Iconic Chinese Woodcuts Artist Li Qun Dies at 100
Li Qun (1912-2012), one of the pioneers and founders of the burgeoning Chinese printmaking industry in the 20th century, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Association of Printmakers and Honorary Chairman of Literary Federation of Shanxi Province, passed away peacefully at the age of 100, in Beijing on February 11th, 2012.
Illusionary Reality, 2012 Miro Print Exhibition
The new exhibition entitled "Illusionary Reality, 2012 Miro Print Exhibition" by surrealist Joan Miro (1893-1983) - who once declared "an assassination of painting" - is underway at the Shanghai Art Museum through April 3. Nearly 170 prints covering nearly five decades of the Catalan painter's work are exhibited there.
Paintings of Zen Wit with Ten Fingers —— Liu Bojun Solo Exhibtion
It will be held from 26th October through to 9th November, 2011 in the National Art Museum of China, Beijing. Not only can Liu Bojun paint flowers and birds on paper, but also he use ten fingers, which is absolutely unique in modern fine arts circle.
Why Realism? From Social Realism to Neo-Realism in Modern Chinese Art (Part II)
Pop art, which presented subjects in realist style taken from everyday life, was easier to accept in Chinese society and easier for Chinese artists to adapt in their own modern art experiments.
Why Realism? From Social Realism to Neo-Realism in Modern Chinese Art (Part I)
The European art modes such as Realism, Romanticism, Modernism have always been concerned in Chinese modern art history with the issue of searching for national modernity. However, the dominant trend during the twentieth Century in China was Realism.
“Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution”–the First Retrospective of Fu Baoshi in the West
Entitled Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965), it is the first retrospective in the Western Hemisphere of the artist who revolutionized the tradition of Chinese ink painting.
Modern Echo ——French Modern And Contemporary Art Exhibition
This exhibition will exhibit a group of the greatest artists which includes Amedeo Modigliani, Bernard Buffet and other artists' works. Most of the artworks are the first time exhibit in Asia.
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