Featuring his new series of Trace of Centuries, Ying Tianqi’s new solo show at the Shanghai Art Museum is going to present his profoundly perceptive oriental aesthetic sensibilities, spirit and style within art from December 5th, 2011. Given the advent of globalization and rapid technological developments, Ying Tianqi eloquently swims against the tide as he exposes the impacts of modernization affecting our traditions. Relying on the rich tapestry of traditional Chinese heartland materials, his deft use of minimalism and semiotic exploration through collage and color illustration to mixed-media, serve to resuscitate a compelling sense of concern for the revival of traditional Chinese culture. These urgent pleas represent not only an artist’s heartfelt expression, but also the consensus in the Asian cultural memory as a repository of our special shared cultural attributes and profound historical appreciation. This exhibition, through works conveying the fullest sense of the “Spirit of the East”, reveal the uncompromising fastidiousness of an artist uniquely devoted to his innovative creation, worthy of the sustained attention of the contemporary arts and cultural criticism of this exemplary artist, Ying Tianqi.

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Ying Tianqi, was born in 1949 in Anhui, China. A graduate of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, he is presently a Professor at Shenzhen University and an Adjunct Professor at the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts. As one of the most renowned modern Chinese printmakers, he has earned considerable fame through his representative work “Xi Di Village” in the world of art and has embarked on mixed media since 2006. He was invited by the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts to host a solo exhibition in March, 2011 and in June received the highest artistic honor as an invited exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia (the Venice Biennial International Art Exhibition) which also received wide accolades.

Curator: Famous Art Critic Wang Ling

Academic Chair: Director of the National Art Museum of China Fan Di-an

Date: 2011-12-15 ~ 2011-12-24

Opening: 2011-12-15 (Thu) 2:30pm

Venue: Shanghai Art Museum (Gallery 4, 5, 6)

Courtesy of the artist and Shanghai Art Museum.