“Spring” Yu zijun, Wang Qifeng, Hao Ping Group Exhibition “觅春”— 虞子骏、王奇峰、郝萍群展

“Spring” — Yu Zijun, Wang Qifeng, Hao Ping Group Exhibition

Exhibition Date: 8 April – 4 May, 2017

This renowned 88-year-old artist is the second generation that received the academic education of western fine arts in China. Yu Zijun graduated from the famous Shanghai Fine Arts School, the first private fine arts school founded by great art master Liu Haisu in modern China’s history. He has devoted himself to fine arts education for most of his time in life, still keeps his passion for art.

Yu Zijun’s watercolour represents poetic vision of the spectacular landscapes of China during the old days and his imaginative abstract paintings convey a strong feeling of tranquility that is true to the oriental art.

After several journeys to Europe, artist Wangqifeng attempts to discover different understanding towards the relation between human civilisation and nature based on Chinese and European culture. His artwork shows the perspective from the artist that the Chinese brings the nature into their civilisation while the European tends to build their civilisation into the nature. Nevertheless, both cultures pay close attention to the co-existance with nature in our daily life.

Ancient Chinese philosophy of Taoism and Confucianism have inspired artist Hao Ping to a modern representation of ancient Chinese lifestyle, aesthetic values and spiritual freedom as well as the harmony of their co-existence with nature. In her poetic abstract oil paintings, you can find not only tranquility and poetry from Chinese Ink paintings, but also a vivid portrayal life as the artist dreams of in those bygone days.

“觅春”— 虞子骏、王奇峰、郝萍群展

2017年4月8日至5月4日

此次群展由刘海粟先生的学生，老一代美术教育家，艺术家虞子骏老先生携手中青年艺术家王奇峰和郝萍，为这次的展览带来了他们的水彩及油画作品。让我们通过艺术家们笔下或抽象或具象的中国园林和具有东方古典气质的美女，共同寻觅申城的春日气息。

艺术家虞子骏的水彩作品中特有的水彩肌理使其纸上水彩作品兼备了色彩的清透亮丽以及丰富景深层次感。虞老的作品画面宁静而富有诗意，笔触又如中国水墨般在浓淡间挥洒自如，折射出东方审美情趣和东方艺术中特有的意境和想象，诗意地表达了中国自然景观的优美与壮观。

艺术家王奇峰在东、西方不同的文化背景下探讨人类文明与自然的关系，当代西方人把文明复制在自然中，而东方古人把自然浓缩在文明中。画家用其充满诗情画意的绘画技巧，描绘了古时的日常器玩、花鸟鱼虫，将满满的春光纳入他闲适、宁静、慵懒的庭院园林中，引领观众感受人与自然的微妙关系。

新兴艺术家郝萍受中国古代道教和儒家哲学思想影响，她的作品以抽象而又富有诗意的方式表达了对古人惬意的田园生活的憧憬。用色淡雅而清新，宁静的画面为现代繁忙的都市生活带来了春日中的安静与平和。不仅能让人感受到中国水墨画的写意，用现代人的审美方式表达了中国古代文人的审美价值和崇尚精神的自由生活方式以及人与自然和谐共处的生活态度。