Category: Vol.1, No.2 Apr.-Jun.2023
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The Interpretation of Truth Thinking and Ecological Aesthetics in Lin Quan Gao Zhi
Guo Xi clarified the importance of inner self-cultivation by the creator as an aesthetic subject in Lin Quan Gao Zhi. The revealing of the true nature of objective natural beauty depends on the true preservation and expansion of the subject, and through the creative method of “take it from the mountains and rivers” an aesthetic…
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The Redemptive Aesthetics of Water
Based on the Ark Project, a work conceptualized by contemporary Chinese artists Wang Xieda and Liu Chuyun, this paper discusses many works involving water in contemporary Chinese art and Noah’s flood as a historical event in the Bible. Comparing the Hebrew religious tradition with the secular tradition of Chinese thought, suggests that the flood will…
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A Preliminary Study on the Theory of the NO. 3 Image
Representational art and abstract art have become unquestionable theoretical issues in art history, and imagery theory in traditional Chinese art theory also has a complete system. However, a group of Asian artists such as Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013), Chu Teh- Chun (1921-2014), Xu Bing (1955-), Cai Guoqiang (1957-), etc., have entered the field of Western art…
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The Present Situation and Reflection of Shanghai Art Development
Shanghai is not only a city leading China’s economic development, but also once played an important role in the field of culture and art in China. However, in the past half-century, the development of Shanghai’s fine arts, in addition to the achievements that have been recognized by everyone, has also brought many phenomena worthy of…
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Propaganda Painting to Abstract Expressionism Art: Memoirs of Yu Zhenli
I was born in Yujia Village (于家村), Huajia Town (華家鎮), Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, on March 2, 1949, the third day of the second month of the lunar calendar, i.e., the day of Xinmao (辛卯), the month of Dingmao (丁卯), in the year of Jichou (己醜). There are eight children in my family,…
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Self-Imprisonment and Freedom: Yu Zhenli in His Eighteen Years of Living in the Mountains
In December 1988, Yu Zhenli wrote a limerick: “Mouth in the mouth, wandering in the wall, one remains a prisoner in the mouth; up and down, left and right, coming and going; a red apricot waiting in a circle, bring people back to prison. ( 口中口，牆中游，人在口中留為囚；上下左右步，來來去去走；一枝紅杏圈中候，引渡人再回到囚。)” This sly poem contains Yu Zhenli’s serious artistic attitude…