Zhou Ying, Color on Paper, 2020
Purple Sand Clay Painting, Zhou Ying, Jade Pillar Pot, Blue Lime Sand, 2018
Song Ren Xia Tu, Zhou Zhizhen, 40.3x26.8cm, Color on Paper, 2016
Peony figure, Zhou Zhizhen, 25.6x28cm, color on paper, 2019
Autumn Tree Partridge, Zhou Zhizhen, 25.6x28cm, Color on Paper, 2016
Mu Ma Tu, Zhou Zhizhen, 25.6x28cm, color on paper, 2016
Peach Blossom Mandarin Duck, Zhou Zhizhen, 108x50cm, Color on Paper, 2020
Dongshan Crossing Water, Zhou Zhizhen, 68x33cm, color on paper, 2018
Water Moon Guanyin, Zhou Ying, 51x70cm, ink on paper
Changing Diagram of the Medicine Man's Sutra, Zhou Ying, 47x70cm, Color on Paper, 2019
Standing Statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Zhou Ying, 70x50cm, Gold on Paper, 2018
Introduction to Artists
Zhou Ying
The word Mo Qing, the number of the rich Weng. Born in Shanghai in 1965.
Sai name knot spider jai and bun bead jai. Professional painter.
Zhou Zhizhen
Owner of the Orchid Room. Born in Shanghai in 1992.
He graduated from Shanghai Vocational College of Arts and Crafts in 2014.
He studied Chinese painting and calligraphy with his father, Zhou Ying, and is now a professional painter.