Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and brushes, to achieve a spiritual state of ease. Fang says painting is like climbing a mountain, and as he endeavors to ascend to a higher level, he feels aspiring and meanwhile confused and unassured; but he enjoys being in such a state. The exhibition is part of Not Alone in the Righteous Path, an exhibition series initiated by the China National Academy of Painting to show works of its resident painters.

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Ink artist honors the great and the small
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Ink artist honors the great and the small

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Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

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Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
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Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
8 months, 2 weeks ago

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China Daily  

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Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

China Daily  

Ink painter Lyu Cuixia's new landscape paintings show her recent progress in the genre of ink tradition. When Lyu Cuixia joined veteran artist Lu Yushun's studio at the China National Academy of Painting years ago, she was already a skilled landscape painter adept at capturing natural marvels and personal sentiments, as noted by Lu. At Lyu's current exhibition at the …

Ink works blend power and serenity at Ningbo exhibition
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China Daily  

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Ink works blend power and serenity at Ningbo exhibition
9 months, 1 week ago

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China Daily  

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Ink works blend power and serenity at Ningbo exhibition
9 months, 1 week ago

Ink works blend power and serenity at Ningbo exhibition

China Daily  

Yue Zengguang is showing his landscape paintings in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Renowned for his distinctive artistic style, Yue Zengguang infuses vigor and masculinity into the natural elements of mountains, rivers, and trees through sharp outlines in his ink paintings. Yue's captivating artworks are currently on display at the Ningbo branch of Rongbaozhai, a cherished antique brand, in Zhejiang province. Titled …

Landscapes, country people and homesickness highlighted under strokes
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Landscapes, country people and homesickness highlighted under strokes
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Landscapes, country people and homesickness highlighted under strokes

China Daily  

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Brush up on the past
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Brush up on the past

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Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition
1 year, 11 months ago

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition

China Daily  

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Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and …

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and …

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and …

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and …

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes
2 years, 6 months ago

Ink artist shares his views in semi-abstract landscapes

China Daily  

First Month of Lunar Calendar. In his ink-brush paintings, Fang Xiang uses loose strokes to create a half-real, half-imagined world. At his solo exhibition Almighty Creation in Men's World, Fang has shown at the China National Academy of Painting dozens of his ink works in which his mature brushwork display years of exploration with the presentation of the ink and …

Seal engraving artist's not alone path to self-cultivation
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Seal engraving artist's not alone path to self-cultivation
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Mapping a blazing talent
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China Daily  

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Poetic imagery
3 years ago

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China Daily  

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Poetic imagery
3 years ago

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China Daily  

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Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Fang's works feature poetic and delicate brushstrokes. CHINA DAILY Apart from Jiangnan landscapes, the exhibition shows Fang's depictions of northern Shaanxi province, shortened to Shanbei. The expansive view of Shanbei and its rich folk cultures under his soft, free lines become distinctively serene, gentle and far-reaching, like xintianyou, a local folk music style. It also shows paintings drawn from Fang's …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Fang's works feature poetic and delicate brushstrokes. CHINA DAILY Apart from Jiangnan landscapes, the exhibition shows Fang's depictions of northern Shaanxi province, shortened to Shanbei. The expansive view of Shanbei and its rich folk cultures under his soft, free lines become distinctively serene, gentle and far-reaching, like xintianyou, a local folk music style. It also shows paintings drawn from Fang's …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Fang's works feature poetic and delicate brushstrokes. CHINA DAILY Apart from Jiangnan landscapes, the exhibition shows Fang's depictions of northern Shaanxi province, shortened to Shanbei. The expansive view of Shanbei and its rich folk cultures under his soft, free lines become distinctively serene, gentle and far-reaching, like xintianyou, a local folk music style. It also shows paintings drawn from Fang's …

Poetic imagery
3 years ago

Poetic imagery

China Daily  

Legendary Mountains of China, an ink work by Fang Jun, draws a crowd of viewers at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Exhibited works of Fang Jun display his devoted research on classical Chinese painting, Lin Qi reports. Atmospheric poetry of the Song Dynasty, considered a peak of Chinese literature, nurtured Fang Jun, the late …

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago
3 years, 11 months ago

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago

China Daily  

Hidden Dragons Frolicking in Water.2017 Deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty art, Beijing-based ink artist Tai Xiangzhou has invested a lot of time in studying the philosophical meanings behind the mountain-and-water genre of classical Chinese paintings created by Song master painters, who were also learned in music, literature, geography and astronomy. He is fascinated by ancient Chinese's outlook on the …

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago
3 years, 11 months ago

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago

China Daily  

Hidden Dragons Frolicking in Water.2017 Deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty art, Beijing-based ink artist Tai Xiangzhou has invested a lot of time in studying the philosophical meanings behind the mountain-and-water genre of classical Chinese paintings created by Song master painters, who were also learned in music, literature, geography and astronomy. He is fascinated by ancient Chinese's outlook on the …

