PRESS RELEASE
Las Vegas Celebrates 5th Across the Pacific - China Arts Festival
Art Exhibition
Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters - Chinese Poetry Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition
October 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM marks the opening of "Five Thousand Years of Chinese Characters - Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting and Seal Engraving" organized by the Consulate-General of China in San Francisco and China Arts and Entertainment Group, presented by China International Exhibition Agency, Asian Culture Alliance, American Artists Association and Las Vegas Natural History Museum, and supported by the Bureau for International Communication and Cooperation (the former Bureau for External Cultural Relations) of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China. Las Vegas Natural History Museum located in the Cultural Corridor of Las Vegas, Nevada, housing a world-class collection of wildlife specimen. Exhibitions of world cultural and historical heritage, including Egyptian antiquities, have been held here.
As an exhibition of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy held in the United States, it is deeply rooted in the rich traditional Chinese culture to present the profound culture and art from multiple perspectives, to share the beauty of art and promote bilateral cultural exchange. The exhibition was highly valued by the Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco and was included in the “5th Across the Pacific - China Arts Festival”. This will be an important dimension in understanding the development of Chinese art and society.
Characters are the carrier of culture. Chinese characters contain the Oriental way of thinking. Concretization, metaphor and connotation are the cores of Chinese culture, such thinking form is melted into Chinese characters, making it the carrier of the soul and the most important national spiritual resource. How to write beautiful characters had long become an independent category of art in China. The perfect combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal is a symbol of the maturity of Chinese literati’s paintings and the highest realm of Chinese art. The exhibition outlines the 5,000-year history of Chinese calligraphy through 42 pieces of work, supplemented by paintings of flowers and birds, figures and landscape. The chirography covers oracle bone script, bronze inscription, seal script, clerical script, regular script, semi-cursive script and cursive script. Ten artists, including Ni Wendong, Mei Mosheng, Mao Feng, Luo Sangui, Yu Geliang, Deng Baojian, Nie Hui, Xie Feidong, Yu Bo and Wang Yazhou, are all unique creators with rich artistic language and perceptual artistic intuition. They pay close attention to the spiritual potential of themselves and seek for the essence of life. Through the interesting calligraphy and painting works of the artists, we can meditate the inheritance and innovation of contemporary Chinese calligraphy and painting, understand Chinese calligraphy and painting from a close and multi-perspective, learn and experience the connotation and charm of Chinese poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal engraving.
The exhibition lasts from October 6 to 14, 2018. Participating artists Nie Hui and Xie Feidong will present “Rolling Hills and Flowing Water - Guqin Concert” and the lecture “Reading Characters – Discovering the Beauty of Chinese Characters”. The classical Guqin music shares the Chinese aesthetic philosophy and the methods and historical background of appreciating such composition. In the lecture, Nie Hui and Xie Feidong explain the origin of the evolution of Chinese characters, involving the pronunciation, glyph and meaning of Chinese characters, and the comparison between Chinese and Western characters and culture. The lecture is a comprehensive presentation of visual arts, auditory arts and academic research.
This exhibition builds a bridge of cultural communication with calligraphy and Chinese painting to share this cultural treasure with the American audience, so that we can view the Chinese characters coming from antiquity with evolving shapes, boundless imagination and everlasting charm of art and wisdom.
Press Release w/photo
As an exhibition of traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy held in the United States, it is deeply rooted in the rich traditional Chinese culture to present the profound culture and art from multiple perspectives, to share the beauty of art and promote bilateral cultural exchange. The exhibition was highly valued by the Chinese Consulate-General in San Francisco and was included in the “5th Across the Pacific - China Arts Festival”. This will be an important dimension in understanding the development of Chinese art and society.
