Art comes to life, art leads life!On the afternoon of December 15, 2023, the opening ceremony of Professor Zhou Gang's solo exhibition (exhibition) organized by Hangzhou Roche Bobois-Hangzhou Ruiou Home Furnishing was held in Ouyada Home Furnishing Plaza, Qiutao North Road, Hangzhou.
Zhou Gang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the China Academy of Art, as well as a thoughtful and creative watercolor painter. His paintings are full of life and emotion, and are fascinating.
At the opening ceremony, Professor Zhou Gang, the curator of this exhibition, the vice president of the National Art Urban Design and Art Research Institute of the China Academy of Art, the head teacher of the five-color light and soft decoration advanced research class and the master class of the Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Li Cheng, the general manager of Ouyada Home Furnishing Plaza on Qiutao North Road, and Mr. Hao Dengfeng, the founder of Hangzhou Ruiou Home Furnishing, attended and delivered speeches respectively. Mr. Qiu Haiping, former dean of the Art Design Research Institute of the China Academy of Art and tutor of the five-color light soft decoration advanced research class, attended the opening ceremony.
The curator of the exhibition, Mr. Cao Xiaoqing, said: "This exhibition is the first time that Mr. Zhou Gang's works have entered the high-end home space. We hope that this exhibition will not only allow more people to understand and appreciate Mr. Zhou's talent, but also bring art to life and establish a seamless link between high-end artworks and beautiful home spaces. ”
Mr. Hao Dengfeng, the founder of Hangzhou Ruiou Home Furnishing, said that the actual display effect of this exhibition exceeded his expectations, and made art and life truly combined, so he is very grateful to Mr. Zhou and Mr. Cao for their hard work.
Mr. Li Cheng, general manager of Ouyada Home Furnishing Plaza on Qiutao North Road, said: "Ouyada not only brings in the world's beautiful home art, but also combines elegant paintings with top home art through such art exhibitions, so as to present a new aesthetic and let art and the public really have zero distance contact." ”
Professor Zhou Gang said: "Art comes into life, and art leads life. In the past, it was generally difficult for good paintings to enter the homes of ordinary people. So what is a good work of art and what is a good work of art?How to choose a painting?How has painting evolved from ancient times to the present, from the middle to the outside?I look forward to the next exchange to bring some inspiration to everyone. ”
This solo exhibition of Professor Zhou Gang is an important achievement display of the implementation of the "industry-university-research" platform of the Academy of Fine Arts, and it is also an important practice of high-end artworks entering the high-end home space. The theme of the exhibition is "Nothing Like Color", which showcases a series of watercolor paintings by Mr. Zhou Gang in recent years, including 42 single paintings, 1 tripliate painting, and 1 quadruple painting.
After the opening ceremony, the guests visited the theme exhibition, and Professor Zhou Gang introduced the wonderful creation story behind each work. Professor Zhou's passion for painting is infectious, and everyone on the scene is infectious.
Subsequently, the guests and Mr. Zhou Gang participated in the theme cocktail party held by Hangzhou Roche Bobois-Hangzhou Ruiou Home Furnishing. During the staggered discussion, everyone interacted and spoke freely, and was impressed by Professor Zhou Gang's erudition.
The exhibition will run until May 8, 2024. We sincerely invite all those who are interested in art to come and share this wonderful art feast together.
About Professor Zhou Gang
Zhou Gang was born in Shaanxi in 1961, and his ancestral home is Shandong
Appointment:
Professor and doctoral supervisor of China Academy of Art.
Director of the Water-based Material Painting Studio of the China Academy of Art.
Director of the Chinese Watercolor Painting Research Center of the China Academy of Art.
Deputy Director of the Watercolor Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association.
Visiting professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.
Doctoral supervisor of Macau University of Science and Technology.
He has served as a national watercolor and pastel judge for many times
Writings:"Research on Watercolor Painting", "Watercolor Techniques", "Chinese Watercolor Masters Techniques", "Arts and Crafts", "Advertising Creativity", "Sketch Expression Techniques", "Architecture, Environment Professional Watercolor", "Experience Design Sketch", "Experience Design Color", "Experience Design Sketch", "Design Basics Design Color", "Design Basics Design Sketch", "Pen Landscape Sketch", "Watercolor Landscape Sketch Teaching", "Chinese Art Education Department". Watercolor Painting and Gouache Painting", "Watercolor Classics - 600 Years of World Watercolor", "Watercolor Classics - Oriental Watercolor", "Water Question - Zhou Gang Art Anthology", "Watercolor Painting", "Long and Short Phases - Chinese Watercolor Art Collection", etc
Album:
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He has published more than 30 articles in "New Art", "Fine Arts", "Art Observation", "Asian Artists", "Art Circle", "Watercolor Art", "Chinese Watercolor", "Art Wealth", "Art Frontier", "Famous Painters of Calligraphy and Painting", "Famous Artists", "Chinese Art", "Grand View of Fine Arts", "Decoration", "Chinese Sons and Daughters", "China Weekly", "World Knowledge Pictorial" and other publications.
Works:
He has published more than 100 works in dozens of publications at home and abroad, and held solo or group exhibitions in the United States, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, Spain, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, as well as more than 10 cities in China.
Hangzhou Ruiou Home Furnishing Profile
Founded in 2012, Ruiou Home Furnishing is a leading supplier of imported high-end whole houses, with the purpose of delivering life aesthetics to the best imported home furnishings from Switzerland and Europe.
réel, derived from the French word, stands for "true". With its colorful high-end boutiques, as well as exquisite and considerate service and dreamy creativity, Ruiou Home hopes to interpret the ten thousand styles of modern home, create an amazing and desirable life experience, and become a modern garden of modern home life.
Its ** furniture brands: Rochbois, Swissflex, Reflex, Desalto, Alf Dafre, Alpha, Malu, Gplan, Abyss, Nicoline, Laurastar.
Its ** kitchen appliance brands: Liebherr, Schulthess, Brabantia, LG.
Among them, Rochebobois is a French luxury furniture brand, whose products include classical furniture, modern furniture, outdoor furniture, children's furniture and custom furniture. Founded in Paris in 1896 by Fernand Roche, the first founder of Rochburg, Rochburg has opened up a new direction for the modern furniture industry with the famous EGG chair, Mushroom chair, Mah Jong sofa and SACCO chair.