Press Release
Phoenix Art Center Shanghai is delighted to present an exhibition of “Handwritten·State-Zhou Changjiang Solo Exhibition” on 7th July 2013.
Zhou Changjiang as the most important representative of Chinese abstract art, his series of creative artwork “complementary” which was widely known has been practiced for three decades so far. The concept of “complementary” series was proposed from a simple ideal, that is, after artist in the study of Western modernism, expect the transformation of traditional aesthetic values in modern society, and establish a modern image with Oriental heritage. In this exhibition, Phoenix Art Center Shanghai will display the most recent situation of Zhou Changjiang’s artwork. Curator will briefly lead us to the territory of “Handwritten·State”. Chinese handwritten as a traditional culture should be the most close to the “abstract” in the spirit of kernel and visual interest. As a major advance in the creative process of Zhou Changjiang’s persistence series of “complementary”, he concentrates on studies and repeatedly pondering between the feeling, charm, skill and concept of “Handwritten”. In the spirit field of Zhou Changjiang, people appreciate the deep and serene Zen that stay away from the secular life but plenty of his heart. This is a state of life through his handwritten traces to pass out.
Zhou Changjiang work 3; 周长江作品3
Zhou Changjiang work 2; 周长江作品2
ZHOU Changjiang, Born in April 1950, Shanghai. Graduated from Arts Department (Oil Painting) of Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai.Professor and Dean of Art School of East China Normal University; Level 1 Artists of Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute; Vice-Chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association; Researcher of China National Academy of Painting.
ZHOU Changjiang, Born in April 1950, Shanghai. Graduated from Arts Department (Oil Painting) of Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai; Professor and Dean of Art School of East China Normal University; Level 1 Artists of Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Institute; Vice-Chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association; Researcher of China National Academy of Painting.
Zhou Changjiang work 1; 周长江作品1
Selected exhibitions:
The Early Abstract Art in Shanghai- A Retrospective of Art History , Shanghai,Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition,2013; Four Quartets 3-5-5-3, How Art Museum, Wenzhou,2013; Forms of the Formless: Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Rendsburg, Germany, 2012; Action of a Proper Degree—Exhibition of ZHOU Changjiang’s Paper Works, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai, 2012; The Way of Writing, Himalayas Art Museum, Shanghai, 2012; The Way Imitates Nature—Chinese Abstract Art Exhibition, MOCA Shanghai, 2011; Images Come from the Heart—The Fourth Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, PIFO Gallery, Beijing, 2011; Question on Heaven and Mankind—ZHOU Changjiang Work Exhibition, Z-art Center, Shanghai, 2009; Correspondence and Response–United Exhibition of Chinese-American Artists” , National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2007; About River – Chinese Oil Painting Retrospective Exhibition, NAMOC, Beijing Imagery in Mt. Wuyi: The 1st International Touring Exhibition of Works by Chinese and Germany Artists, Beijing, Shanghai, Berlin Museum of Art, 2006; Heteromorphism and Fantasy—Modern Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, 2005; Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China, Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004; Metaphysical 2001- Shanghai Abstract Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum 9th Asian Artists Exhibition, Pace University, U. S, 2001; 14th Asian International Art Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999; Chinese Five Millennium Civilized Art shows US Spanish Guggenheim, 1998; First Shanghai Biennale (Art), Shanghai Art Museum, 1996; First Asia-Pacific Contemporary Triennial Exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery, Australia, 1993; Don’t Want to Play Cards with Paul Cézanne—Chinese Avant-Garde Art Exhibition, Pacific Asia Museum, U. S, 1990; Chinese Modern Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1989.