Characters are the carrier of culture. Chinese characters contain the Oriental way of thinking. Concretization, metaphor and connotation are the cores of Chinese culture, such thinking form is melted into Chinese characters, making it the carrier of the soul and the most important national spiritual resource. How to write beautiful characters had long become an independent category of art in China. The perfect combination of poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal is a symbol of the maturity of Chinese literati’s paintings and the highest realm of Chinese art. The exhibition outlines the 5,000-year history of Chinese calligraphy through 42 pieces of work, supplemented by paintings of flowers and birds, figures and landscape. The chirography covers oracle bone script, bronze inscription, seal script, clerical script, regular script, semi-cursive script and cursive script. Ten artists, including Ni Wendong, Mei Mosheng, Mao Feng, Luo Sangui, Yu Geliang, Deng Baojian, Nie Hui, Xie Feidong, Yu Bo and Wang Yazhou, are all unique creators with rich artistic language and perceptual artistic intuition. They pay close attention to the spiritual potential of themselves and seek for the essence of life. Through the interesting calligraphy and painting works of the artists, we can meditate the inheritance and innovation of contemporary Chinese calligraphy and painting, understand Chinese calligraphy and painting from a close and multi-perspective, learn and experience the connotation and charm of Chinese poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal engraving.
The exhibition lasts from October 6 to 14, 2018. Participating artists Nie Hui and Xie Feidong will present “Rolling Hills and Flowing Water - Guqin Concert” and the lecture “Reading Characters – Discovering the Beauty of Chinese Characters”. The classical Guqin music shares the Chinese aesthetic philosophy and the methods and historical background of appreciating such composition. In the lecture, Nie Hui and Xie Feidong explain the origin of the evolution of Chinese characters, involving the pronunciation, glyph and meaning of Chinese characters, and the comparison between Chinese and Western characters and culture. The lecture is a comprehensive presentation of visual arts, auditory arts and academic research.
