Foreword
Folk painting enjoys a long history in Zhejiang. From pre-history to modern times, artistic chapters full of vitality and creativity have been created with the stroke of brushes. Mr. Zao Wou-Ki, the world-renowned painter, once commented on Zhejiang’s folk painting, “It is both figurative and abstract, elegant and delicate. So amazing! The bold and free style is rarely seen among professional painters!”
The virtual art exhibition ARTISTIC PAINTINGS WITH FOLK ART ELEMENTS, one of the series exhibitions “Great Beauty Lies in Folk Art” hosted by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and organized by Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Center, is launched on the website and social media platforms of China Cultural Centre in Sydney.
About the Exhibition
Through 3D exhibition halls with dynamic new media special effects, the virtual art exhibition “Great Beauty Lies in Folk Art: ARTISTIC PAINTINGS WITH FOLK ART ELEMENTS” enables the audience to be present at the creating process of Zhejiang folk painting and brings them a mesmerizing visual feast.
The exhibition features paintings created by farmers and fishermen. Under the theme of “Colors of Mountains and Fields”, the farmer paintings include four exhibition areas, namely “Cultivation”, “Inheritance”, “Promising Land” and “Wildness”. “Spectacular Fishing” – themed fisherman paintings are displayed through “Riding Waves”, “Floating Fragrance”, “Catching Tides” and “Praying”. Various mediums are utilized, such as short videos about experts, interviews with painters, interactive games and graphic analysis.
The exhibition presents a rich collection of traditional artworks, ranging from mud-made stove painting, blue floral dyed cloth, folk embroidery and folk paper cutting, which demonstrate the well-off lives of modern farmers and fishermen with spiritual fulfillment and vitality in an artistic approach.
Among all those folk painting works with a multitude of subjects, the exhibition selects the most distinctive pieces including Zhoushan Gong and Drum and Happy Festival- Puppet Show of Wu Opera, which depict local folk customs and features, Prosperous Life and Ecological New Village, which show Zhejiang’s sound ecological environment, Cherry Harvest, which illustrates rural life, and A Flourishing Better Life, which demonstrates the confidence and cheerfulness of the laboring people.
As a vivid artistic form, the paintings showcase the charms of Jiangnan. A new picture of the times depicting the beauty of life and development enfolds itself to the world.
This exhibition in both English and Chinese have two different versions to enhance audience’s experience. Please follow the instructions below to enter the exhibition.
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