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Email PageChen Wenguang 2007
November 15, 2007- December 15, 2007
Reception: November 15, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Chen Wenguang
Dillon Gallery
555 W 25th St Chen Wenguang November No. 20 |
The exhibition will be composed of six monumental paintings created by the artist utilizing a combination of oxidized mineral pigments and silver and gold leaf. Using the “Nihonga” technique (the layering of mineral pigments with metal leaf) and traditional Chinese painting, Chen’s abstracted images of the lotus seemingly float against the luminescent background of each one of his paintings. By employing a baroque approach to both his materials and subject, Chen surpasses the individual techniques of Chinese and Japanese painting traditions.
Although mineral pigment painting became an unpracticed art form in China, it survived to become the national painting in Japan. By re-introducing this lost technique to contemporary Chinese students, Chen Wenguang provides a significant link uniting the history between Chinese and Japanese art. Steven D. Owyoung co-organizer of the ground-breaking exhibition Nihonga: Transcending the Past in 1995 at the Saint Louis Art Museum saw “the art of Chen Wenguang is the rediscovery of a long forgotten Chinese sensibility, a richly decorative, yet immensely profound tradition that once flourished in ancient times.”
Picking up an artistic thread that dates from the Tang Dynasty [618 – 907] in China, when mineral pigment dominated the artistic milieu, Chen revives its application by re-introducing this technique to a modern-day audience with his original, contemporary presentation.
Chen has garnered critical attention in China and Japan, in which both have countries have acknowledged his substantial contributions and radical technical innovations to the “Nihonga” medium. His work is represented in the collections of several museums, which include the Sato Museum and the Daiichi Museum. In 2004 Chen was selected for a solo exhibition at the Guangdong Museum in China.
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