The exhibition will shed light on the breadth of Chu Teh - Chun's practice and suggest that, rather than adopting the ideals of Western painting, Chu's move to Europe encouraged him to discover and embrace these resonating elements already within
the Chinese artistic tradition.
developed in
the chinese artistic tradition of mirroring forms found in nature, the two «watermelon» ceramic pieces are realist manifestations of this organic and commonplace object.
The palaces and villages, the mountains and bamboo forests, to say nothing of the beasts who populate this confectionary realm, are evidence of an affectionate, irreverent interest in
Chinese artistic traditions.
Also shown were many rarely seen works from the artist's family collection, including fine examples of Dong's free and adept experimentations in painting, incorporating techniques and themes borrowed from various
Chinese artistic traditions.
Not exact matches
Informed by personal experience, her father is a
Chinese violinist and mother an English pianist, Tse's art, which encompasses photography, sculpture, and video, combines the
artistic and cultural
traditions of both her parents.
Divided in 7 sections the exhibition summarizes & documents the
Chinese artistic movement from the first decade of this new century, a
tradition - breaking language with continuous references to the occidental culture but always maintaining the local
tradition in mind.
Exposure to these works — with which many
Chinese artists might be familiar only in reproduction or online — is seen by Tinari as a means of fostering creative dialogue between the two
artistic traditions and diminishing the «time - lag» that hindered domestic art for so long after the Reform and Opening Up period that followed Mao's death in 1976, traditionally taken as the «starting point» of contemporary
Chinese art (Tinari concedes that this is a useful marker, but suggests that a new generation of art historians should «complicate» such simplified narratives).
His artworks in oil and ink mix
Chinese and Western aesthetics to achieve a synthesis of the two
artistic traditions.
At the same time, Lee was free to explore his own
artistic identity as a
Chinese - American in China, a cultural heir to both Western and Eastern
traditions.
It is an European interpretation and imitation of
Chinese and East Asian
artistic traditions and it first began appearing in Europe in the 17th century.