Zhang Jie
The word is half white, the word blunt, the number Kui Lu, The Temple. Born in 1963 in Taizhou, Zhejiang. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts and the Master and Doctoral Students of China Academy of Art, and obtained a doctorate degree in fine arts. He is currently a professor at the China Academy of Art, a member of the Academic Committee of the School of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, the director of the Institute of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, and a graduate tutor. President of Zhejiang Modern Ink Painting Research Institute, member of China Artists Association, member of Xiling Printing Society.
Feilong Zhai 47.5cm× 142cm Color on paper, 2017
Zhang Jie likes the quiet and indifferent "ancient meaning" realm. He called himself "nostalgic for an old-fashioned humanistic care," nostalgia for the "life of a literati and a scholar," and a yearning for "the realm of the unity of heaven and man," which "is a desire for the needs of our civilized society." Zhang Jie likes ancient Chinese poetry, You Xi Yuanqu, saying that Yuanqu is "peaceful, scattered, with a literati loose mentality", which is close to his personality. In fact, Chinese artists have always admired freedom and looseness, rather than iron discipline. Historian Yu Yingshi said: "Free diffusion can almost summarize the social character of all Chinese, not only literati and scholars, but also peasants. ”
——Lang Shaojun
Gudu Wanqing 44cm×64cm Color on paper, 2016
Zhang Jie's painting practice is premised on the knowledge and understanding of tradition, he does not study tradition linearly according to historical chronology, but uses his own learning to explore those propositions that are rich in academic significance and commonality in tradition. He was well aware that "cultivation" was mainly the truth of "cultivating wisdom", and the Zhou Yi said that "knowing the past and learning from the past, studying deeply and studying several" is aimed at guiding people to approach the essence of wisdom in the tradition of contemplation, so as to achieve the highest state of wisdom. At this level, the trend of traditional trends and the energy of hair growth will be transformed into the visitor's own cognition. In addition to his creation, Zhang Jie has written a large number of traditional notes, and has made serious analysis and elaboration on the artistic characteristics, pen and ink techniques, language forms, constituent elements, character characteristics, and artistic expression of the landscape (see his book "Illustration of Chinese Freehand Landscape painting method"), which shows that there are always many practical problems in his thinking that have been touched upon in practice. He used these questions to persecute tradition, so he could go straight to the church and find the answer to the heart.
- Van Diean
Appreciation:
Iwao Yoshida 44cm×64cm Color on paper, 2016
Cui Jia River Bottom 47cm×70cm Color on Paper, 2015
Gao Qijiakuo 47cm×70cm Color on paper, 2015
Cen Shan Yuan, 47cm×75cm, color on paper, 2016
Lan Jia'an 48cm×75cm Color on paper, 2016
Qiulin Tingquan figure 30cm × 656cm color on paper 2013