Chinese Artistic Characters·Chen Zhu

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In order to allow foreign art lovers and collectors to have a deeper understanding of Chinese traditional culture and art, New Media has specially planned this art topic, which is pided into two versions in Chinese and English. This event was recommended by the Singapore Academy of Arts and Singapore Lianhe Zaobao. I believe this special topic will make Chinese painting and calligraphy a wave of art overseas!

Art resume

Chen Zhu was born in Fuzhou, Fujian in 1976. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Fujian Normal University in 1998 and graduated from the Material Expression Studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. In 2013 and 2015, at the invitation of Austrian and Irish government resident projects, he went to Salzburg, Austria and Dublin, Ireland for further study visits.

"Folded Memory Series"

Excerpts from Chen Zhu's Works

As we all know, in addition to the obvious handwriting, Chinese painting has a special atmosphere. The indirect painting method cannot reflect the directness of writing, but it has strong expressive power in rendering the atmosphere. Chen Zhu combined modern painting with traditional aesthetics through atmosphere rendering and artistic conception creation. Thanks to the use of new materials, Chen Zhu has more methods for rendering the atmosphere, and the atmosphere rendered by his paintings is more dense, with more layers and better texture, which is unmatched by pure ink. . The so-called "lost the East, reap the mulberry." Chen Zhu's sacrifice in writing has been doubled in return for atmosphere rendering and artistic conception creation. Chen Zhu's experiment is not only his personal adventure, but also a test of traditional Chinese aesthetics. When faced with new materials and technical methods, when faced with a whole new world, can traditional Chinese aesthetics still be effective? Today many artists' answer is no, and Chen Zhu's answer is yes.

"Modern Transformation of Traditional Aesthetics: Reading Chen Zhu's Paintings"

Feng Peng 2013

"Duijinxi Mountain Series"

In Chen Zhu’s view, the main crux of contemporary society is the rupture of the traditional culture’s umbilical cord, and this awareness of awakening originated from his long-term exploration of Western art. The conflict of ideas and the opposition of forms in Fang's art have had a huge impact on him. He did not deliberately imitate the ancients, nor was he obsessed with the ancient painting techniques and formulas, but grasped the Chinese landscape painting "contains Tao reflects objects, expresses the taste." The inner core of the "like" spirit expresses his true spiritual feelings. ...

Chen Zhu chose the image-like expression method as the medium of artistic spirit to construct his schema language. He wandered between modernity and tradition, east and west, concept and expression, concrete and abstract, enjoying the creative process. Life experience.

"Heart Origin Image-Paintings of Chen Zhu"

Han Lu 2013

"Mind Source Image Series"

"Mind Source Image Series"

"Mind Source Image Series"

"Mind Source Image Series"

With his poetic keen intuition and rich humanistic emotions, he burns the visual emotions of the pictures with passion, turning them into dreams like a mass of air, and walks his own artistic path tenaciously. He has his own unique understanding of material vision. He comprehend, explores the depths of the soul in a subtle and long-lasting manner, concentrates on the multiple attempts of material language and the in-depth exploration of the spiritual level, with a tenacious exploration spirit and sensitive cultural touch, let people integrate the landscape into his painting situation. , Trying to integrate the reciprocating, undulating thoughts and emotions, and draw a picture of humanistic emotions that use the power of material to set off the infinite landscape and the simplicity of the road. This should be the obvious roughness of this man, but it is sensitive and delicate. The unique style and artistic charm.

"The Promise of the Great Dao-An Analysis of Chen Zhu's Material Art"

Ji Wang 2013

"The Current Expression Series of Chinese Yiyun"

"The Current Expression Series of Chinese Yiyun"

"The Current Expression Series of Chinese Yiyun"

"Lishang Series"

Since the 20th century, the style and appearance of multi-material painting has shown a kind of openness, persity and freedom. The artist views the history and reality of art with a forward-looking vision. Emphasizes the logic and evolution of art forms, emphasizes newness, experimentation, and breakthroughs, and emphasizes the independent meaning of art forms, the formal characteristics of the media, the spiritual meaning and the connection with the surrounding life. In this process, experiments with new materials and mixed materials have continuously expanded the boundaries of painting. Spiritual projection, aesthetic observation, this is my evaluation of Chen Zhu's works. I can't say that Chen Zhu's comprehensive material works already possess the above three characteristics, but his efforts are obvious to all. I watched him grow up, and I am constantly paying attention to the growth of his art. I believe that with his talent and hard work, his works will show more thinking and new breakthroughs.

