Embroidery 'paintings' on exhibit
By Li Anlan |
August 14, 2012, Tuesday
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AN exhibition of embroidery, sometimes called silk painting, features 55 works by a contemporary artist who carries on the tradition of meticulous and subtle needlework using the thinnest strands in a wide range of color.
The exhibition at the Shanghai Marina Club features Shen Shou embroidery, which developed from famous Su embroidery using even more intricate needlework and color. The works were created by Zhang Lei.
Shen Shou, the artist who developed the style, was born Shen Yunzhi in 1871 in Suzhou in an antiques dealer family. Suzhou is the place where Su embroidery originated.
Young Shen began to learn embroidery at a very young age. In 1904, Shen created eight works as gifts for the Empress Dowager Cixi on her 70th birthday. The empress was so pleased that she gave Shen a piece of her own calligraphy with two characters - shou meaning longevity and fu meaning good fortune. Since then, Shen Yunzhi took the name Shen Shou.
Shen Shou embroidery is recognized as national intangible cultural heritage.
Zhang Lei, an archeology major from Nanjing University, is a so-called "inheritor" of the traditional art. She is the granddaughter of Zhuang Jinyun, who once was a student at Nantong Needlework Training School. Zhang was influenced by her grandmother and picked up the meticulous art.
Date: Through August 19
Address: 160 Daduhe Rd
The exhibition at the Shanghai Marina Club features Shen Shou embroidery, which developed from famous Su embroidery using even more intricate needlework and color. The works were created by Zhang Lei.
Shen Shou, the artist who developed the style, was born Shen Yunzhi in 1871 in Suzhou in an antiques dealer family. Suzhou is the place where Su embroidery originated.
Young Shen began to learn embroidery at a very young age. In 1904, Shen created eight works as gifts for the Empress Dowager Cixi on her 70th birthday. The empress was so pleased that she gave Shen a piece of her own calligraphy with two characters - shou meaning longevity and fu meaning good fortune. Since then, Shen Yunzhi took the name Shen Shou.
Shen Shou embroidery is recognized as national intangible cultural heritage.
Zhang Lei, an archeology major from Nanjing University, is a so-called "inheritor" of the traditional art. She is the granddaughter of Zhuang Jinyun, who once was a student at Nantong Needlework Training School. Zhang was influenced by her grandmother and picked up the meticulous art.
Date: Through August 19
Address: 160 Daduhe Rd
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