Art school that pushed limits and broke bonds
By Wang Jie |
June 7, 2013, Friday
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THE oil painting department of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts is famous for students who break shackles and push the limits.
It has nurtured big names in modern and contemporary art, such as Zhang Xiaogang, Luo Zhongli, Zhou Chunya and He Duolin.
The academy's biggest exhibition in two decades, a retrospective, is underway at the Suzhou Art Museum through June 15.
Nearly 100 works are displayed, including oils by Zhang Xiaogang and He Duolin and by rising stars such as Wang Qingsong and Zhang Xiaotao who have been selected for this year's Venice Biennale.
Video, installation art, conceptual photography, gaudy art and cartoons are also featured.
Since China's open-door policy of the early 1980s, the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts has been a pioneer in the art community, developing Chinese Native Soil Art and Scar Art, also known as Wound Art. The two movements reflect the emotional wounds suffered by the Chinese people in the 20th century.
A highlight is Luo Zhongli's "Father" created in 1980, depicting the weather-beaten face of an old peasant. It earned China's top art award.
"The notable thing about the Sichuan academy is that students never follow a single style or art language, no matter how influential it may be," says local art critic Zhan Hao. "That's the spirit of the academy. They break the shackles and limits, seeking new possibilities and different approaches."
For example, He Duolin, the representative figure among China's romantic realism painters, is often called China's Andrew Wyeth. His subjects are often young and beautiful women.
The exhibition provides a retrospective of the art movements that arose at the academy.
Date: Through June 15, 10am-5pm
Address: 2075 Remin Rd, Suzhou
It has nurtured big names in modern and contemporary art, such as Zhang Xiaogang, Luo Zhongli, Zhou Chunya and He Duolin.
The academy's biggest exhibition in two decades, a retrospective, is underway at the Suzhou Art Museum through June 15.
Nearly 100 works are displayed, including oils by Zhang Xiaogang and He Duolin and by rising stars such as Wang Qingsong and Zhang Xiaotao who have been selected for this year's Venice Biennale.
Video, installation art, conceptual photography, gaudy art and cartoons are also featured.
Since China's open-door policy of the early 1980s, the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts has been a pioneer in the art community, developing Chinese Native Soil Art and Scar Art, also known as Wound Art. The two movements reflect the emotional wounds suffered by the Chinese people in the 20th century.
A highlight is Luo Zhongli's "Father" created in 1980, depicting the weather-beaten face of an old peasant. It earned China's top art award.
"The notable thing about the Sichuan academy is that students never follow a single style or art language, no matter how influential it may be," says local art critic Zhan Hao. "That's the spirit of the academy. They break the shackles and limits, seeking new possibilities and different approaches."
For example, He Duolin, the representative figure among China's romantic realism painters, is often called China's Andrew Wyeth. His subjects are often young and beautiful women.
The exhibition provides a retrospective of the art movements that arose at the academy.
Date: Through June 15, 10am-5pm
Address: 2075 Remin Rd, Suzhou
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