Art Taipei 2019-Reappearance of Light: Zhong Genglue

Exhibition name: 2019 Taipei International Art Fair

Exhibition Venue: Taipei World Trade Center 1 (No. 5, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Taipei City)

Booth : zzN01 Pre-show 11th, 12th, 13th, 12th, 13th, 13th, 13th, 13th 00-21:00

Public Day: October 18-20, 2019 11:00-19:00

October 21, 2019 11:00-18:00

Works Explains the works

Zhong Genglue has lived in New York for 40 years, artistic creation The journey has gone through 10 different stages of exploration. What his oil painting and sketching art present is a modern perspective and way of interpretation; but the solid foundation of traditional academy training and the aesthetic cultivation of Chinese painting also appear in his works. The pastoral scenery of Lingnan, the flowers, vegetables and fruits closely related to people’s lives that he has depicted in the past ten years, on the one hand reflects his intimate feelings of returning to the familiar living environment when he was a teenager, on the other hand, it shows his feelings about the green space with Lingnan characteristics. Of great interest. His depiction of the green space aims to trace a natural space that has not been polluted by humans. It is a lush, transparent, and vibrant natural environment. Therefore, his concrete painting does not emphasize objective reproduction, but consciously explores beyond traditional painting observation modes and deductive techniques, and incorporates more personal subjective consciousness in the process of depiction; he is customary to intuitively describe the natural scenery. , Transformed into an ideal landscape composed of personal mental images, which is between reality and surreal, both real and virtual. He believes that in an era where fragmented information is flooded, how to use this information to reorganize the images in our minds is a very meaningful challenge.

Works Appreciation

"Papaya No. 4" Oil on canvas 80cm×60cm 2018

"Mangoes in the Falling Ground" Oil on canvas 40cm×30cm 2016

"Five banana buds" Oil on canvas 80cm5zzzzzz banana buds 2017634zz 80cm5zz 60cm Oil on canvas 40cm×30cm 2019

"Banana II" Oil on canvas 40cm×30cm 2019

"Eichhornia II" Oil on canvas 30cm×40cm 2019

"Sunset" Oil on canvas 30cm×40cm 2017z

"Firecracker Flower" Colored pencils, paper 30cm×21cm 2017

"Pineapple II" Colored pencils and paper 30cm×21cm 2018

"Carambola II" Colored pencils, paper 30cm×21cm 2017

Author's statement

Depicting evergreen Lingnan scenery is a great challenge in the field of color. The difficulty of controlling the rich green levels is a recognized problem. Especially in the subtropical Lingnan region, the hot sun is mixed with a mist of moisture, which adds a kind of instability to the green in the natural environment; it is this instability that makes the green environment unpredictable. Uncertain color changes and space. The lush, strong and transparent color is different from the green environment of other places outside Lingnan, so I call it "Lingnan Green". The continuous interpretation of "Lingnan Green" over the years has not only left my obsession with the scenery of the homeland, but also a challenge. Good works of art must arise from emotional impulses and difficult challenges. Only love is true, love is true, producedOnly works have penetrating power and can hit the audience's heart directly. Every piece of work has its highest difficulty waiting to be overcome, and this difficulty is the core spirit of the work.

——Zhong Genglue

Artist profile

Zhong Genglue

American artist and art critic. He graduated from the High School Attached to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1962, moved to Hong Kong in 1972, and settled in New York, USA in 1977. Before he went to the United States, he specialized in Chinese painting and calligraphy for 15 years. After living in the United States, he engaged in oil painting and sketching for 40 years. He has a macro vision of Chinese and Western culture and art. He has held more than 30 solo exhibitions in the United States and China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and has won the "48th National Mid-year Exhibition Jury Special Nomination Award" by the Butler Institute of American Art in Ohio, and the Lika Art Museum in Connecticut. Foundation "Art Critic Honor Award". His works are in major art galleries, commercial institutions and private collections in China and the United States. He is currently a guest artist of Beijing Chinese Oil Painting Academy and vice president of Guangdong Humanities and Art Research Association; once employed as an overseas painter of Guangdong Academy of Painting and visiting professor of the Art Department of Wuhan Jianghan University; taught at New York School of Visual Arts from 1991-1999; 1990-2000 Employed as a special overseas contributor for Guangzhou "Gallery" magazine; 1996-2012 for Beijing "Art Research" quarterly to write "Art Sea with Silu" series of art review articles; 2012-2014 for Guangzhou "Pin Shang Art" magazine Contributor to the column of "Universal Art". Since setting up a studio in Guangzhou in 2008, he has spent most of his time creating and participating in art activities in China.

