Courtesy of China 2000, New York
"Study of Lotus Blossoms," by artist Hua Yan (1682-1756), known for studying paintings from the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Exeter, NH (June 27, 2008)—The Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy presents “Then and Now: Chinese Art from 1710 to 2007 and Contemporary Digital Images, Works courtesy of China 2000, New York and Photographer Douglas Prince” on exhibit from Tuesday, July 8 to Wednesday, July 30. A reception will be held on Thursday, July 10, from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in the Lamont Gallery. The Lamont Gallery is located in the Frederick R. Mayer Art Center on Tan Lane and is free and open to the public.
Karen Burgess Smith, Director of the Lamont Gallery comments that, “This is a rare opportunity to view a large-scale Chinese Imperial Plaque with carved calligraphy, created in the 1700s, displayed next to a 2006 mixed media collage by noted artist Wei Jia that also utilizes calligraphic figures. In this exhibition, photographer Douglas Prince’s elegantly (and digitally) distorted image, Magnolia-14 is adjacent to the ink and color scroll Mountain Landscape, created by Shao Yixuan in 1953. We are fortunate to have access to these and the other works in the Lamont Gallery, due to the generosity of noted New York gallery owners and collectors, Karen and Leon Wender, and New Hampshire’s own Douglas Prince.”
This exhibition includes Chinese calligraphy of the past and present, as well as contemporary work in a variety of mediums, including digital imagery.
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Photographed by Douglas Prince
Former UNH photography instructor and New Hampshire resident Douglas Prince's "Banana Florescence."
The artists represented by China 2000 Fine Art, New York include:
Wei Jia, whose flowing calligraphy is described as a perfect form of abstract art—suggesting its abstract beauty in line, rhythm, structure, movement and form.
Lin Yan, a third-generation artist, born in 1961 in Beijing. Her art is reflective of the metaphoric space between China and the West, conveying a unique perception of the Western artistic mode.
K.S. Wong, a native of Guangdon, Huang, P.R. China, who is a well-known connoisseur excelling in Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Beijing-born Tao Yiqing (1914–86), who sketched scenery along the path of the Long March Route and created a collection of paintings after the journey. The March was a large military retreat taken by the Communist Party in 1934 to defeat the Nationalist Party and assume leadership of China. Zeng Xiaojun, who works in the tradition of Chinese landscape painting.
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The "Imperial Plaque," presented in honor of the 80th birthday of a scholar during the Qing Dynasty in 1710. Courtesy China 2000, New York.
Shao Yixuan (1886–1954), who was born in the Zhejiang Province and demonstrated a mastery of ancient brushwork techniques.
He Sai Bang, born in Shanghai, and known for art that excludes the unnecessary and leads to immediate visual impact.
Xu Bing, who grew up in Beijing and is known for square word calligraphy, in which English words are written in squares to resemble Chinese characters.
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Tao Yiqing's (1914-86), "Landscape". Yiqing also sketched scenes along the path of the Long March Route and created a collection of paintings after journey. Courtesay China 2000, New York.
Shanghai-born Shen Chen, who re-creates the nuances of Chinese ink painting with Western materials and formats.
Hua Yan (1682–1756), who hailed from the Fujian Province, and was known for establishing his own style by studying the ancient paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, as well as more recent masters.
A photographer born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Douglas Prince’s images are described as photo-sculptures—blended, visual creations of metaphysical and natural depictions, each evolved from the creative medium of digital imaging. Some of his floral images for this exhibition are a contemporary take on Chinese scrolls, and portray a variety of traditional and contemporary approaches to Chinese art.
Summer gallery hours in July are Tuesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; closed Saturday through Monday; closed June and August. For further information, contact the Lamont Gallery at (603) 777-3461. For directions to Phillips Exeter Academy, call (603) 777-4330. A complete list of upcoming events is available on the Phillips Exeter Academy public events line at (603) 777-4309 and on our website at http://www.exeter.edu/.
Phillips Exeter Academy is a coeducational, independent preparatory school that was founded in 1781 and originated the system of instruction known as Harkness teaching in 1931. In the spirit of its charter to foster both goodness and knowledge, a Phillips Exeter Academy education will now be free to any admitted student whose family income is $75,000 or less. Committed to educational excellence, the school meets all demonstrated financial aid needs of its admitted students, making the Academy effectively “need blind.” The diverse student body comes from a wide variety of geographic, economic, racial and religious backgrounds approximately from 45 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and 23 foreign countries.
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