Contemporary Conversion and Innovation of Traditional Language: “Mosaic China-Mosaic Art Invitation Exhibition · Beijing” Opening As Scheduled

 In the morning of October 17, 2020, “Mosaic China-Mosaic Art Invitation Exhibition · Beijing” opened at the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, which is the final exhibition of the national tour exhibitions after the one in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in October 2017. This exhibition was hosted by Chinese Artists Association and Central Academy of Fine Arts, and organized by the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association, the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts and Victory Art Glass Co., Ltd.

 

 

Guests attending the opening ceremony: Feng Yuan, the deputy director of Central Literature and History Research Museum, the vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the honorary chairman of Chinese Artists Association; Fan Di’an, the chairman of Chinese Artists Association and the president of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Xu Li, the secretary and the standing vice chairman of the leading branch party members’ group of Chinese Artists Association; He Jiaying, the vice chairman of Chinese Artists Association; Yuan Yunsheng, the deputy director of the 3^rd-term Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association; Liu Bingjiang, the deputy director of the 3^rd-term Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association; Professor Cao Chunsheng of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Professor Du Dakai of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University; Xu Bing, the director of the Academic Committee of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Lv Pinjing, the vice president of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Wang Shaojun, the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Professor Zhang Shiyan of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Professor Cao Li of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Professor Chen Wenjiof Central Academy of Fine Arts; Jia Guangjian, the president of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts; Wang Zan, thedeputy director of the Academic Committee of China Academy of Art; Liu Qinghe, the dean of the Chinese Painting Academy of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Zhu Pei, the dean of the School of Architecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts; Zhang Zikang, the director of the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Jin Rilong, Professor of the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts; He Hongzhou, the dean of the School of Painting of China Academy of Art; Sun Tao, the deputy director of the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association; Hou Liming,Xi Haifei, Tang Mingyue, Secretary-General Qi Zhe, Deputy Secretary-General Wang Changxing, Committee Members Mao Xiaojian, Bianba Wangdui, Li Xiangyu, Li Lukui, Chen Lvshou, Huang Shan; Chen Min, the president of Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing House; Yuan Yuan, the Party Branch Secretary of the Oil Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts; Liang Yi, the dean of the Mural Painting Department of China Academy of Art; Yu Huayun, the Secretary-General of Beijing Urban Planning Society; Sun Hao, the oil painter; Li Weida, the Chairman of the Board of Victory Enterprise; Siqin Tana, the curator of Siqin Tana Art Museum; Zhu Chaoying, the general manager of E9DistrictInnovation Workshop; other leaders of various departments of Central Academy of Fine Arts and experts and artists from various colleges and universities across China. The opening ceremony was presided over by Wang Yingsheng, the director of the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association and the dean of the Restoration Research Institute of Central Academy of Fine Arts.

 

 

▲Feng Yuan, the deputy director of Central Literature and History Research Museum, the vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the honorary chairman of Chinese Artists Association

 

Feng Yuan, the deputy director of Central Literature and History Research Museum, the vice chairman of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the honorary chairman of Chinese Artists Association, mentioned at the opening ceremony that “Mosaic China” is different from other numerous art exhibitions, and this exhibition has been enriched with new works along with its development, which constantly reviews the entire development process of the mosaic art and covers the origin of the historical development of mosaics at home and abroad and the master pieces of mosaic art at home and abroad. This exhibition can be described to be subtle and extensive. He pointed out that in today’s prosperity of Chinese fine art creation, the diversity and richness of mosaic art can be fully demonstrated through this exhibition and the mosaic art works in this exhibition have made outstanding achievements in creative language conversion, and have also achieved breakthroughs in innovative development to some extent. Mosaic art and Mosaic China not only bring us the visual experience of the works, but also provide a lot of enlightenment. Therefore, the Chinese art will enjoy a prosperous development in the future.