"Spiritual Projection, Aesthetic Observation-An Analysis of Chen Zhu's Works"

Lin Gongxiang 2016

"Lacquer Rhyme·Ink Realm Series"

"Lacquer Rhyme·Ink Realm Series"

"Order·Rule Series"

"Order·Rule Series"

"Daqi Art Furniture Series"

【Social Position】

Dean of Fujian Oriental Painting Academy

Executive Vice Chairman of Fujian Young Artists Association

Member of Comprehensive Material Art Committee of Fujian Artists Association

Executive Deputy Secretary-General of Fujian Lacquer Art Committee

Executive Deputy Director, Institute of Integrated Materials Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Fujian Minjiang University

【Awarded Works】

1. 1999: Personal work "March in Southern Fujian" won the Excellence Award at the China Youth Art Exhibition

2. 2011: Personal work "Ancient Rhyme and Agarwood" won the third prize in the exhibition of works by the Fujian Provincial Government to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China

3. September 2011: Personal oil painting "Living Water Years" was collected by Xiamen Art Museum for a fee

4. December 2015: Personal lacquer painting "Echo of Time" was selected for the 2015 China (Xiamen) Lacquer Painting Exhibition

5. July 2016: "Reincarnation", a collection of lacquer painting works, was selected into the China Contemporary Arts and Crafts Biennale

6. December 2016: Inpidual won the "Thailand Golden Lotus Art Award" at the Thai-Chinese Art and Culture Exchange Conference

7. August 2016: "Reincarnation", a collection of personal lacquer painting works, was collected by the National Gallery of China Art Museum

8. November 2017: Personal lacquer painting "Running Clouds and Mountains and Waters" won the "Gold Award" in the arts and crafts category of the first China World Heritage Golden Lion Award

9. November 2018: The work "Running Clouds and Mountains and Waters" won the "Excellence Award" in the first comprehensive exhibition of contemporary lacquer art

10. November 2018: "Heart Origin Image" won the "Gold Award" in the Lacquer Art category of the 2nd China World Heritage Arts and Crafts Golden Lion Award

11. April 2019: Personal work "Unbounded" won the "Excellence Award (Highest Award)" at the 100th Anniversary Exhibition of the May Fourth Movement of Fujian Province's Young Calligraphers and Artists

12. September 2019: "Li Shang Series No. 2" participated in the 2019 Fujian Lacquer Painting National Tour Exhibition

【Exhibition Experience】

1. Participated in the Macao Invitational Exhibition of Famous Masters of Fujian and Yunnan Painting and Calligraphy in 2012

2. In 2013, a solo exhibition of "Bao Wu Ji" was held in Beijing "Yi Ming Dongfang" Art Space

3. In 2013, held a solo exhibition at the "Exclamation Mark" Gallery in Beijing 798 Art District

4. In 2014, donated "Zen Rhyme and Zen Wind" to participate in the 2014 Aiyou Charity Night Auction

5. Participated in the Art Residency Project in Dublin, Ireland in 2015. The Chinese Ambassador to Ireland received and collected personal works at the official residence.

5. In 2016, a solo exhibition of "Searching in the West" was held in Paris, France

6. In June 2017, held a double solo exhibition of works with his teacher Wang Tianliang in Xiamen, "Searching in the East"

7. In 2017, invited to participate in Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Exhibition

8. In 2017, he was invited to participate in the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair

9. In August 2019, Chen Zhu and his lacquer paintings were invited to participate in the 58th Venice Art Biennale-China ‧ Yijing Contemporary Art Exhibition.