EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS

Painting from the Heart - Associated Exhibition of Renown Contemporary Traditional Chinese Painters

Art should follow with the development of times, express artist’s personal feelings and also reflect the spirits of the ages. Every nation has its own art, Chinese painting is different from west painting in materials and expression methods, but it is still a distinguished oriental flower as Chinese painting contends the aesthetic worth which can be accepted by all over the world. Modern and contemporary Chinese painting also experienced unusual historic periods: the suspicion on the worth of being, the influences of west cultures, the reform of realism and so on, these impacts are not very conform to Chinese traditional art spirit but artists of Chinese painting are still open to these radical changes. From this aspect, Chinese painting proved its all-round compatibility and vigorous life force

Chinese has made great advances in the 30 years of reform and openness. With the development of economic, more and more Chinese artists began to rethink of the worth of traditional art and centuries-old Chinese culture. These retrospections gradually aroused a kind of culture confidence and even caused the Chinese traditional culture renaissance in the late 20th century.

These art works on exhibition are representative works of famous Chinese artists who devoted themselves to carry forward Chinese traditional painting, their art works are among the highest level of Chinese painting. These artists work in different visual art institutes of creation, study or education; they not only adhere to Chinese tradition but also make innovations. These art works revealed the sincere feelings from the bottom of artists’ hearts, artists express their different perceives of their eras but in the some art language—water and ink.