"Humber JiangSheng - Zhao Dajun and Wang Jieyin Double Solo Exhibition" opened to the public on November 4 at the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute Art Museum.
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Zhao Dajun and Wang Jieyin are both artists who enjoy a wide reputation and have important influence in the domestic art industry.
Two artists in their eighties, engaged in painting creation for more than half a century, the works integrate Chinese and Western art, and have in-depth practice and exploration in the language of painting such as figuration, imagery and abstraction.
At the same time, they all have long-term experience in art education, cultivating and guiding many students, many of whom have become the backbone of the current domestic art industry.
The exhibition features more than 100 paintings by the two artists, covering a variety of painting genres such as oil painting, printmaking, ink, watercolor, gouache, and drawing, from early works from the 1960s to new works in 2021, presenting representative works from different periods in the creative careers of the two artists.
■Zhao Dajun, Hanbai series Oil on canvas, 185×185cm, 2021
Zhao Dajun has lived and created in Shenyang, northeast China, and Wang Jieyin has been living and creating in Shanghai, Jiangnan.
The transformation of the complex era background experienced by the water and humanities in the north and south, and the long artistic life, has laid a thick and vast background for their painting art, and has also formed a painting temperament that is very different from each other.
Their constant pursuit of artistic freedom in different directions and their infinite exploration of spiritual expression have also opened up a vast and profound visual and spiritual space for each other's painting art.
The theme words of the exhibition, "Han Bai" and "Jiang Sheng", come from the names of the recent works of Zhao Dajun and Wang Jieyin.
The spirit of "Humber" and the meaning of "Jiangsheng" blend with each other.
■ Zhao Dajun Shenshan Shano Dorji Oil on canvas, 151×200cm, 2008
Zhao Dajun said that "Han Bai" does not refer to a certain painting, but the spiritual direction of this paragraph. "Hubbard" is "sitting and forgetting", looking for inner belonging.
"The white canvas, the lines do not flow from the fingers, but from the heart to the distance, and then pull back to the white cloth. Only painting in the clouds, I am surrounded by pictures, and I keep going until I run out of energy..."
Zhao Dajun said that walking to the "road" of the studio every day, walking around in front of the picture, altering, accompanying the painting, constantly feeling the existence of visual "meaning", becoming his greatest pleasure.
■Zhao Dajun Broken Glacier Oil on canvas 132×170cm 2009
Wang Jieyin described that a painting by the painter is like a horizontal slice of a tree, and from the slicing of this ring, we can roughly see the experience of this tree.
In his view, the reason why paintings can resonate with others is because they hide such a code of life.
■ Wang Jieyin Safflower, oil on canvas, 120×160cm, 2005
He said, "Some painters are 'hearty to plant flowers'," and I am always 'unintentionally planting willows', and it is fun not to draft." ”
"Maybe I originally wanted to paint a landscape, take advantage of the inspiration to immediately move the pen, painting but found that it did not feel right, the inspiration did not work, then I would turn the painting over and look at it again, maybe the landscape looks like a flower, I will paint it into a flower." 」 Wang Jieyin said.
■ Wang Jieyin Flower Atlas 249, Oil on Canvas, 80×80cm, 2005
This double solo exhibition, from a retrospective perspective, unfolds their artistic journey in the same venue, presenting representative paintings from different periods of their artistic careers.
It not only contrasts and reflects each other, but also provides a model and reference for the study of their painting practice and even the research on the development of Modern and Contemporary Chinese painting and the construction of local values.
■Wang Jieyin Jiang Sheng, acrylic on canvas, 150×95cm, 2021
The exhibition specially invited Shen Haopeng, a well-known designer in Shanghai, as a visual designer, and carried out a clever design and layout in the exhibition space, so that the exhibition not only maintains an independent and distinct personal clue, but also reflects the mutual reflection and dialogue between the two artists' creation.
The exhibition is hosted by the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute and co-organized by the Shixiang Art Center. The famous artist Zhou Changjiang served as an academic advisor, and Jiang Mei, vice president of the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute and head of the art museum of the academy, served as the curator.
It is reported that the exhibition will continue to be on display until November 25, 2021.
"Humber Jiang Sheng - Zhao Dajun and Wang Jieyin Double Solo Exhibition"
Exhibition time: November 4 to November 25, 2021
Venue: Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute Art Museum (No. 111 Jinzhu Road, Shanghai)
Source: Thoughtful