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HANGZHOU, China, Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Exhibition at Zhejiang Art Museum "From Inception: Wang Dongling 60 Years of

Calligraphy"

The exhibition "From Inception: Wang Dongling 60 Years of Calligraphy" opens at

the Zhejiang Art Museum on October 16, 2021. It focuses on China Academy of

Art's professor, Wang Dongling's 60-year exploration of calligraphy art, from

traditional calligraphy to other styles such as Chaos-Writing (Entangled

Calligraphy), Big Writing, Silver Gelatin Calligraphy, Calligraphy on Bamboo

Stalks, Calligraphy using immersive virtual reality. The long span of time

covered by the exhibits, the diversity of styles, the depth of academic

research, and the novelty of media experimentation are unprecedented in both

Wang Dongling's exhibition history and in Chinese calligraphy exhibition

history.

In Exhibition Hall No. 4, named "Fantasy Land of Calligraphy," is a world of

colored glaze illuminated by lights and colors: from abstract ink paintings to

silver gelatin calligraphy, to the use of materials like stainless steel mirror

and clear acrylic, and to the numerous representations through new media such

as iPad calligraphy and motion capture digital art.

In Exhibition Hall No. 5, named "Scholar's Snow Cave," the small-sized works in

Regular Script and big-sized works in Cursive Script encompass calligraphy

genres including album leaves, scrolls, tablet inscriptions, screens, etc.

The hanging scrolls in four scripts in Exhibition Hall No.6 showcase the six

decades' creative journey of Wang Dongling. The newly created "Big Writing"

installation in commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of Confucius' passing

represents the contours of the journey of Confucius.

He initiated the project "Big Characters Travel the World," a plan to construct

writing scenes of Chinese calligraphy at art institutions worldwide, promoting

academic communication between calligraphy and international art circle. In his

view, Chinese calligraphers must enter the scenes of international art for

mutual illumination and inspiration in cross-cultural exchange. It is only by

"manifesting the common through differences" that calligraphy can return to its

true origin in cultural dialogues and make due contributions to the culture of

humanity as a whole.

His works are represented at the National Art Museum of China, the Palace

Museum (Taipei), Peking University, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert

Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the

Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as in universities including Harvard, Yale,

Stanford, and Berkeley.

SOURCE: China Academy of Art

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