Exhibition site
TA is here!
TA is finally here!
After a whole year of meticulous preparation and planning
on this occasion of the New Year's Eve
the complete appearance of
“Collection of CAFA Art Museum--Ancient Chinese Art”
is shockingly unveiled today!
"Ancient Chinese Art" section
A total of 217 treasures from the collection are on permanent display.
From the initial germination of the concept
To countless creative collisions and adjustments
To the final selection of exhibits and layout design
Every step of the process has gathered the efforts and wisdom of the planning team.
We dig deep into the essence of art
We carve every detail with care
Strive to present the most beautiful collection to the audience
We hope you will feel the sincerity of CAFAM's work
Experience the ultimate pursuit of art
Exhibition site
The "Collection of CAFA Art Museum" includes the first appearance of the "Ancient Chinese Art" part and the exhibition hall after the renewal of the "Modern Chinese Art" part. The "Ancient Chinese Art" section exhibits 217 items, and the "Modern Chinese Art" section exhibits 247 items.
CAFA Art Museum is one of the national key art galleries, adhering to the academic concept of "inclusiveness, inheriting the past and opening up the present", it has made great efforts in the construction of contemporary public cultural space and art collection, and is committed to constructing a unique narrative of art history. The "Ancient Chinese Art" exhibition launched this time is the second part of the collection exhibition, the first part "Modern Chinese Art" have been launched in July 2024.
Exhibition site
Since the 1950s, CAFA Art Museum has been carrying out collection work in a continuous and orderly manner, and has accumulated more than 20,000 pieces of various kinds of collections, which are rich in variety, involving the ancient and modern, taking into account the Chinese and Western, and encompassing various fields of art. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his reply to the old experts and artists of the National Art Museum of China in 2023 that "efforts should be made on high-quality collection, high-level utilization, and high-quality service", and CAFA Art Museum has always attached great importance to the excavation, organization and utilization of classic collections, and has carried out a series of academic researches, exhibitions, educational promotion and foreign exchange activities around the collections, the museum has launched a series of academic research, exhibition, education promotion and foreign exchange activities around the collection. The launch of this long-term display is not only an important exploration of the museum's classic collection, but also a stage-by-stage summary of the collection and research work, a positive response to the national cultural policy, and a demonstration of the core values of the museum in the new era.
The ancient Chinese art on display this time is one of the features of the collection. During the more than 100 years of the college's development history, several generations of scholars have accumulated a number of ancient collections for the college for the purpose of serving teaching and scientific research, covering the main types of ancient art, and there are many fine works in calligraphy and painting, bronze mirrors and other types, especially 110 ancient paintings included in the Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. Ancient art is the foundation for the construction of the aesthetic concept of Chinese culture, the channel for understanding the spiritual inheritance of the Chinese nation, and the source of inspiration for current artistic innovation. At the beginning of the art museum's planning and display of collections, ancient art was regarded as an important cornerstone, as the main part of the display and the source of innovation.
To this end, the museum draws on the results of historical research and actively integrates them into the various new dynamics of contemporary research. In the selection of the collection, the museum based on the 1983 Chinese ancient painting and calligraphy appraisal group (Xie Zhiliu, Qigong, Xu Banda, Yang Renkai, Fu Hinian, Liu Jiu'an, Xie Chensheng) and 2024 Central Academy of Fine Arts appraisal group (School of Humanities of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Fine Arts and Archaeology Research Center), to the aesthetic interest, the rites and rituals of the system and cultural connotation of the criteria, selected more than 200 pieces of collections, "artifacts" and "calligraphy and painting" as two major types of display, "objects" and "painting", and actively incorporate various current research trends. The exhibition is organized in two major categories, namely "artifacts" and "calligraphy and painting", and includes nine subcategories of bronze mirrors, portrait bricks, figurines, ceramics, religious statues, human figure paintings, bird and flower paintings, landscape paintings, and calligraphy, with a period spanning 2,000 years.
In terms of innovative display, the museum and the college's courses related to digital media art research, ancient painting and calligraphy research, art archaeology research, and traditional art restoration have been organically combined, and in-depth exploration has been carried out in the digital analog restoration and immersion interactive experience of traditional culture. Different types of digital cultural relics in the exhibition hall create an atmosphere of cross-temporal dialogue between modern digital art and ancient traditional art.
Simulation restoration demonstration of some cultural relics
It can be said that the display of "ancient Chinese art" is not only a display of art and aesthetics in the past, but also a reflection on the relationship between current technology and tradition. It is also a visual expression of the spirit of Chinese art.
We hope that through these ancient cultural relics containing historical memory and this artistic journey across time and space, the audience can truly feel the social customs, moral beliefs and ideological interests from ancient times to the present, and truly appreciate the Chinese people's spiritual outlook of advocating etiquette, reverence for nature and cultural confidence.
