A World of Colors 2005 Exhibition of Oil Paintings by China''''s New Young Artists

In China, artists born in the 1970s can always be identified by the variety and individuality of their works. Unlike the earlier generations who shared similar strong social and political beliefs, the younger generation of artists doesn't really form schools with distinctive common features, such as the "scar arts" in the late 1970s, the "neoclassic" in the 1980s and the "new generation" as well as the "political pop arts" in the 1990s. Instead, they attach more importance to personal experience, inner conviction, and individual forms of presentation, resulting from the constantly changing social environment. Consequently, their works tend to be more diverged and alternative.     

A Review of Contemporary Tibetan Painting

Tibetan fine arts have embraced a whole new era sincethe 1980s. Diverse subjects and innovative techniquesfeature the styles of contemporary Tibetan painting.Murals of NorbulingkaThe epic mural series”Origins of Tibetans: Politics andReligions” in the new palace of Norbulingka mix differentstyles of Tibetan painting and feature plain colors and grandscenes. The murals illustrate the political and religious historyof Tibet: from pre-historic Tibetans said to be decedents of amale monkey a…     

A Rich Mosaic of Art： Taiwan＇s Water and Ink Paintings Displayed in Mainland

An exhibition on Taiwan＇s water and ink painting masterpieces were displayed in National Art Museum of China last November. The exhibition featured nearly 120 artworks by twelve artists from Taiwan showcasing update painting accomplishments of Taiwan today The exhibition was also hailed as a big art event In Mainland Talwan culfural interaction, following the exhibition of the same subjects by young Mainland artists held In Taiwan in 2004.     

Passion and Greatness： Miao Mo＇s Traditional Chinese Painting

Miao Mo is an accomplished painter nurtured in the time-honored artistic, tradition of Xi＇an, an ancient capital which witnessed heydays of the Chinese civilization. He showed strong interest in painting in his childhood and received academic training in fine arts in his teen years. In 1962, Miao pursued further training in the advanced course offered by the studio of traditional Chinese painting under the Artists Association of Shaanxi Province. In this three-year training program, Miao made remarkable progress in painting skills and deepened his understanding of the traditions and principles of Chinese painting, thanks to the mentorship of master Zhao Wangyun, founder of Chang＇an School of Painting, as well as the guidance of other prestigious artists like Shi Lu, He Haixia and Fang Jizhong.     

He Duoling： Spring Wind Comes Again

He established his status in the arena of contemporary Chinese oil art with his landmark works “Spring Wind Comes Again” in the late 1970s. His creation later encountered popular artistic trends in the 1980s such as “nostalgia style”, “scared art” and “neo-realism”. Many of his artworks, including “On the Harvested Land”, “We Sang This Song Before”, “The Land with Prickles” and “The Body Under the Sky”, explored common feelings and formatic elements of his contemporarie…     

A Walk in the Dashanzi

At the end of Apdl, the opening ceremony of the First Dashanzi International Art Festival, which lasted a month, was held in the Tense Space studio of the “798 Factory” area in Beijing‘s Chaoyang District. The opening ceremony attracted some 1,000 participants, half of which were foreigners. With the theme of “Light, Sound, Time”, the festival consisted of more than 30 displays of various forms of modem art, including visual arts, sound arts, live concerts, dancing, plays, performing arts, and architecture and design exhibitions. There were also four independent film festivals, and eight visual arts exhibitions including photography, painting, performing and installation. With over 200 famous artists from both home and abroad showing their talents, and about 40 art studios in the area open to public, this non-governmental festival was the first of its kind in the 20-year development of modern arts in China.     

A Rich Mosaic of Art: Taiwan''''s Water and Ink Paintings Displayed in Mainland

An exhibition on Taiwan's water and ink painting masterpieces were displayed in National Art Museum of China last November. The exhibition featured nearly 120 artworks by twelve artists from Taiwan, showcasing update painting accomplishments of Taiwan today. The exhibition was also hailed as a big art event in Mainland-Taiwan cultural interaction, following the exhibition of the same subjects by young Mainland artists held in Taiwan in 2004. Traditional Chinese arts are common wealth that…     

＂Meet in Beijing＂ Arts Festival：Grand Gala for the People

The＂Meet in Beijing＂Arts Festival is an annual large-scale international festival aimed at showcasing the best of arts from across the globe and promoting friendship among people worldwide. From April 28 to May 27,the one-month-long sixth session of the festival took place in the capital cith of China,embracing some 50 outstanding arts troupes and exhibitions from more than 20 countries and regions,such as Mexico,Canada,Bahamas,Russia,Belgium,the United States,New Zealand,Sweden,Peru,South Africa ,Israel as well as East Asia.Together with Chinese colleagues,foreign artists and performers manifested the theme of friendship,harmony and communication with their superb performances or artworks.     

A Legendary Painter：In commemoration of ZhangDaqian＇s 110th anniversary

Zhang Daqian is celebrated as a legendary Chinese painter of international renown in the 20th century, With extraordinary skills, he is considered the most outstanding artist in carrying forward the traditions of Chinese ink painting. Zhang began to stand out in the 1920s and obtained a leading status in the then painting arena in the 1930s His replicas of ancient master artists＇ paintings are so superb that they can be hardly distinguished from original works. Mr. Xu Jichuan, a prestigious collector, recalled an interesting experience as evidence to highlight Zhang＇s unparalleled ability to replicate ancient painting masterpieces.     

Chinese Arts to Be Showcased in Belgium

Europalia.China, a four-month arts festival to be opened in Belgium in October, 2008, will feature more than one hundred projects involving such diverse forms of arts as performing arts, literature, exhibition and film. Some one thousand Chinese artists from Mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan will bring fascinating art galas to Belgian audiences with their unique and outstanding performances of Chinese styles.     

