On December 15, 2023, Deji Art Space's "What is the Scale of Everything?".》Zhao Zhiping's exhibition was grandly opened. This exhibition selects nearly 100 works and invites the audience to step into the world of flowers and birds painted by artist Zhao Zhiping, to feel the vigorous power of life in heaven and earth through the images of surging, warm and cunning birds, and to arouse inner re-examination and reflection on the relationship between humans, animals and nature.
Zhang Jianhua, chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Exhibition view. 
Clouds and cranes follow each other and the sky is high" in 2021.
The opening ceremony began with a speech by Erin, Director of Deji Art Museum, welcoming the guests and introducing the curatorial concept of the exhibition. The exhibition uses traditional flowers and birds as a guide to carry out the philosophy of man and nature, which arouses people's deep thinking about the beauty of life and art.
Mr. Gao Yun, Founding Vice President of the Chinese Painting Society and President of the Jiangsu Chinese Painting Society, expressed his heartfelt congratulations on the exhibition and expressed three views on Mr. Zhao Zhiping's creation. "First of all, Mr. Zhao Zhiping's return to the Song Dynasty flower and bird painting is commendable, and this return is not a simple return, but a return according to his own aesthetic standards of the times;Secondly, Mr. Zhao Zhiping created the full-width composition of Western painting, which is a fusion of Chinese and Western, classical and contemporary, Song painting and Western painting. Pioneered a new visual schema;The third is that Mr. Zhao Zhiping has integrated calligraphy and production, and his works have both the neatness and delicacy of courtyard paintings, as well as the frankness and freedom of literati paintings, both objective realistic depictions and subjective deconstruction and reconstruction, which can be said to be the crystallization of the fusion of classical art language and contemporary art concepts. ”
Gao Yun, founding vice president of the Chinese Painting Society and president of the Jiangsu Chinese Painting Society.
Zhao Xucheng, researcher of China National Academy of Painting and honorary president of Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Chinese Painting.
Artist Zhao Zhiping.
Mr. Zhao Xucheng, a researcher of the China National Academy of Painting and honorary president of the Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Chinese Painting, used the words "the heart blooms" to bring blessings to Mr. Zhao Zhiping. "We often say that there are all kinds of wonders in the world, and the characteristics of painting are different due to different personalities. Fu Baoshi is chic and smart, Liu Haisu is like entering a no-man's land, Li Keran is old and clumsy, and Bada Shanren is three points into the wood, etc., all of which are the manifestations of his personality characteristics. And Zhiping's personality characteristics are just four words - the heart is smooth and the flowers bloom, and his flower and bird paintings are just like his personality, which can be chic and dead. At the same time, Mr. Zhao Xucheng placed ardent expectations on Mr. Zhao Zhiping, hoping that he would continue the tradition and classics, strengthen his own artistic language and creative outlook, and create works of art with epochal significance. "I sincerely wish that his life and art will always be smooth and blossoming, more and more brilliant, and more and more exciting!”
Mr. Zhang Jianhua, chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said that after reading Mr. Zhao Zhiping's new works, he was deeply touched by the fact that he was different from what we said in the past, "the flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year". Zhao Zhiping is still Zhao Zhiping, and his paintings have new changes, specifically there are 'three differences': one is different mood, the second is different artistic conception, and the third is different painting methods, Zhao Zhiping is constantly innovating and changing in modeling, composition and painting methods, and has embarked on a new artistic path in flower and bird painting, which can be called 'image flower and bird painting', 'color ink flower and bird painting' and 'modern flower and bird painting'. In addition to the profound elaboration of Mr. Zhao Zhiping's artistic innovation, Mr. Zhang Jianhua pointed out the uniqueness of this exhibition in terms of curatorial theme, as well as the ingenuity in display design and display methods.
10,000 acres of Jiangnan and a heron flying, 2009.
Green Dyeing Gangnam" 2022.
Finally, Mr. Zhao Zhiping, the artist of this exhibition, took the stage to share his profound insights on artistic creation. He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the guests and those who have supported him throughout his career, and expressed his admiration to the Deji Art Museum. Finally, he shared his insights from this exhibition and his determination to create in the future. "In creation, we should use traditional calligraphy and painting techniques and calligraphy and painting concepts, combined with contemporary concepts and contemporary aesthetics, to paint contemporary works of art. Tens of thousands of visitors come to visit the eighth floor of Deji Phase II every day, and most of them are young people, so our paintings should resonate more with young people, so that the traditional art of calligraphy and painting can be sustainably developed. In my future creations, I will continue to use traditional techniques and integrate them into contemporary expression, so as to inject more vitality and possibilities into traditional art”
After the opening ceremony, the leaders and guests moved to the exhibition hall to watch the exhibition. Zhao Xucheng, Honorary President of Jiangsu Academy of Chinese Painting, Xiao Ping, a famous calligrapher and painter, Nie Weigu, Vice President of Jiangsu Chinese Painting Society, and other guests were interviewed at the scene, sharing their insights from multiple perspectives such as exhibition theme, curatorial concept, painting techniques, etc., and spoke highly of the exhibition. Yangtze Evening News|Purple Cow News reporter Feng Qiuhong **Zhao Chen.
Proofread by Faye Wong.