BETWEEN REALITY AND ABSTRACTION：Zhan Wang＇s Contemporary Sculpture

Zhan Wang is a pioneering artist in China＇s contemporary sculpture circle.Born in 1962 in Beijing, he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and currently works as associate fellowship with the Institute of Sculpture Creation and Research under the academy. From 1990, Zhan began creating surrealistic sculptures. He began worldng on ＂The Mao Suit＂ series from 1993 and devoting himself to experimental art from 1994. In 1995, Zhan founded a studio with two other artists, aiming to explore relationships between art and society. Based on this studio, he presented two experimental exhibitions - ＂Development Plans＂ and ＂Women ＆ Sites＂. From 1995, Zhan began replicating Chinese classical rockery stones and completed a series of works of stainless steel rockery stone and floating stone. Zhan＇s creations highlight the integration between ideas and objects, with an attempt to transform pure handicraft techniques into conceptual behaviors. In 1998, Zhan released his thesis entitled ＂Conceptual Sculpture： Materialized Ideas＂. From 2000, he began doing experiments on composite art independently. Zhan＇s sculpting works have been collected by many art museums and private collectors, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA as well as Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.     

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,     

A Cluster of Museums Boosts Nantong＇s Reputation

This year marks the 100^th anniversary of Nantong Museum, known as the earliest modern museum in China. In the new era, it now enjoys its heyday, with a vast collection of artifacts and newly-renovated facilities.     

＂City of Museums＂： a New Brand for Qujiang,Xi＇an

Modern museums are striving to keep pace with the rapidly evolving modern art and the changing needs of audience. Accordingly, the concept of museum has developed and trans- formed. Imagine the future of Xi＇an as a city of museums. It will be a city immersed in a profound artistic atmo- sphere, embracing broader space for exchanges, exhibiting higher educa- tional value, thus truly demonstrating the cultural background required for an international city. This is exactly what we have been hoping for a city＇s cultural inheritance.     

Huang Songjian’s Ceramic Sculpture Displayed at National Gallery

<正>On September 5, 2010, the Exhibition on Huang Songjian's Ceramic Sculpture opened at the National Art Museum of China. It is the first solo exhibition by this master artist ever held in the most prestigious art museum of China. Vice Cultural Minister Wang Wenzhang, who attended the opening ceremony,     

Small Drawings,Great Art Ren Shuaiying＇s Art Exhibition Held in China＇s National Gallery

In May 2011, Ren Shuaiying's Retrospective Exhibition was held in the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in commemoration of this master artist's 100th     

China＇s First Art Museum Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary

Suzhou Art Museum, first built nearly one century ago, celebrated its 80th anniversarv this autumn. Despite so many ups and downs, this Greek-style structure, with 14 columns in its facade, still stands chicly at the bank of Canglangting （surging wavepavilion） River, housing art exhibitions and receiving numerous visitors every year.     

The World of Khubilai Khan （Part II） The Exhibition ＂Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty＂ Held in the Metropolitan Museum

<正>Religious Life Buddhism Zen was the most prominent of the several forms of Buddhism practiced in the period when China was ruled by Jurchens,but under Khubil...     

Old Summer Palace in Ernst Ohlmer＇s Photos

The year 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the destruction of the Old Summer Palace （the Yuanmingyuan Garden）. In order to commemorate this lamentable disaster, an exhibition on photographs of the Old Summer Palace shot by Ernst Ohlmer, a German tax official serving in China Custom in the late 19th century, will be jointly launched by Beijing World Art Museum and Taiwan-based Qin Feng Old Photo Studio. The exhibition will display 72 large original photos developed from 12 negative films by Ernst Ohlmer, presenting to visitors an authentic review of the vestiges of this spectacular royal garden destroyed by Western colonists.     

Old Summer Palace in Ernst Ohlmer＇s Photos

The year 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the destruction of the Old Summer Palace （the Yuanmingyuan Garden）. In order to commemorate this lamentable disaster, an exhibition on photographs of the Old Summer Palace shot by Ernst Ohlmer, a German tax official serving in China Custom in the late 19th century, will be jointly launched by Beijing World Art Museum and Taiwan-based Qin Feng Old Photo Studio. The exhibition will display 72 large original photos developed from 12 negative films by Ernst Ohlmer, presenting to visitors an authentic review of the vestiges of this spectacular royal garden destroyed by Western colonists.     

Chen Lusheng＇s Painting Reminiscent of Beauty of South China

I didn＇t expect that Lusheng could create so refined paintings, He seems to be busy always, traveling around the globe and working day and night. But he has never complained, Instead, he is a patient person with an orderly mind,     

＂The Colors of Water＂： Miao Xiaolong＇s Modem Dance Concert

In China＇s dancing arena today where most dancers pursue hasty success, it is truly rare to prepare a dance concert for as long as seven years. And more amazingly,the whole production is planned and presented by merely one person who choreographs and directs the dance concert, designs all costumes, stage settings and lighting as well as dances its leading part. But Miao Xiaolong made it. Several months ago, this young talented teacher at the dancing department of the Music School of Shanghai Normal University presented his dance concert ＂The Colors of Water＂ in Shanghai.     

60 YEARS OF PURSUIT OF PERFECITION Exhibition of Jin Shangyi＇s Donations held in National Gallery

The Exhibition of Jin Shangyi＇s Donations, jointly-organized by the Aft Department of the Cultural Ministry, the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Phoenix Press Group, was recently held in the National Art Museum of China, displaying the master artist＇s 39 latest oil works, sketches as well as his past donations to art museums.     

Something from Nothing： Bian Qing＇s Exhibition Held in Beijing

<正>From April 11 to 19,"Something from Nothing:Bian Qing’s Exhibition"was held in Today Art Museum in Beijing.This exhibition was co-organized by the Center of ...     

Exhibition ＂Inside the Court of China＇s Emperors＂ in Toronto,Canada

On Marcia 5, the exhibition The Forbidden City： Inside the Court of China＇s Emperors opened at Royal Ontario Mr, scum in Toronto, Canada Prcscnted by The Robert H.N.     

Yunju Temple： World＇s Largest Museum of Stone Sutras

<正>In the mountain valley 20 kilometers southwest to Beijing’s Fangshan District,there is a grotesque peak called"Mountain of Stone Sutras".It is sonamed becaus...     

Gansu Releases 12-episode Animation Series ＂Legend of Dunhuang＂

＂Lcgcnd of Dunhuang＂, the first ever original animation series produced by Gansu province, was recently released.