Photo inspires focus on artist
1 year ago

Photo inspires focus on artist

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Peking Opera actor Zhang Jianfeng plays the lead role. "It's called 'later-year innovations' to describe Qi's transition of art style. "Peking Opera is also an art form of xieyi because it's simplistic and expressive just like the xieyi approach of painting," says Fu Yongfan, the Peking Opera production's director. "On the stage, which usually has a minimalist set, Peking Opera performers use their techniques, such as singing, dancing and body language, to attract audiences with an aesthetic between the real and imaginary."

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Photo inspires focus on artist
1 year ago

Photo inspires focus on artist

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Peking Opera actress Dou Xiaoxuan and Zhang in the production. CHINA DAILY The director adds that when it comes to portraying the inner struggle of Qi about changing his art style from gongbi to xieyi, two characters appear onstage to symbolize two different voices in Qi's head. "We used huadan and wuchou to personify the two different voices — one …

Photo inspires focus on artist
1 year ago

Photo inspires focus on artist

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One of Qi Baishi's paintings is displayed during the Peking Opera production. The Peking Opera production follows Qi's life between 1919 and 1929, which was a critical period of time of the artist's career. "With this Peking Opera production, we tell Qi's story from 1919 to 1929. "Another reason is that, during that period of time, Qi slowly shifted his …

Photo inspires focus on artist
1 year ago

Photo inspires focus on artist

China Daily  

Peking Opera actress Dou Xiaoxuan and Zhang in the production. CHINA DAILY The director adds that when it comes to portraying the inner struggle of Qi about changing his art style from gongbi to xieyi, two characters appear onstage to symbolize two different voices in Qi's head. "We used huadan and wuchou to personify the two different voices — one …

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city
1 year, 1 month ago

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city

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The ink-color portrait Thirteen Stars of Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns of the Qing Dynasty features 13 famous singers who contributed to the founding of Peking Opera. CHINA DAILY Renowned performer Mei Lanfang has already been the focus of many exhibitions, but the latest to deal with the Peking Opera legend focuses solely on his connection to Shanghai, the city where …

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city
1 year, 1 month ago

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city

China Daily  

The ink-color portrait Thirteen Stars of Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns of the Qing Dynasty features 13 famous singers who contributed to the founding of Peking Opera. CHINA DAILY Renowned performer Mei Lanfang has already been the focus of many exhibitions, but the latest to deal with the Peking Opera legend focuses solely on his connection to Shanghai, the city where …

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city
1 year, 1 month ago

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city

China Daily  

The ink-color portrait Thirteen Stars of Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns of the Qing Dynasty features 13 famous singers who contributed to the founding of Peking Opera. CHINA DAILY Renowned performer Mei Lanfang has already been the focus of many exhibitions, but the latest to deal with the Peking Opera legend focuses solely on his connection to Shanghai, the city where …

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city
1 year, 1 month ago

Exploring an opera legend's connections with the city

China Daily  

The ink-color portrait Thirteen Stars of Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns of the Qing Dynasty features 13 famous singers who contributed to the founding of Peking Opera. CHINA DAILY Renowned performer Mei Lanfang has already been the focus of many exhibitions, but the latest to deal with the Peking Opera legend focuses solely on his connection to Shanghai, the city where …

Opera to celebrate art master's birth
1 year, 1 month ago

Opera to celebrate art master's birth

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Peking Opera actor Zhang Jianfeng. The Jingju Theater Company of Beijing announced its latest contemporary Peking Opera production, Qi Baishi, which will be staged in Beijing on Dec 16 and 17. Peking Opera, also known as jingju, dates back more than 200 years and was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010. The company invited …

Opera to celebrate art master's birth
1 year, 1 month ago

Opera to celebrate art master's birth

China Daily  

Peking Opera actor Zhang Jianfeng. The Jingju Theater Company of Beijing announced its latest contemporary Peking Opera production, Qi Baishi, which will be staged in Beijing on Dec 16 and 17. Peking Opera, also known as jingju, dates back more than 200 years and was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010. The company invited …

What's on
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What's on

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Colorful vision In Chinese, the term jingse is composed of two characters, jing, meaning landscape, and se, meaning color, which stresses the importance of color arrangements in natural scenery. Jing Se, an exhibition currently on display at the Suzhou Art Museum in Jiangsu province, centers on the modern development of qinglyu landscape paintings. Surreal approach Huang Yuxing has earned fame …

What's on
1 year, 1 month ago

What's on

China Daily  

Colorful vision In Chinese, the term jingse is composed of two characters, jing, meaning landscape, and se, meaning color, which stresses the importance of color arrangements in natural scenery. Jing Se, an exhibition currently on display at the Suzhou Art Museum in Jiangsu province, centers on the modern development of qinglyu landscape paintings. Surreal approach Huang Yuxing has earned fame …

Art that spans the seas
1 year, 5 months ago

Art that spans the seas

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The Nets by Sicilian painter Lorenzo Chinnici. CHINA DAILY "For all those who will have the opportunity to admire the works of these artists, they will have a broader and more global view of the world, from a pure and unconditional perspective like that of a child," Lorenzo Chinnici says. "Maybe we didn't know one another before, but this project …

Shenzhen museum spotlights xieyi-style oil paintings
2 years, 5 months ago

Shenzhen museum spotlights xieyi-style oil paintings

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Ngari, by Fan Di'an. The Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen of Guangdong province has held an exhibition of oil paintings done in the xieyi style every year since 2015, and taken it across the country. The effort has inspired oil artists to integrate the semi-abstract technique of xieyi, of classic Chinese painting, into the creation of oil paintings, seeking …

Peking Opera veteran brings the art form to younger audiences
2 years, 9 months ago

Peking Opera veteran brings the art form to younger audiences

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Veteran artist Wang Rongrong displays Peking Opera movements during an event at Chang'an Grand Theater in Beijing on March 8. Having been a Peking Opera artist for over 40 years, Wang Rongrong says she still loves the art form and continuously gains deeper understanding about its beauty. On the International Women's Day on March 8, the veteran artist appeared in …

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