Main Solo Exhibition

2018 "Lingnan Green • Hometown Love: Zhong Genglue's Paintings and Recent Colored Pencils Exhibition", Foshan, Guicheng, Yueyitang Art Gallery

2017 "Nature's Poems: Zhong Genglue's Paintings and Recent Colored Pencils Exhibition", USA, Maryland, Beijing Art Gallery

2014 "Green Space: Endless Thoughts-Zhong Genglue Recent Painting Exhibition", Art Museum of China Oil Painting Academy

2010 "Green Space: Zhong Genglue Painting and Recent Drawing Exhibition", Zhongshan Academy of Painting and Calligraphy

2009 "Light and Space: Zhong Genglue's Painting Art Exhibition", Dongguan, Lingnan Art Museum

2007 "Zhong Genglue Appreciation Exhibition", Guangzhou, Shangzhen Culture Co., Ltd. Gallery

2006 "A clear and bright view: Zhong Genglue's painting art", National Art Museum of China

2005 "Leisure My Heart: Zhong Genglue Flower and Fruit Series Exhibition", Taipei, Tianpeng Art Village Association Gallery

2002 "Waterfall and Smoke: The Call of Nature-Zhong Genglue Painting and Pastel Painting Exhibition", New York, St. Peter's Church Gallery

1998 "Twenty Years in New York: Zhong Genglue's Painting Art", Guangdong Museum of Art

1997 "Zhong Genglue Landscape Works Exhibition", Hualien, Taiwan, New Citizen Aesthetics Space

"Zhong Genglue Landscape Works Exhibition", Shenzhen Art Museum

1995 "Nature's Voice: Zhong Genglue's Recent Paintings and Pastel Painting Exhibition" (touring exhibition), New York, Meihua Art Association; National Art Museum of China; Hong Kong, Sanxing Gallery; Taipei, Home Gallery

1994 "From the City To Nature: Zhong Genglue's Recent Paintings Exhibition", Kaohsiung, Jichan 50 Art Space

1993 "Zhong Genglue's Recent Paintings and Drawings Exhibition", Taichung, New Prospect Gallery

1992 "Zhong Genglue's Recent Paintings and Drawings Exhibition", Taipei, Xuan Gate Art Center

1991 "Zhong Genglue Painting and Sketch Exhibition" (touring exhibition), Central Academy of Fine Arts; Shanghai Art Museum; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum

1989 "Zhong Genglue Painting and Sketch Exhibition", Hong Kong Chinese Culture Promotion Center; Taipei , Tricolor Gallery

1985 "Zhong Genglue Painting and Drawing Exhibition", New York, Stan Ferry Gallery (re-exhibited in 1987, 1990, 1992)

1982 "Zhong Genglue Painting and Drawing Exhibition", Capric Cohen Gallery, Washington (Re-exhibited in 1984)

main collection

National Art Museum of China, Beijing

Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai

Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou

Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen

Lingnan Art Museum,Dongguan

Taipei Municipal Art Museum, Taipei

Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong

Dallas Art Museum, Dallas, USA

Boyce Art Museum, Idaho, USA

Kent Institute of Plant Documentation Art Museum, Pittsburgh, USA

Art Institute of Chicago, Dai The Wisdom Collection, Chicago

American Express, New York

American Eddis Group Headquarters, Minneapolis

China Construction Bank, Guangzhou

E Fund Management Co., Ltd., Guangzhou

Bozhong Culture Co., Ltd., Shanghai

Chang Valley Construction Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung

Mountain Arts, Culture and Education Foundation, Kaohsiung

Huang Zhan Film Co., Ltd., Hong Kong

Huang Yi Publishing Co., Ltd., Hong Kong

Many private collections (Europe, America, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan)

Gallery introduction

Beijing Longyin Yafeng Visual Art Center was established in 2003. Longyin Yafeng not only pays attention to combing the history of Chinese modern and contemporary art, but also pays attention to exploring the future development direction of Chinese contemporary art. This time in "Art Taipei", with the clues of the development of art history, artists of various ages and painting languages ​​are selected. Through their works, the audience can see: the inheritance of Chinese oil painting; the structural transformation of the painting language due to the change of times and the evolution of Chinese contemporary art.

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