Chinese Tradition in Western Oil
Visual Arts
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Oil painting is a medium of Western art that has long been popular among Chinese painters. Yet their works often feature elements of traditional Chinese paintings. The portrayal of figures focuses on essence rather than form while landscape emphasises interpretation rather than reality. Oil paint is employed to draw calligraphic lines and depict local livelihood, demonstrating painters’ scholarly temperament and Chinese heritage. The exhibition showcases the oil paintings by 24 artists from different periods, including the legendary Pan Yu Lin, the “Matisse of the East” Ding Yanyong, the “Three Musketeers” in Paris Wu Guanzhong, Chu Teh Chun and Zao Wou Ki, as well as Shen Ping, Yu Zhongbao and Liu Cheng Mui and other active contemporary painters from Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China. Manipulating Western oil to express the oriental essence of Chinese art, these artists break with aesthetic conventions and start a movement of innovation with a touch of tradition.
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