Exhibition site
CAFAM
Ancient Chinese Art
Important collections
01
bronze mirror
Bridge Button Feather Wing Mosaic Pattern Four Mountain Mirror, Warring States (Chu) Collection of CAFA Art Museum
Round - knob Four - bird Flower - twig Bronze Mirror, Tang Dynasty, Collection of CAFA Art Museum
02
portrait brick
Portrait Brick of Rice - pounding, Han Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
Portrait Bricks of Cars and Horses Crossing the Bridge, Han Dynasty, Collection of CAFA Art MUseum
03
Figurine
Pottery horse, Han Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
Painted civil official figurine, Tang Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
04
Religious statue
Gilt - bronze seated Sakyamuni statue with a screen - shaped back, Style of the mid - Ming Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
Gilt-bronze seated statue of Sakyamuni, Imitated in Qing Dynasty after Yuan Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
05
ceramics
Longquan celadon plate, Ming Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
Multicolored censer with two dragons playing with a pearl pattern, Qing Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
06
Figure painting
Ren Bonian, "Portrait of Yicheng", Ink and color on paper, 1877, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
07
Flower and Bird Painting
Zhu Da, "Picture of Pine, Crane and Mushroom Stone", ink and color on silk, Qing Dynasty, collected by CAFA Art Museum
08
Landscape painting
Zhang Yu (attributed), "Landscape Painting", ink and color on silk, Yuan Dynasty, collected by CAFA Art Museum
Shen Zhou, "Clouds and Waters Hut Picture", color on paper, 1503, collected by CAFA Art Museum
09
Calligraphy
Wang Duo, Running Scripts and Five-character Poems, Ayamoto Ink Painting, 1645, Collected by CAFA Art Museum
Collection Of CAFA Art Museum
-- Ancient Chinese Art
Exhibition time: From January 21, 2025
Venue: Hall A, 2nd Floor, CAFA Art Museum
Exhibition Planning and Working Groups
General Counsel: Xu Yang
Academic Director: Lin Mao
Overall guidance: Liu Peiyuan, Wang Xiaolin, Lv Pinjing, Pan Chenghui
Academic guidance: Su Honor, He Xilin, Zheng Yan, Zhang Wei, Qiu Ting, Shao Yan, Wang Yun, Zhang Nan Nantian, Sun Yue, Zheng Yi, Guo Huaiyu, Gou Huan
Chief Curator: Jin Jun
Curatorial Director: Han Wenchao
Curatorial Advisors: Huang Xiaofeng, Geng Shuo, Wang Liming, Sun Zhou, Wang Ximin
Curatorial Hosts: Gao Gao, Hai Jun
Curatorial Executors: Liu Xiyan, Li Yaochen, Yi Yue, Wang Ruobing, Xu Xinchen
Design Director: Ji Yujie
Exhibition Production Director: Wu Peng
Scheme Planning and Preparation: Wang Jing, Li Jie, Hu Xiaolan, Chen Guanshi, Sun Yimei, Yang Linsi, Wang Sizhe
Collection Management: Li Yaochen, Xu Yan, Dou Tianwei, Wang Chunling, Ma Liang, Cui Ranran, Li Wei, Mei Qi, Jiang Nan
Design Coordination: Min Zhiyi, Liu Yuhan, Chen Jiayi, Li Shuangting, Pang Minghao, Yang Yongchun
Exhibition Management: Su Shicun, Jing Peng
Cultural Relic Interpretation Writing: Wang Ziyi, An Yuemeng, Ding Simin, Li Xinyi, Meng Yuening, Zhou Ziyu, Tang Yirui, Wang Ying, Zhang Han, Qu Shufan, Li Hao
Digital Display Development: Chang Yuqing, Liu Cui, Liao Zude, Li Wentao, Sun Yue, Yang Jie, Ren Zhiying, Zhang Tuo, Sun Yulong, Wang Zihan, Bu Yitong, Liao Jinting
Collection Restoration: Dou Tianwei, Yang Jing, Zhang Zhenyu, Luo Yongchong, Yang Ziqi
Media Promotion: He Yisha, Wu Jing, He Yifei, Du Yinzhu, Ding Yi
Public Education: Xiao Baozhen, Geng Jinghua, Wang Jun, Yao Yiqun, Liang Wen, Xi Huawei
Development and Promotion: Sun Wei, Yi Yi, Liu Xingling, Jin Jianru
Administrative Support: Jiang Siyu, Yue Junyao, Zhang Qian, Guo Xu
Financial Affairs: Yang Liu, Men Jing, Kou Lei
Logistics and Security: Chen Xiaohua, Lü Zhifa
Special thanks to:
Exhibition academic cooperation: School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Archaeology Research Center
Digital Art Collaboration: School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Mural Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Collection Restoration Cooperation: The Sixth Studio of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts
Exhibition professional lighting sponsor: AKZU (Shenzhen Exu Lighting System Co., Ltd.)
Exhibition space architectural design consultant: China Academy of Building Sciences
Professional low-reflection display materials support: Taibo (Qingdao) Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd
Chief Editor / He Yisha
Editor / Du Yinzhu
On-site Photos / He Yifei