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Contemporary | Yuan Yuan – Architectural paintings

Chinese artist Yuan Yuan is known on the international art scene thanks to his distinctive paintings, focused on architectural subjects and executed with impeccable technique. They convey a unique atmosphere, that is materialized in the poetic of memory. 

Yuan Yuan, Confessionary II, 2013, oil on linen
Confessionary II, 2013, oil on linen

Zheijang hometown

Yuan Yuan born in 1973 in Zhejiang province and studied in the Oil Painting Department of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Where he gained a graduation in Fine Arts in 1996 and a Master in Fine Arts in 2008. When YuanYuan was studying there, while Chinese society was still very conservative. The Academy was “like a sunroof, always open for us” . And he benefited from a library well stocked with foreign periodicals. Currently lives and works in Hangzhou and Berlin.

His work is heavily influenced by traditional Chinese painting, which she studied when he was a secondary school student. Also, the painter was inspirited by Western artist such as Richard Long (Land Art) and Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Conceptual Art).  

Yuan Yuan, Breakfast, 2013, oil on canvas.
Breakfast, 2013, oil on canvas.

YuanYuan subjects are mainly interiors and these are based on real places, with some imaginary elements added. Sometimes he also manipulates architectural details and as a result the scenes . He depicts seem to lie somewhere between reality and illusion. 

All Yuan Yuan’s paintings share a sense of abandonment, offering just a glimpse of their former glory.

The artist said

“Ruins give us a sense of security, they are living spaces without .A sense of pressure so you can do whatever you want. Abandoned places are also public, meaning that you may enter and visit. This is similar to the process of a viewer who is looking at an artwork. I am trying my best to identify the residual traces left behind – not so much what the place has now.But rather what this place used to be for a long time, which no one can take away and cannot be seen. “

Yuan Yuan, A Home for Home, 2012, oil on canvas
YuanYuan, A Home for Home, 2012, oil on canvas
Yuan Yuan, Fairy Dream Liner 3, 2008, oil on canvas
YuanYuan, Fairy Dream Liner 3, 2008, oil on canvas

Paintings composition are highly structured and orderly, dictated by the geometric details of the   architecture depicted.  what sets Yuan Yuan’s paintings is the incredible detail with which he describes every individual surface within the composition. In particular, She is fascinated by mosaics and patterns of tiles, whether on floors, walls, or lining pools and showers.

He is able to play with an infinite variety of hues within the same color scheme to produce a stunning effect. The atmosphere often feels humid in his paintings, with water in pools or dripping from .the ceiling or decaying walls, and the mood is melancholy. In order to achieve the effect of wet surfaces, he applies several layers of diluted pigment. A classical Chinese painting technique.  

Yuan Yuan, Meteoric Water, 2011, acrylic on canvas
Yuan Yuan, Meteoric Water, 2011, acrylic on canvas
Yuan Yuan, Swimming Pool II, 2010, oil on canvas
Yuan Yuan, Swimming Pool II, 2010, oil on canvas

At first glance, Yuan Yuan’s paintings seem devoid of any human presence. This is not quite true. She wants to represent people by depicting traces of human activity, which heighten our curiosity. 

Thus, She also conveys a sense of passing time, of transition and history. 

Yuan Yuan, Mirror, 2011, oil on canvas
Mirror, 2011, oil on canvas

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Tradition | Master of Chinese Painting “Qiao Weiming”


The master of Chinese painting Qiao Weiming

Chinese painting emphasizes him as an excellent artist, who needs to learn from the outside world and get the source from his heart, in order to have the wonderful feeling of creating the gods, mountains and rivers at the same time. Helping artists understand the true meaning and essence of art.
Canzone d’autunno
Chinese art requires saving the intention with the pen first, when the painting is finished the existence of the intention is still here. Emphasize the dissolution of things, create an artistic conception, arrive at drawing mien with form, form and spirit that must be established together.
Silenzio

And him, he did it. He is the outstanding Chinese artists – Qiao Weiming, born in 1961 in Luo yang Xiaolangdi. He is the member of China artists association. The researcher at the Chinese poem calligraphy institute of fine arts. The visiting professor of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. Hebei Academy of Fine Arts and PLA Information Engineering University, the expert of cultural relics appreciation.the member of Luoyang CPPCC. The dean of Luoyang University Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and the art teacher of Luoyang Institute of Technology.

Chinese painting

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His material comes from the flowers and birds in his hometown. The composition of painting is a concrete embodiment of years of experience. For example, the basket series of paintings. All of which are mainly composed of baskets, are composed in the middle. However, the most annoying part of the composition of Chinese painting is that the main body is placed in the middle. which is precisely because the basket series is placed in the middle, which makes it very comfortable to look at. It breaks the limitation of the traditional painting composition from Song dynasty to modern times, which also forms its personal characteristics.

Fish Basket
Childhood Fun

In 1982, the work “Underestimating the wealth”, won the first prize of the Army Art Exhibition.

Red and fragrant peony

In October 1988, he held his solo exhibition in the Cultural Center in Tainan City, Taiwan.

In 1992, the work “Red and fragrant peony ” won the bronze medal in the International Chinese Painting Grand Prix.

In July 1993, he was graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Xinjiang Normal University.

From September 1993 to July 1994. he studied master’s degree in flower and bird painting at the Chinese Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. His creation “Red Kaki” was collected by the college.

In October 1994, his work “Reminiscences of Childhood” was selected for the 8th National Art Exhibition and won the first prize of Henan Art Exhibition.

In July 1997, his work “People in the Country” was selected by the China Artists Association, which held the Exhibition of  welcoming Hong Kong return to the Chinese artists .

In November 1997, the work “The Nest” won the second prize of contemporary Chinese meticulous paintings organized by the Ministry of Culture.

In August 1999, the work “Return” was selected by the China Artists Association which held the “welcome Macao to return to China’s calligraphy and painting exhibition.”

In October 1999, the work “Homeland” was awarded the Achievement Award by the China Artists Association for. “Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic of China”.

In November 1999, the work “Bumper Harvest” was selected into the National Second Flower and Bird Painting Exhibition organized by the China Artists Association.

In February 2001, he participated in a joint exhibition of eight paintings and calligraphy organized by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China to Egypt, Britain, France and Italy.

Hometown
Flowers

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