An art exhibit will be held between Sept 28 and Oct 7 during the Shanghai Expo in Pudong, Shanghai as part of the 12th China Shanghai International Art Festival, sponsored by the China National Academy of Painting and Shanghai International Art Center, and organized by Beijing Yiyang Exhibition Corporate Image Planning Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Yixiang Culture Transmission Co., Ltd., Nearly 200 works will be exhibited and more than 100 modern painters will attend the exhibit.
The exhibit will invite the most representative painters of China to exhibit their works. Meanwhile, some classic works, pictures and materials will also be exhibited and edited into an album of paintings. Workshops will be held to clarify the spiritual context of Chinese paintings and to promote its development.
In explaining the value of the exhibit, the organizing committee’s head of the exhibit, Yang Xiaoyang, said, “Chinese is a nation that emphasizes meaning. Chinese culture and arts have all experienced the sublimation process from writing or painting realistically to writing or painting to one’s heart. Chinese way of thinking is characterized by meaning. And the long and prosperous development of Chinese painting creation has been driven by inner meaning.”
At present, he said, Chinese paintings are more focused on producing and selling, which will lead to the loss of the spirit of Chinese traditional painting. The imitation of Western artistic methodology, which is guided by science, contradicts Chinese methodology, which is to express the painters’ thoughts and feelings through art. Without the right and effective guidance, modern Chinese painting will move far away from its original spirit. In that case, the unique charm of Chinese paintings shall cease to exist.
The Spirit of China---2010 Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Paintings, organized by the China National Academy of Painting, no doubt has important meaning to and guiding influence on the healthy development of Chinese paintings. It aims to show the life condition and spirit of modern Chinese people. It also aims to promote research on the value system of Chinese painting.
By Chen Yanqiu
Editor: Dong Lin
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