APRIL 18 - 22, 2011

ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO

Curated by Lu Peng and Bai Hua

 

PURE VIEWS: New Paintings from China, a collaborative installation that will feature more than thirty works of art by twenty-five of the most renowned contemporary and emerging Chinese painters from April 19 - April 21, 2011 at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. The special installation will be marked with a reception on April 21, 2011.

 

PURE VIEWS “溪山清远” takes its name from a work of art by Song Dynasty (960-1297) painter Xia Gui (1195-1224). Practices and techniques from this diverse group of living Chinese painters are exposed as the artists reflect and respond to their shared artistic heritage in the context of an ever-changing global environment.

 

LU PENG, Professor at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou and Chairman of the Institutions of Chinart, explains the concept that underpins the exhibition. "PURE VIEWS is a group presentation of contemporary paintings that employs Western materials to reflect upon and reinterpret traditional Chinese civilisation and temperament. The age span of participating painters is quite large. In their observation and understanding of traditional painting, these artists, born of different generations between the 1950s and the 1980s, differ in perception, judgment, and attitude. However, as soon as a Chinese artist focuses his attention and receptivity on his own cultural tradition, once he discovers its wonders he begins to create new genre of contemporary art.”