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A boy’s memories of seasons by West Lake inspire the artist decades on
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STUDENTS were discouraged from going to school around half a century ago, so a Hangzhou boy played around West Lake every day from dawn to dark. As he grew up into an artist, the water became one of his subjects, and a perpetual inspiration.
“I saw the lake with my innocent eyes. I did not have any concept of art then. The lake to me was a memory of my body,” said 60-year-old Yan Shanchun, adding that with his little pals they swam in summers, skied in winters, hiked in autumns and observed the plants in springs.
His paintings are being exhibited at Gallery of China Academy of Art till next Saturday.
Along with Yan’s work, the exhibit includes pieces from Wang Gongyi, which are in large size and romantic in hues. Wang, 71, is a noted female artist based in America. Both Yan and Wang graduated from the China Academy of Art.
Yan’s works on the first floor are copperplate prints in shaded gray, yellowish or crimson colors, with power of elegance and tranquility. Prints and plates are exhibited.
Some images are very abstract in order to express misty and mysterious feeling of West Lake, and some are figurative that one can tell objects such as bushes, boats, and water if looking from far, yet appear obscure when taking a close look.
There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes — so is the West Lake. Wang Gongyi’s works are rather different.
They are large, in saturated, refreshing colors, and painted with British gouache and Chinese ink on Asian rice paper. Her impressive positioning and coloring skills are seen in those wall-sized works. Most of her pieces appear in one hue: pink, blue, green or gray-aligned, yet well arranged, structured, and delightful.
In one piece only ink is used to form a background that looks like a hazy and rainy hill, and above is a poet, of which the characters are as if trees on hills.
“I am old, it is time to play as free as I can,” said Wang.
Date: Through April 1, 9am-4:30pm, (closed on Mondays)
Address: 216 Nanshan Rd
Admission: Free
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