On February 21, the Louvre 2024 Rotor Contemporary Art Exhibition in Paris opened in the Louvre Carrousel Hall, an exhibition of nearly 200 works by 82 artists, in collaboration with five local galleries in France.
In this exhibition, Mr. Zhong Shaolin, an artist from China, brought his dyed works with the characteristics of oriental art and won the Most Influential Artist Award. Let's congratulate Mr. Zhong Shaolin!
Mr. Ricardo Fernandes presented the award to Mr. Zhong Shaolin.
Mr. Fernandes is a curator and gallery manager with over 30 years of experience. He is internationally renowned for his expertise in the field of contemporary art and design, having lived and worked in Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Brazil, and has been based in Paris, France since 2006. He has worked as an art agent, consultant, curator and gallerist, organizing many exhibitions around the world. He has collaborated with numerous international museums and institutions to advance the arts.
About the Artist.
Zhong Shaolin, born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in July 1955, is a pioneer of dyeing art in China and a leader of dyeing painting. He graduated from the Department of Arts and Crafts of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1982, majored in dyeing and weaving, obtained a master's degree in dyeing from Tama Art University in Japan in 1994, and taught at the School of Art and Design of Beijing University of Technology in 2000.
Zhong Shaolin's dyed fabrics are mainly linen, cotton, silk and other fabrics, and her works are diverse in style, or simple, fresh, elegant, or warm. His works draw on the essence of traditional art such as painted pottery, Han bricks, bronze, calligraphy, painting, etc., integrate Western modern art concepts, draw inspiration from nature, and precipitate personal artistic comprehension into his works, showing his personal artistic style and characteristics. He has held many solo exhibitions and fabric exhibitions, and his works have participated in dozens of comprehensive exhibitions at home and abroad.
Zhong Shaolin's works are one of them.
In 1999, Zhong Shaolin took the lead in substantively proposing the concept of dyeing art in China, creating a new world of dyeing art in China. The dyeing art he advocated includes dyeing paintings, as well as practical works of art such as home textiles and fabrics. His works are used to beautify home interiors, public spaces, curtains, tablecloths and other household items, and even used as fashion fabrics by designers.
Zhong Shaolin's work Group dance.
The famous actor Fang Qingzhuo is one of Mr. Chung's fans, not only many of the fashions are made of Mr. Chung's works, but also serves as the curator of Mr. Chung's art exhibition.
I like Mr. Zhong Shaolin's paintings very much, and I asked the designer to use his dyed fabric works to make clothes and wear them on my body, which has been worn for more than ten years. ”
Exhibited works
Zhong Shaolin brought representative works from the "Composition of Curves" and "Peony" series to the exhibition.
Composition of the Curve No. 10
The Composition of Curves No. 10 mainly expresses the author's creative intention through human limbs, and feels a rhythm of life through the color and composition of the picture.
Peony No. 1 "Peony No. 1" is the first work in the peony series, the author expresses the softness and harmonious beauty of the petals through the interspersed changes of color and image.
Contemporary art often makes use of more advanced techniques and new materials, which conflicts with the traditional techniques and materials used in classical art painting. The introduction of new technologies has allowed artists to adopt new creative methods to usher in a new era of modern art.
Zhong Shaolin's paintings are not only pure art but also the attributes of craft production, which belong to the category of modern painting, and are also the inheritance and development of traditional dyeing and weaving arts and crafts. Based on new dyes and new production techniques, it combines auxiliary materials such as wax and paste, as well as special treatments such as washing, to draw dyed paintings with unique flavors. It can be workable, it can be written, it can be simple or clumsy, it may be deep or elegant, it may be soft or heavy. Mr. Zhong recreates the perception from nature and human social life from his own unique perspective, in order to give people a new artistic sense, embody the beauty of artistic creation and meaningful paintings, and constantly enrich the artistic expression of his works and enhance the new realm of artistic expression.
Mr. Zhong has been exploring the practice of dyeing painting for more than 30 years, especially paste-dyed painting, which has become a leading figure in Chinese dyeing painting.
Exhibition Introduction:
Covering an area of 6,500 square meters, the Louvre Rotor's contemporary exhibition is divided into four sections: eSpace Delorme, Espace Soufflot, and Espace Le Notre, bringing together the collections of participating artists and masterpieces from galleries around the world. His works cover aspects such as personal growth, identity, social concerns, cultural inheritance, emotional integration and evolution, and are inseparable from the concept of renewal and iteration.
Artists push the boundaries of their practice, bravely exploring new perspectives, mediums, and techniques to demonstrate the evolution of their individuals and their art. This quest for innovation and exploration highlights each artist's desire for self-improvement, echoing the theme of the exhibition. The whole exhibition is the culmination of these attempts and breakthroughs, and the visitors are contemplating personal growth and change.
The word rotor is structurally symmetrical to the glass pyramid of the Louvre, and at the same time Rotor means rotor, loop, which is in line with the original intention of LAC to hold this exhibition: the development of art is a dynamic process of cyclical progress, and new art constantly challenges authority and thus becomes classic art. LAC is looking for new, youthful art that challenges the classics and traditions in order to move art forward.
The exhibition has been featured in three European professional art magazines, including Tate Et MagazineThe French art and culture magazine "Numero" and the Italian avant-garde art magazine "Flash Art" are enough to see their gold content.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, as well as the Year of Culture and Tourism between China and France. This art exhibition has boosted the popularity of international cultural exchanges with scientific and technological artistic creativity, and contributed to building a bridge of communication between China and France.
Dyeing China
Mr. Zhong Shaolin's participation in this exhibition is also an important milestone for the traditional Chinese folk dyeing craft to the front of the world's art.
Traditional Chinese dyeing techniques include batik, tie-dyeing, printing and dyeing, sandwich dyeing and twisting. The techniques and craftsmanship are different, and the artistic effects produced are also different. China is a big dyeing country and the first country in the world to use the dyeing process. As early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang and Song dynasties, the ancients used cotton, yarn, silk, woolen fabrics for various dyeing, and later the dyeing process was transmitted to the Korean Peninsula and Japan, and now there are many museums in Japan that have collected Chinese dyeing works, they are called "Chinese blue calico". Although "Blue Seal" is a Chinese folk craft, it is also a national spirit, and it is also an art that Chinese people have pursued a better life for thousands of years.
Mr. Zhong Shaolin combines traditional Chinese dyeing art with painting art, and integrates the characteristics of Western modern art schools, the composition and color of the works have greatly collapsed the traditional thinking, he integrates abstraction, deformation, decoration and color into his dyeing works, forming his own unique artistic language, which is unique and makes people have a new visual enjoyment.
Everyone says that the art center of the world is in France, and the art center of France is in the Louvre.
The Louvre, a place for art lovers, is home to countless treasures from the history of art. With the progress of society, Chinese contemporary artists are brave and innovative in their practice, constantly experimenting with new ideas, media and techniques, showing the continuous evolution of individuals and art, and hoping that their works will be widely noticed by the world.
Artesia Media welcomes more Chinese artists to participate in the exhibition in Paris and bring excellent Chinese culture and art to the world.