This exhibition builds a bridge of cultural communication with calligraphy and Chinese painting to share this cultural treasure with the American audience, so that we can view the Chinese characters coming from antiquity with evolving shapes, boundless imagination and everlasting charm of art and wisdom.
Press Release w/photo
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汉字五千年 — 中国诗书画印展
2018年10月6日 下午3:00 點，由中国驻旧金山总领馆和中国对外文化集团公司主办，中国对外艺术展览有限公司、亚洲文化联盟、美国艺术家协会和拉斯维加斯自然历史博物馆承办，中华人民共和国文化和旅游部国际交流与合作局（原外联局）提供支持的 “汉字五千年——中国诗书画印展” 在美国拉斯维加斯自然历史博物馆展厅开幕。该馆坐落于美国内华达州拉斯维加斯市中心文化走廊，拥有世界级的动植物标本收藏，举办过古埃及文物展等世界性物质文化和历史遗产相关的展览。
该展览作为在美国举办的中国传统书画艺术展，深深扎根于中华传统文化沃土，从视觉和听觉上立体呈现中国传统文化艺术，分享人类艺术之美，促进中美两国的文化交流，获得了中国驻旧金山总领馆的高度重视，将该展览纳入其主办的第五届“跨越太平洋——中国艺术节”活动项目，这将是认识、了解中国艺术发展的一个重要维度，也是认识中国社会发展的重要视角。
汉字所包含的东方思维方式，具象、隐喻和会意是中国文化的核心。这种思维形态被熔铸在汉字中，令其成为灵魂的载体以及最重要的民族精神资源。汉字以美感的方式书写，在中国很早就已经成为独立的艺术门类。而诗、书、画、印的完美结合是中国文人画成熟的标志，也是中国艺术的最高境界。本次展览以“汉字五千年”为主题，共计42件（套）作品，通过一件件作品勾勒中国五千年的书法史，并辅以花鸟、人物和山水画。书体涵盖甲骨文、金文、篆书、隶书、楷书、行书和草书。参展艺术家有倪文东、梅墨生、毛峰、雒三桂、喻革良、邓宝剑、聂晖、谢飞东、余博和王亚洲等十位，均为秉性独具的创作个体。他们以丰富的艺术语言、感性的艺术直觉，关注自我的精神沉潜，进而叩问生命的本质。透过艺术家饶有趣味的书画作品，美国当地民众可以观想当代中国书画艺术的传承与革新，近距离、多角度地了解中国艺术，理解中国传统文化的精髓，从视觉到听觉、从感官到思想，了解和感受中国诗书画印的魅力和内涵。
据悉，展期为2018年10月6日-10月14日。在此期间，参展艺术家聂晖和谢飞东为当地听众带来了“山水清音”古琴欣赏会和“读字——发现汉字之美”讲座。两位艺术家倾情演奏多首经典古琴曲目，分享古琴中蕴含的中国审美哲学和欣赏古琴曲的方法和曲目历史背景。在与展览配套的讲座中，聂晖女士和谢飞东先生给在场的听众讲解汉字的演变由来，涉及汉字的音、形、义之美、中西文字、文化的对比。该讲座是视觉艺术、听觉艺术与学术研究成果的综合呈现。
本次展览通过书法和国画搭建一座文化沟通的桥梁，与美国观众共同分享这份文化瑰宝。人们可以在“汉字五千年——中国诗书画印展”中看到汉字从远古走来，一路变幻着身形，展现着无穷的想象，散发着艺术的魅力，闪耀着智慧的光芒。
该展览作为在美国举办的中国传统书画艺术展，深深扎根于中华传统文化沃土，从视觉和听觉上立体呈现中国传统文化艺术，分享人类艺术之美，促进中美两国的文化交流，获得了中国驻旧金山总领馆的高度重视，将该展览纳入其主办的第五届“跨越太平洋——中国艺术节”活动项目，这将是认识、了解中国艺术发展的一个重要维度，也是认识中国社会发展的重要视角。
汉字所包含的东方思维方式，具象、隐喻和会意是中国文化的核心。这种思维形态被熔铸在汉字中，令其成为灵魂的载体以及最重要的民族精神资源。汉字以美感的方式书写，在中国很早就已经成为独立的艺术门类。而诗、书、画、印的完美结合是中国文人画成熟的标志，也是中国艺术的最高境界。本次展览以“汉字五千年”为主题，共计42件（套）作品，通过一件件作品勾勒中国五千年的书法史，并辅以花鸟、人物和山水画。书体涵盖甲骨文、金文、篆书、隶书、楷书、行书和草书。参展艺术家有倪文东、梅墨生、毛峰、雒三桂、喻革良、邓宝剑、聂晖、谢飞东、余博和王亚洲等十位，均为秉性独具的创作个体。他们以丰富的艺术语言、感性的艺术直觉，关注自我的精神沉潜，进而叩问生命的本质。透过艺术家饶有趣味的书画作品，美国当地民众可以观想当代中国书画艺术的传承与革新，近距离、多角度地了解中国艺术，理解中国传统文化的精髓，从视觉到听觉、从感官到思想，了解和感受中国诗书画印的魅力和内涵。
据悉，展期为2018年10月6日-10月14日。在此期间，参展艺术家聂晖和谢飞东为当地听众带来了“山水清音”古琴欣赏会和“读字——发现汉字之美”讲座。两位艺术家倾情演奏多首经典古琴曲目，分享古琴中蕴含的中国审美哲学和欣赏古琴曲的方法和曲目历史背景。在与展览配套的讲座中，聂晖女士和谢飞东先生给在场的听众讲解汉字的演变由来，涉及汉字的音、形、义之美、中西文字、文化的对比。该讲座是视觉艺术、听觉艺术与学术研究成果的综合呈现。
本次展览通过书法和国画搭建一座文化沟通的桥梁，与美国观众共同分享这份文化瑰宝。人们可以在“汉字五千年——中国诗书画印展”中看到汉字从远古走来，一路变幻着身形，展现着无穷的想象，散发着艺术的魅力，闪耀着智慧的光芒。
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