Beyond the Beauty of Colors White-glazed Porcelain of Ding Kiln （11）

Modern Development Ding Kiln porcelain began to be re-produced in the 1970s after several hundred years of discontinuation. With over 30 years of exploration and research, modern Chinese artists rediscovered and restored ancient techniques and produced Ding Kiln porcelain by integrating modern elements. Contemporary Ding Kiln     

Meet In Beijing Arts Festival Gets Under Way

<正>From April 30 to May 28, artists from around the world will present an art gala for the audience in Beijing. This year, the annual Meet In Beijing Arts Festival will highlight the interaction between artists and audiences, with an aim to promote diversity of art forms and cooperation among arts groups, arts institutions, government agencies and arts professionals and provide opportunities for their sustainable development.     

Regong Art： Blending Aesthetics and Religion

Originating in the iSth century, Regong art is named after its birthplace—Tongren County in northwest China＇s qinghai Province. The area is known as Regong in Tibetan. As an influential school in Tibetan Buddhist arts, Regong art has evolved over the centuries from a simple reflection of the times, to the present, more elaborate, influences from the artists＇ surroundings.     

Cultural Diversity and Creativity Shared by All--The 1^st ASEM Festival was successfully concluded in Beijing

The 1^st ASEM Festival took place in Beijing from September 2 to 8, presenting a one-week magnificent art gala to the audience, With the theme of ＂cultural diversity andcreativity shared by all＂, this festival highlighted various forms of culture and arts, including music, dance, drama, film and publication. Some 500 artists from more than 40 ASEM member states staged fascinating performances and concerts and officials, scholars, professionals and artists from these countries gathered in Beijing to conduct dialogues on civilizations and share each other＇s practices and experience in artistic creation and cultural cooperation.     

Lasting Glamour：Money on the Silk Road

Over the sweep of history, the Silk Road has had immense impact on the political, economic and cultural evolution of ancient China, India, lran as well as many other nations in the heart of Asia and around the Mediterranean. These ancient civilizations have made significant contribution to the richness and diversity of human culture and arts. Thus, we cannot have a complete, comprehensive understanding of the history of ancient Asia and Europe without in-depth studies of the ancient Silk Road. And ancient coins circulated along this trade route provide valuable references for us to know more and better about the history, culture, economy, religion and arts of ancient nations along the Silk Road.[第一段]     

Impressionist Painting in China： The Long Struggle for Acceptance

The exhibition “Impressionist Masterpieces from France‘s National Collections”, which marks the start of the Year of France in China, debuted in Beijing in October 2004 and moved on to Shanghai and Hong Kong after six weeks in the Chinese capital. The exhibits consist of 51 masterpieces by major French impressionists, such as Claude Monet‘s series of paintings “Waterlilies”, Edgar Degas‘ series “Ballet Dancers” and Pierre-August Renoir‘s series “Women, Children.” This was the first large-scale exhibition of impressionist paintings ever displayed in China.     

A Brief Review of Chinese Print

Chinese print can date back 1100 years. For example, carved bricks and stones in the Han Dynasty are actually ear, forms of woodprint. As a type of print art, wood board printing invented in the Tang Dynasty was closely related to life of ordinary people and helped to spread arts in ancient China. Buddhist sutra Vajracchedika printed in 868 AD is the important evidence testifying to the wood board printing of the Tang Dynasty and the world＇s earliest complete printed book still preserved today. Thus it is generally recognized as the peak of print art of the Tang Dynasty.     

Farmer Print Painting of Qijiang County

Farmer printing first appeared in Qijiang County, Chongqing Municipality in the 1960s and 70s when the first print works, ＂The Party Branch＇s Secretary＂, was created by artists from Sichuan Artists Association, based on their experience in the county and characterized by the mix of revolutionary realism and romanticism. During the Cultural Revolution （ 1966 - 1976）, while traditional culture and classical Western culture were both labeled as ＂poisoned and collapsed＂, only print painting was encouraged by the communist government as it depicted realistic subjects of the time. Print exhibitions and workshops were launched in Qijiang＇s villages, which helped to give rise to indigenous print in the decades to come. Farmer printing of Qijiang County embraced heydays in the 1980s when the reform and opening policies were exercised nationwide, as a result of the influence by the print style of Jinshan.     

Gao Xiaohua： Painting the Truth of Life

As an initiator of ＂Wounded Art＂, a representative of ＂Rural Realism＂ and one of the founders of the ＂Sichuan School of Painting＂, Gao Xiaohua has unarguably been recognized as one of the leading artists in contemporary Chinese art history. In 1978 his oil painting entitled ＂Why＂ daringly broke the political taboo and boldly raised the touchiest social question with awesome guts. Therefore his name and his painting become everlasting in Chinese art history. In 1982 he had another great success of completing his oil painting entitled ＂Rush to the Train＂, which is highly praised as the contemporary version of ＂Riverside Scenery on Pure Brightness Festival＂, one of the greatest Chinese classical painting. He focuses on everyday life of general public with stunning realness and sensation. It becomes an epitome Red Crag＂ and ＂Chongqing on a Bomb-site＂. He demonstrates his open mind, lofty ideal and strong sense of historical and social responsibility nowadays when the domestic art market is booming up in an unprecedented manner.     

College or Village？A Glimpse of the New Campus of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts

The old campus of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, located in the city＇s industrial area, have long suffered dust and noise pollution from the thermal power plant, freight yards, the steel plant, the train station and storehouses in the neighborhood. The academy principal Luo Zhongli still remembers that he couldn＇t hold tight the powder-hidden basketball without saliva in his hand when he played basketball gaines as a college student decades ago. It is his lifelong dream to have a beautiful, clean new campus where artists and students can enjoy.