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy
7 years, 2 months ago

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy

China Daily  

It has been a shared belief among practitioners of traditional Chinese ink-and-water art that an artist can only be considered a true master when they become adept at all of the four disciplines of painting, calligraphy, composing poems and designing seals. But he said himself that he was best at composing poems, and his ability to craft a quality seal …

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy
7 years, 2 months ago

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy

China Daily  

It has been a shared belief among practitioners of traditional Chinese ink-and-water art that an artist can only be considered a true master when they become adept at all of the four disciplines of painting, calligraphy, composing poems and designing seals. But he said himself that he was best at composing poems, and his ability to craft a quality seal …

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy
7 years, 2 months ago

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy

China Daily  

It has been a shared belief among practitioners of traditional Chinese ink-and-water art that an artist can only be considered a true master when they become adept at all of the four disciplines of painting, calligraphy, composing poems and designing seals. But he said himself that he was best at composing poems, and his ability to craft a quality seal …

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy
7 years, 2 months ago

Exhibition details beautiful new era in calligraphy

China Daily  

It has been a shared belief among practitioners of traditional Chinese ink-and-water art that an artist can only be considered a true master when they become adept at all of the four disciplines of painting, calligraphy, composing poems and designing seals. But he said himself that he was best at composing poems, and his ability to craft a quality seal …

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show
7 years, 10 months ago

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show

China Daily  

Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou shows dozens of ink-brush paintings at his current exhibition, Speculative Cosmologies. Provided to China Daily Ten years ago, Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou was pursuing a doctoral degree in painting at Tsinghua University. He says the work shows a correspondence between heaven and Earth pervasive in classic Chinese architecture: The top dougong structure connects people with the …

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 10 months ago

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou shows dozens of ink-brush paintings at his current exhibition, Speculative Cosmologies. Provided to China Daily Ten years ago, Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou was pursuing a doctoral degree in painting at Tsinghua University. He says the work shows a correspondence between heaven and Earth pervasive in classic Chinese architecture: The top dougong structure connects people with the …

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 10 months ago

Artist's embrace of heaven and Earth seen in new show[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou shows dozens of ink-brush paintings at his current exhibition, Speculative Cosmologies. Provided to China Daily Ten years ago, Beijing-based artist Tai Xiangzhou was pursuing a doctoral degree in painting at Tsinghua University. He says the work shows a correspondence between heaven and Earth pervasive in classic Chinese architecture: The top dougong structure connects people with the …

Art exhibition showcases Zhang Liguo's works[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years ago

Art exhibition showcases Zhang Liguo's works[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Paintings by artist Zhang Liguo. Beijing-based architect Che Fei remembers that before his father Zhang Liguo, a painter and art professor, died, he gazed for long at a huge tree outside the window of his hospital ward; the leaves in varying shades of green glittering in the morning glow. Che says when glancing at the tree in silence, his father …

Art exhibition showcases Zhang Liguo's works[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years ago

Art exhibition showcases Zhang Liguo's works[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Paintings by artist Zhang Liguo. Beijing-based architect Che Fei remembers that before his father Zhang Liguo, a painter and art professor, died, he gazed for long at a huge tree outside the window of his hospital ward; the leaves in varying shades of green glittering in the morning glow. Che says when glancing at the tree in silence, his father …

Artist escapes reality through his paintings[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 3 months ago

Artist escapes reality through his paintings[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Come to See You by Taking a Train, 2016, by Liu Rongfeng The art exhibition titled "As Time Goes By" is showing more than 50 pieces of paintings by artist Liu Rongfeng at Beijing Shang Ba art gallery. Rasko Radovic, an art critic, said that Liu's work attracts us not only due to the unlimited imagination and creativity of the …

Artist escapes reality through his paintings[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 3 months ago

Artist escapes reality through his paintings[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Come to See You by Taking a Train, 2016, by Liu Rongfeng The art exhibition titled "As Time Goes By" is showing more than 50 pieces of paintings by artist Liu Rongfeng at Beijing Shang Ba art gallery. Rasko Radovic, an art critic, said that Liu's work attracts us not only due to the unlimited imagination and creativity of the …

Rethinking ink art[1]
11 years, 11 months ago

Rethinking ink art[1]

China Daily  

Ink painting in color, by Fang Lijun, in 2012. "Re-ink is the re-creation of traditional ink art based on real life today," curator Lu Hong says, adding that an art form can never be developed by inheritance, but by creation. "Although contemporary ink works clearly carry the character of 'contemporary' and are more or less influenced by Western art, they …

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