Artist 丨Chi Shahong

News Release 

On November 9, 2013, at 3:00 PM, "Old Events of Wulin, Hang Erfeng -- New Works of Chi Shahong's Traditional Chinese painting" opened on the art Gallery of West Lake, Landscape and Culture in Huanglong Hotel, Hangzhou, which is the 30th exhibition held by Hanyang Art Center on the art gallery.

Chi Shahong's works inherit the characteristics that "Zhejiang school figure painting" is close to life and pays attention to the tradition of brush and ink. He believed that "the understanding of life includes the understanding of art". Chi Sha Hong's favorite paintings are figures, especially girls and children in the countryside. His figure paintings have distinct regional characteristics, full of rich life flavor, simple in showing elegance, strong in showing affection. The figure shape is healthy, simple and lively, which makes people feel warm and friendly. In particular, his series of children are charming, lively and innocent. Chi Sha Hong painting of children, are in his childhood that time of children. 'This is a kind of memory,' Mr. Chi said. 'This is a kind of human nostalgia.'

A total of 30 new paintings by Chi Shahong depict his memories of his childhood. The extension will last until December 14, 2013.

Foreword

The children in the early days are now old. Looking back, they have also blown numerous "Hang-er winds". The winds are pure, and you can feel the culture of Hangzhou laodi. For example, the male children in Hangzhou will play the pinball, flush the western pian, roll the copper, roll the iron band, and spin the Radha. I do not know when the epidemic began to collect the cigarette casing, the penknife split the sugarcane... For instance, the women in Hangzhou will take rubber bands, skipping rope, shuttlecock kicking, hook foot jumping, and do not know when the prevalence of throwing sandbags and catching mahjong tiles... Even the boys and girls that have mingled: hide and seek, touch, seize, catch, fish, eagle, chicken, handkerchief, rope...

In the middle of the last century, cameras were rare and expensive, and families would not take pictures unless they were well groomed. So the games, merriment, and even the daily life of the children hardly have any decent image retained. And my vivid memory and painting skills are able to retain something, which is also a very suitable thing.

When I finished writing and painting, I found that we were moving away from a life. This kind of life should be described as "poor", but the spiritual abundance is now incomparable. At that time, there were the concept of honor and disgrace combined with the traditional culture and the red culture, the friendship without utility in group life, the integrity of being true to one's word, the closeness to nature, the ever-changing collective games, and many other things that could not be explained clearly, which made people be kind, upward, calm and thoughtful.

——Chi Shahong

The exhibition works 

Exhibition site