Collecting： A Labor of Love — Songtangzhai Folk Sculpture Museum

Located at the easternmost point of the famous Liulichang Street in Beijing is the Songtangzai Folk Sculpture Museum， privately run by owner Li Songtaog, who spent most of his life savings to renovate the simple twostory accommodation built during the Qing Dynasty. The outside of the museum doesn‘t look so different from the dozens of other quaint and quirky antique shops along the world-famous Liulichang Street. But inside,     

李真：城市的隐者

留长发，蓄短髭，身着一袭妻子缝制的白衣黑裤，清瘦的体形仿佛玉树临风，一脸的不苟言笑，初见时令人不知如何与其接近。但一盏茶下去，话匣子打开，此前的疑虑一扫而空：进而发现，眼前的李真与我一样，既懂喜怒哀乐，又有七情六欲。     

Shen Yunqing： Dancing with Iron

Coincidence becomes circumstances and circumstances become fact. In the story of Shen Yunqing, a gifted sculptor from Chengdu, it has been proven to be true again and again. Even though I‘d never previously met Shen Yunqing I felt as if I had. Presumably everyone does. She turned out to be a perfect hostess, dutifully making sure that both of us settled down comfortably with tea, nuts and plenty of snacks in the sun, just outside her studio which is one of the five in all shared by 6 scul…     

The Story Behind the Images：Photographer Li Shaobai and His “Invisible Series”

My camera lens is so illusionary that the authenticity of the Forbidden City is fading away,And my perspective is as narrow as an awl which slowly stings into the profundity of history… ——Li Shaobai     

DUSKY JOURNEY

When you pass by the street, the crowd or old houses, you will notice those lonely figures. As we grow old, we will lose many precious things. We hope to arouse memories of the past and think about the reality as well through this exhibition.[第一段]     

DOUGH SCULPTURE：ATR CREATED WITH FINGERS

Dough sculpture enjoys a long history in China. While dough sculptures of north China features a plain, vigorous and enriched style, those from south China are known for their delicate, elegant and exquisite designs.     

From Shooter to Sculptor： Zhang Jianguo＇s Artistic Career

Zhang Jianguo, a shooting champion of Sichuan Province, has never imagined that he would be recorded into the Olympic history as a sculptor. Just before the 2000 Olympics opened in Sydney, his sculpture works ＂Charm of the Gun＂ was permanently collected by the International Olympic Committee （IOC）. This stainless steel statue stands 1.2 meters high, with its base made of black granite.     

Hardwood Painting Frames of Lingnan

Hanging painting frames originatedfrom the Renaissance Period in the West.Most of early painting frames were madeof wood and gilded with gold. Paintingframes embedded with glass appearedin the mid-18th century to protectpainting works from damage andpollution.Old painting frames in Lingnan weremostly made of hardwood. Guangdongis the earliest place in China in whichtrading with foreign countries wasallowed and western influence came. Bythe late Qing Dynasty, glass was appliedto home furnit…     

Shu Junhuan and His Portrait Oils of Leaders

S hu was born of a peasant family. Supported by the state scholarship, he nished his academic art training in the Central Academy of Fine Arts and became the third-generation oil painter of modern China. Talented and diligent, Shu has steadfastly pursued his artistic ideals and perfected his skills. While versed in such a wide range of subjects as portrait, body, landscape and still life, he has gained reputation as an accomplished artist thanks to his virtuosity in portraits of leaders. Sh…     

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 simllar 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.     

Rong Tie and His Paintings

Rong Tie was educated in the Central Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in calligraphy, in 1996, he began his postgraduate study in calligraphy at Capital Normal University. He studied in the “elite class” at China Institution of Arts Studies in 2002 and became a visiting scholar at Peking University in 2003. His titles include: National First-Class Artist, academician of the China Artists Association, deputy secretarygeneral of the Traveling and Friendship Center of the China Artist Association,     

天山红：周尊圣心象的着陆点

“言为心声，意为心象”，心意与心象是作品结构的内核，是作品的灵魂。对于名画家周尊圣来说，横亘于我国西北边陲之地的新疆天山，正是他魂牵梦萦的心象着陆点。天山在画家的心目中有着特殊的意象，可以说，从白山黑水走向天山是周尊圣艺术之路的重要转折点。天山像一座绵延千里的纪念碑，向人们昭示新疆悠久的历史，昭示古丝绸之路的荒凉与神秘，也默默记录着一位年轻的艺术家对她的景仰和膜拜。     

Blend Tradition and Fashion：Liangzi＇s Design

At last winter‘s China International Fashion Week, a fashion show entitled “Sound of Nature“ attracted extensive attention. The young designer Liangzi perfectly blended Chinese tradition with fashionable elements to create masterpieces with both oriental charm and modern passion.     

Chen Qiong： A Talented Young Fujian Opera Singer

She was born of a prestigious family of Fujian opera singers. She began to learn Fujian opera from her parents in her childhood.     

Ma Xianghua： A Talented Erhu Instrumentalist

The artis＇s profile： Ma xianghua bom in Jinan Shandong Piovince is a famous young erhu （two stiing violin ）instrumentalist and teacher at china Central Conseivatory of Music （CCM）.She began iearning erhu to 7 and engaged master Su Anguo as his menid at 9 in 1986.     

熊秉明：在法国雕塑中国哲学

去年12月18日，在武汉市的家中，我照例地打开电脑。突然发现在两封来自巴黎挚友的邮件中，不约而同地传递了同一个噩耗：“熊秉明教授不幸于12月14日病逝。”这一天，距我与熊秉明的分别仅2个月零24天。伏身书桌前，我茫然地抚摸着熊老在巴黎赠予我的4部专：《看蒙     

Wei Chunrong：An Outstanding Kunqu Opera Singer

Your hair is flying to show your charm.Your outstanding performance demonstrates the beauty of Kunqu opera.In the early spring,Little flower buds permeate the fields.On the stage of life,You fulfil the dream that you have expected for years.     

画入东瀛

暮春时节,中国绘画大师傅抱石的女儿、著名旅日画家傅益瑶在中国美术馆举办了她去国25年的首次画展。傅益瑶,1947年生于南京。此次画展向观众展示了她的150幅水墨画作品,其尺幅之大、题材之广、构思之宏伟、布局之巧妙、笔墨之精妙,令人叹为观止。中国水墨画自12、13世纪传入日本后,经15世纪雪舟等杨的大力提倡,曾一度风行;近代,水墨画在日本的影响却日渐式微。傅益瑶以弘扬水墨画为己任,承继并实践其父当年的努力,以创作水墨画为终生使命。在她的系列佛教艺术绘画中,长卷《佛教东渐图》、25幅的《圆仁入唐求法巡礼图》、36幅的《祖道传东》…     

Marginalization and Combination： Liu Mingxlao＇s Oil Paintings

Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China, A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil painting can be localized or not still remains a question in China. After New China was founded in 1949, influenced by Chairman Mao＇s theories on cultural development, Chinese oil painters were required to, besides serving ideological needs, pursue Chinese characteristics and cater to ordinary people＇s tastes. Dong Xiwen＇s ＂The Founding Ceremony of the New Republic＂ was the pioneer in this endeavor. Following him, almost all Chinese oil artists rushed into this direction, except some who made breakthroughs in landscape subjects. For instance, Wu Zuoren combined Chinese water and ink painting with western oil painting, creating a simplistic style.