The Lion-Parkson Foundation organised a Chinese New Year Calligraphy Exhibition-cum-charity sale recently to raise funds to help needy students in Chinese schools. The two-day event was held at Chung Hwa Independent High School. Foundation chairman Puan Sri Chelsia Cheng said the foundation was assisting four independent schools to organise such events for the cause. “The schools are Chung Hwa, Tsun Jin High School, Confucian Private Secondary School and Kuen Cheng High School and this … [Read more...]
Wang Xizhi and Kukai of a new era
From September 4th - 9th 2012, in the Ginza district of Tokyo, a mecca for Japanese fine arts, young calligraphers (in their twenties and thirties) possessing a deep passion for calligraphy were the focus of an exhibition titled “A Small Exhibition for Young Calligraphers.” The exhibition was held with the hope of nurturing a younger generation of calligraphers in the tradition of Wang Xizhi (王羲之) and Kukai (空海). According to a representative from LiNCS Corporation, sponsor of the … [Read more...]
流浪的龍魂 水墨 痕跡
原始文字，藝術和攝影：馬瑞斯Szmerdt 英語翻譯：浦Ryuurui（品天龍涙）的油墨畫（墨絵，すみえ，藝術暈染，ë），技法源自遠東文化（主要是中國和日本），而異國情調來自我的祖國波蘭，藝術的本質是無國界的，誘我深入冒險其境界。 我被日本文化的魅力所吸引開始於武術 。武術訓練所需的精神和思維定式，對應的就是 水墨 畫和書法藝術。budou（武道，ぶどう，浮圖，即“武術”）的路徑，我信奉佛教和禪宗的哲學，這使我發現我陶醉其深度，並通過簡單的形式表達複雜美學的日本畫。我的心將永遠致力於此，我將生活定義為油墨的痕跡。 我是在藝術家包圍的環境中長大的。儘管生活忙碌，我的母親總是會找時間架好她的畫架、畫筆和油漆。我受到藝術本能的招喚，像磁力般吸引我的注意力，我把自己的靈魂，獻給了色彩和光的世界。以油畫和水彩畫開始，花費多年學習各種繪畫技法，中間經過木炭，鉛筆，甚至彩色玻璃作品，我第一次與油墨接觸是藉由在我的工作室實行紋身藝術專業 13年。然而，當我發現東亞 水墨 藝術，我意識到，這正是我下意識想要尋找的東西，讓我毫無保留或限制地表達自己藝術。當我用墨畫的時 … [Read more...]