 

 

▲ Fan Di’an, the chairman of Chinese Artists Association and the president of Central Academy of Fine Arts

 

Fan Di’an, the chairman of Chinese Artists Association and the president of Central Academy of Fine Arts said that: In October, the golden autumn, after China has achieved strategic victory in the fight against the new corona virus pandemic, the “Mosaic China-Mosaic Art Invitation Exhibition”, hosted by Chinese Artists Association and Central Academy of Fine Arts, and presented by Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum and Victory Art Glass Co., Ltd., was held at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum. This is a new harvest of Chinese mural art and is also a grand exhibition of mosaic art achievements in the new era. More than 100 works created by over 90 artists have been invited to participate in this exhibition. They are from major fine art academies and professional research institutes in China, including muralists and outstanding representatives of other painting categories from the old, the middle-aged and the younger generations, which shows the rich possibilities of various mosaic crafts in artistic creation. We expect to restore the most original artistic features of mosaics in history through this exhibition, to improve the level of Chinese mosaic art, to promote the application of mosaics in the contemporary Chinese mural creation, and to further radiate to the urban public art and the coexistent public environment.

 

The modernized conversion of tradition and innovative development are important subjects of Chinese culture in the new era. The traditional regeneration of mosaic crafts and inlaying craftsmanship requires a combination of contemporary Chinese artistic creation and technological innovation. With the great efforts made by Mr. Wang Yingsheng, the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association promoted the creation of murals, and at the same time cooperated with enterprises to carry out the technical research. They combined the materials and techniques of the mosaic with the style and language of the works to not only reflect the charm of the original works but also to highlight the exquisiteness of the mosaic craftsmanship, and the artists participated in the process of material media conversion, which made a large number of mosaic art works show their amazing effect.

 

Based on the vigorous vitality of the all-round development of contemporary China, we are looking forward to the brilliance of contemporary public art. “Mosaic China” embodies a kind of cultural consciousness and self-confidence and a harvest scene of Chinese public art in the autumn of this year.

 

 

▲ Xu Li, the secretary and the standing vice chairman of the leading branch party members’ group of Chinese Artists Association

 

Xu Li said that in recent years, the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association has sorted out and explored the profound historical resources of Chinese murals and grasped the context of the development of mural art; meanwhile, it has exerted its academic advantages to vigorously promote the contemporary mural art creation, and has demonstrated the irreplaceable artistic value of mural creation to explore the direction of mural creation. He pointed out that, as the first comprehensive exhibition of mosaic art in China, “Mosaic China” is of pioneering significance. Since the first exhibition in Guangzhou, the exhibition has also been held at Wuhan, Hefei, Xuzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai, which has won good social response and praise in the industry, and has played a positive role in promoting the application of mosaic inlaying in the creation of Chinese urban murals. The exhibition now arrives at Central Academy of Fine Arts with further improvement and development in the exhibition structure and the quality of the exhibits, which will surely make this exhibition a successful ending.

 

 

▲ Li Weida, the Chairman of the Board of Victory Art Glass Co. Ltd.

 

In his speech, Mr. Li Weida first expressed his gratitude to Chinese Artists Association, the Mural Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association, Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts and the artists and friends, especially, Chairman Fan Di’an and Director Wang Yingsheng for their support and promotion, which have lifted the display platform of Chinese mosaic to an unprecedented height. Finally, he proposed that he looked forward to establishing the in-depth interaction with universities and artists to practice and innovate the traditional Chinese and Western mosaic arts to keep pace with the times, moving towards a broader public space, further arousing the public awareness of mosaic forms and traditions and enhancing the cultural confidence of Chinese mosaic art.

 

 

▲ The opening ceremony was presided over by Wang Yingsheng, the director of the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association and the dean of the Restoration Research Institute of Central Academy of Fine Arts.

 

 

In the opening ceremony, the book donation ceremony of “Chinese Murals” series and “Mural Restoration of Huayan Temple, Shanhua Temple amd Lingyan Temple” was also held.

 

▲ Xu Li, the secretary and the standing vice chairman of the leading branch party members’ group of Chinese Artists Association,

Lv Pinjing, the member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Central Academy of Fine Arts and the vice president of Central Academy of Fine Arts and

Chen Min, the president of Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House,

on behalf of Chinese Artists Association, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House,

Donated books to Jia Guangjian, the president of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts,

Professor Xi Haifei of the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, and

Zhang Ye, the curator of the Library of Central Academy of Fine Arts

 

 

▲ Guests visiting the exhibition

 

Mosaic, as a traditional art style of Europe, had been an important art form in Tigris and Euphrates, ancient Greece and Rome until the medieval Renaissance. It is also an influential art form crossing over Eurasia and in the whole world. There is also a long history and tradition of mosaic in China. This exhibition blends Chinese and Western mosaics, showing bold technological innovations and reflecting the innovative trend through the artistic works with different styles and features.

