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Traces of the Past and Future: Fu Shen's Paintings and Calligraphy
The Asian Art Museum celebrates Fu Shen's 80th birthday with his first exhibition in the United States.
When:
September 16, 2018 5:00pm
Where
Fu Shen works at the intersection of landscape, calligraphy, poetry, ceramics and even memoir. A scholar, teacher and curator, Fu has realized his own distinct artistic voice after decades of study. Celebrated for bringing out the painterly quality of calligraphy and weaving his own narrative into ethereal landscapes, Fu both honors and extends the tradition of Chinese ink art.
One of Fu’s major contributions to Chinese art is his work in ceramics. With Jar with motifs of spring flowers and autumn moon (2002), Fu follows the established practice of applying calligraphy to vases but announces the jar’s modernity with unexpectedly bright-colored glazes.
Patching the Broken Net in seal script and cursive script (2007) is another example of Fu’s creative approach. In this hanging scroll, he depicts the fishing net of the title both pictorially and in an artistic rendering of three characters: patch, broken and net. The gestural characters, the meaning of the words and the painting of the net combine in a powerful work that conveys the message, “Never give up.”
The exhibition, Fu’s first retrospective in the United States, honors the scholar-artist on his 80th birthday. His faithful yet fresh interpretations of Chinese ink art will give you a new understanding of that venerated tradition.
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Cost:
$15 for Adults; $10 for Students and Seniors; Free for Children (12 and under)
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