2019 Promotion Programme of China National Arts Fund
Round and Develop: Academic Invitation Exhibition of Comprehensive Material Painting
(Beijing Tour)
Time: 2021/04/09 - 04/30
Location: 1st Floor & Gallery 2A, CAFAM
Opening Time: 2021/04/23, 2pm
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The "Round and Develop: Academic Invitation Exhibition of Comprehensive Material Painting (Beijing Tour)" exhibition, proposed and organized by Central Academy of Fine Arts, and sponsored by China National Arts Fund as the wrap-up exhibition of its 2019 Promotion Programme, is on display at CAFA Art Museum as the sixth stop of its tour exhibition from April 9 to 30. The closing ceremony of the exhibition is to be held between 2pm and 6pm on April 23, 2021 along with a symposium on the theme "Subjective Spirit of the Language of Comprehensive Material Painting".
Shen Xiaoyu, Outside the Window, 140x200cm, comprehensive material, 2019, Chongqing Normal University College of Fine Arts
Cao Jigang, Transsient as a Fleeting Cloud, 200x240cm, triptych, 2015
The exhibition is academically directed by Fan Di'an, curated by Xiaohuang and Wan Shaojun, and produced by Wu Shoufeng. As a tour exhibition, it was exhibited at Jilin University of Arts Art Museum (Jun 2019), Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts Art Museum (Oct 2019), Chongqing Art Gallery (Nov 2019), Shenzhen University Art Museum (Dec 2019) and Fine Art Museum at Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts (Mar 2021), before it arrived at CAFA Art Museum in April 2021.
Ding Fang, Ode to the Mountain, 150x300cm, 2008
The name of the exhibition "Round and Develop" implies the evolution of painting, as well as the laws that underline the way things work in the world. The physical and spiritual aspects of everything, in the time and space dimensions, develop into the inherent mechanism and language rules of art, which is non-stoppingly changing, going round and round and developing throughout the process. "Round and Develop" breaks the traditional linear narrative pattern, and adopts systematic research that focuses on the ontological order of the language of painting. Through the historical evolution of language, it ponders on the contemporary evolution of the spirit of the time and cultural value, and discusses the cultural mission and social value of the language of painting. "Round and Develop" is not only a platform for national communication over comprehensive material painting, but also an academic review of the development of comprehensive material painting. The exhibition explains the contextual background of contemporary painting, and provides a route for observation and analysis of the language of comprehensive material painting in contemporary China. It also discusses the evolution pattern of the language ontology of painting, and relationship between artistic spirit of the time and contemporary aesthetics, in order to provide a macroscopic perspective to the history, and to analyze the significance of comprehensive material painting to art creation and university education in the long run.
Feng Jincao, The Evenks, 194x173cm
The "Round and Develop" exhibition is mainly composed of two parts: Outstanding works that represent the research and education of the material studio of CAFA since its establishment in 1995; and outstanding comprehensive material paintings created in the recent two decades. The exhibition features over 100 comprehensive material paintings created by Chinese artists, including Pan Shixun, Hu Wei, Hu Mingzhe, Zhang Yuan, Ding Fang, Wang Huangsheng, Yang Jinsong, Wang Shujie, Li Yaolin, Li Xiangming, Yue Haibo, Feng Bin, Zhu Jinhui, Liu Gang, Meng Luding, Chen Shuxia, Tang Chenghua, Cao Jigang, Song Ke, Xiao Gu, Song Xuezhi, Wu Jian'an, Ren Xiaojun, Chen Yan, Hu Qinwu, Qu Qianmei, Li Gang, Wei Qingji, Wu Shoufeng, Li Qiang, Dang Zhaoyang, Feng Jincao, Guo Zhigang and Zhao Shijie. They are all representative artists and academic leaders in the field, and at the same time art education practitioners from top Chinese academic instutitions. The exhibition begins from a systematic review of CAFA's teaching, research and creative practices, and is finalized as a significant exhibition and communication platform for the latest development of contemporary comprehensive material painting in China.
Gao Zhenbin, After Snow, 180x150cm
CAFA has a significant academic stand and social influence in the comprehensive material painting field. As the initiator of the programme, it attaches great importance to the academic research, and hopes to comprehensively display the latest development and achievements of comprehensive material painting in China by showcasing results of research and education over comprehensive material painting in Chinese universities over the past decades, and works by representative artists of the field. The last tour of the "Round and Develop" exhibition in Beijing is not only a high-quality academic communication between Chinese universities, but also a successful experiment of building an academic platform, or even a cultural system of the new era, a new and sustainable road for the development of easel painting in China, together with other outstanding institutions and artists, with the help of the National Arts Fund. The exhibition receives great support from CAFA, and is undertaken by CAFA Art Museum and CAFA Yanjiao Campus Administrative Office.
Hu Mingzhe, The Vicissitudes of City, 200x250cm, 2011
The success of the "Round and Develop" exhibition's Beijing tour also means the success of the exhibition program supported by the China National Arts Fund. CAFA has the plan to publish an academic catalogue of the exhibition, which includes not only works of the participating artists, but also unique thinking and theoretical explorations of scholars of the field. The "Round and Develop" exhibition is expected to stimulate new ideas of contemporary Chinese painting, and reversely support the development of university art education in China. In a time of economic globalization and the resulting massive cultural interactions, the development of Chinese contemporary painting should also have a global vision, and connect with the language system of the international art world. The development of culture and art may strengthen the soft power of a nation, and we hope for the Chinese cultural spirit to be widely appreciated by the world one day.
Huang Keyi, NO 2017001, 150×110cm, 2017
Li Kexia, Trace 19417, 160×140cm, 2019
Song Xuezhi, Shadow, 180×200cm, 2019
Wang Peili, Hongmeng, 230x200cm, 2021
Tang Chenghua, The Cloud Faraway, 117x80cm, 2015
Wu Shoufeng, Shi Hui, 90x180cm, 2002
Zhang Chun, These are the stones picked up from Li Bai's house, 180x270cm
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