 

 

Professor Wang Yingsheng mentioned in the interview that, “This exhibition is held at the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, and during the preparation process of it, we strive to make the works not only at the level of copying and media conversion, but we also hope to incorporate mosaic as an art form with a profound tradition into the framework of contemporary Chinese fine arts. We respect the aesthetic characteristics of materials and at the same time give full play to the individuality and subjective initiative of the artists for them to use materials creatively and make their reflections with materials, constantly exploring the deep sense of beauty of materials, which will undoubtedly becomes a new idea to expand and enrich the creative language of murals. We also specially invited some mosaic collections to participate in the exhibition in the final exhibition of Mosaic China in order for more people to feel the relationship between the extension of mosaic and the their way of life. It further proves that mosaic comes from ancient times and it has been integrated into contemporary life, which is an art of revitalization and an art full of vitality.”

 

 

This exhibition is planned by the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association. It displays 111 pieces (groups) of mosaic works created by 98 artists, covering a variety of artistic expressions and showing the rich possibilities of various mosaic crafts in the artistic creation. During the exhibition, art workshops will be held at the same time for teachers and students to participate in practical operations, integrating mosaic art into teaching and achieving the interaction between teaching of different subjects and mosaic creation with common progress.

 

 

 

“Mosaic China-Mosaic Art Invitation Exhibition · Beijing” will last until November 8, 2020.

 

Exhibition Title: Mosaic China-Mosaic Art Invitation Exhibition · Beijing

Exhibition Date: October 10, 2020—November 8, 2020

Opening Ceremony: October 17, 2020 11:00

Curator Team: Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association

 

Artists Present (in the sequence of age): Xu Beihong, Wang Zhaomin, Hou Yimin, Zhan Jianjun, Li Huaji, Jin Shangyi, Zheng Shuang, Yuan Yunsheng, Liu Bingjiang, Zhou Bingchen, Feng Jianqin, Huang Qishi, Tang Xiaohe, Cheng Li, Han Jinbao, Chen Renyu, Yu Meicheng, Chen Chuan, Du Dakai Ye Wulin, Sun Jingbo, Zhou Ping, Sun Hao, Dai Shihe, Shen Jiawei, Ren Shimin,Zhao Tuo, Li Xiangwei, Feng Yuan, Du Fei, Zhang Jing, Cao Li, Cai Changlin, Lin Xueming, Fan Di’an, Chen Lvshou, Wang Yinquan, Xi Haifei, Chen Fangyuan, Yang Qingquan, Zhu Mingjian, Zhou Haige,Yue Zhenwen, He Jiaying, Hou Liming, Zhao Songqing, Tang Mingyue, Huang Shan, Zhang Minjie, Wang Zan, Chen Shushu, Chen Xiaolin, Qi Yuehui, Su Xinping, Li Yongqing, Bai Yuping, Xu Li, Gao Hong, Jin Rilong, Wang Yingsheng, Cui Yanwei, Li Chen, Li Yunyan, Qin Dong, Nurmaimati ·Abulizi, Tang Hui, Liu Ye, Li Lukui, Ye Nan, Sun Tao, Zhou Wankun, Ziqiang·Bianbawangdui, Mao Xiaojian, Lin Lan, Xiao Wei, Wu Xiaohai, Qi Zhe, Bai Xiaogang, Wen Qiqi, Huang Ying, Lu Wuyun, Li Qing, Li Peng, Li Dan, He Liang, Wang Changxing, Tian Lu, Hu Youjun, Li Duanni, Huang Dan, Ma Xin, Liu Kai, Cheng Hui, Gao Yang, Li Zicong, Nong Weihuang, Zhang Jiaxiang, Li Leqing

 

Organizers: Chinese Artists Association, Central Academy of Fine Arts

Contractors: Mural Art Committee of China Artists Association, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Victory Art Glass Co., Ltd.

Co-organizers: Restoration Research Institute of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Mural Painting Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Bizen Art and Culture Communication Co., Ltd.

 

 

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©This text is reprinted from the Mural Art Committee of Chinese Artists Association