![]() Inextricably associated with the sunshine of Southern California, Hockney has also made landscape works of The Grand Canyon, the South of France, and in recent years extensively of the countryside in Yorkshire, the county from which he originated in Northern England. He has experimented widely with various methodologies for making landscape works, including watercolours, photo collages, monumental compositions consisting of multiple smaller canvases made outdoors and then assembled inside, and even works made with the assistance of software and iPads. Beginning his artistic career at The Royal College of Art in the late 1950s and early 1960s Hockney’s working life has been closely associated with the pop art movements and also with painterly expressionism. ![]() However, this British artist, transplanted to California, has come a long a way from his famous Malibu and Santa Monica poolscapes of the 1960s and 1970s. The event is scheduled to end on April 5.No survey of the landscape in modern and contemporary art would be complete without David Hockney. Song Shaobo, the director of the gallery, said that in China, painting and calligraphy are treasures of traditional culture and not only inherit Chinese civilization, but are also mediums for the exchange of ideas between different cultures. "Such timely expressions rejuvenate traditional Chinese art and makes it contemporary," Xu noted. The social scenery changes, and so do the themes artists pursue. ![]() Xu Jingjing, an art researcher, told the Global Times that artists are social observers. Whether it is traditional Chinese painting or oil painting, the paintings contain the cultural accomplishments and artistic skill of the author. ![]() Yu Heyong, a member of the Shandong Artists Association, said that art is rooted in life. Some of them depict the rural life of Chinese people against the backdrop of the country's poverty alleviation efforts, while others show Chinese cultural landscapes that are closely linked to China's ethnic and cultural diversity. The prosperity and development of Chinese painting was our common goal," he added.Ĭompared with traditional landscape paintings' inclination toward natural scenery, artworks at the show feature some new subjects. "It is an important part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. He further expanded that over Chinese painting's more than 1,800 years of development, ancient aesthetics and the use of brush and ink became representative styles that were the main force behind the art of today's contemporary landscape artists. Ye Nong, the executive director of the China Landscape Painting Academy, said at the opening ceremony. These works all reveal the artists' interpretion of the theme "landscape."Ĭhinese landscape painting originated in the Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties and reached its peak during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The Jiang Shan Duo Jiao (Lit: The magnificence of the motherland) exhibition displays works from 115 Chinese artists across styles such as oil paintings and Chinese ink paintings. An art exhibition in Beijing Photo: XinhuaĪn art exhibition that shows how China's traditional landscape paintings have integrated and progressed contemporary aesthetics kicked off at the He Art Gallery in Beijing on Monday.
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