On 23 November, the Guangdong Soong Ching Ling Foundation's "Aesthetic Education Public Welfare Classroom" came to ASJ for the 12th Scholars' Lecture, analyze the landscape painting, experience the non-heritage Canton embroidery, and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Art from life comes from life, above life
Associate Professor, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Guangdong Artists Association
Vice Chairman of Australia China Artists Association
President of Guangzhou Chinese Painting Association
President of Xiguan Painting Academy
Director of Liwan Political Consultative Conference Painting and Calligraphy Institute
Vice President of Guangzhou Plum Society Painting and Calligraphy Academy
In the day's lecture, Zhu Yongcheng, Associate Professor of the School of Chinese Painting at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, first spoke to ASJ students and faculty about the relationship between art and life. According to Prof. Zhu, art, especially contemporary art, has a wide scope, and every blade of grass, every tree, every thing and every person in life is art. Now that art has become more diversified, he hoped that ASJ students would experience life and gain insight into the world with eyes that discover beauty.
Afterwards, Prof. Zhu also analyzed some of the paintings with examples to tell the students about the relationship between creation, expression and transmission of art. The natural beauty of He Xian Nun, the crippled beauty of Tie Qiao Li, and the different immortal qualities are all subjects favored by Chinese painters. Under Prof. Zhu's analysis, ASJ students not only viewed everyone's Chinese paintings, but also learned about the methods of expression of beauty in early Chinese art.
Besides, Prof. Zhu also talked about the shock of art and his pursuit and expression of art based on the Butterfly Effect and other Chinese paintings. The road of exploration in art will not be smooth, but the pursuit of art, the pursuit of beauty can forget the hardships and pains along the way, so that people can be immersed in the pursuit of beauty and yearning, so that they can live a more pleasant and broader life. He hoped that students can also develop the pursuit of beauty, yearning for art, and add fun to life.
In the final question session, ASJ students expressed their feelings about what they had learned in class, as well as their confusion and concern about the creation and processing of art by modern AI. Prof. Zhu said that whether it is art created by human beings or art produced by artificial intelligence (AI), as long as it can move the heart and resonate, it is art, and encouraged the students to actively create and enjoy the beauty of art.
A needle and thread "show" Canton embroidery
Fourth-generation inheritor of non-legacy Canton embroidery
External teacher of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Lecturer of Lingnan Style Folk Culture Lecture Hall
Member of Youth Working Committee of Guangzhou Arts and Crafts Industry Association
Vice President of Guangzhou Baiyun District Folk Artists Association
In the Painting and Calligraphy Room of ASJ, Ms. Lai Yongguan, the fourth generation inheritor of the non-heritage Canton embroidery, firstly introduced Cantonese embroidery and explained the difference between Cantonese embroidery and Canton embroidery to the ASJ students and the Danish exchange students. Cantonese embroidery is the collective name of Canton embroidery and Chiu Chow embroidery, which is produced in the Guangdong region and is known as one of the "Four Famous Embroideries of China" along with Suzhou embroidery (Jiangsu), Hunan embroidery (Hunan) and Sichuan embroidery (Sichuan). Among them, Canton Embroidery is famous for its full composition, vivid image, clear texture, rich color, varied stitches, and good at changing artistic characteristics.
In the class, Ms. Lai introduced the ASJ students to the long history of Cantonese embroidery and the commonly used embroidery needles, embroidery threads, rolls of trellis as well as the embroidery process. Ms. Lai also introduced special works such as "A Hundred Birds Contesting". By analyzing the types of embroidery and presentation techniques of the excellent works, she let the students feel the beauty and skill of Cantonese embroidery, for example, the embroiderer will skillfully match and transform various stitches with each other according to the design intention and the shape, texture and demeanor of the object in order to achieve the best artistic effect.
As a non-heritage culture, the inheritance and innovation of Canton embroidery have been attracting public attention and discussion. In this class, Ms. Lai also brought some innovative works of Canton embroidery. Breaking through the limitations of picture frames, Canton embroidery appeared in earrings and other delicate jewelry, Canton embroidery patterns become smaller, but the pattern texture is still clear, and the lifelike image made students wonder.
In the experience div, students chose their favorite patterns to experience the Canton embroidery with great enthusiasm. In the needle threading practice, students felt the embroidery is not easy, a small needle with delicate embroidery thread actually contains a mix of needle, swimming needle, mixed needle, seeding needle, cross needle and so on more than ten kinds of stitches, just embroidered the edge of the pattern is difficult for many students.
Nonetheless, the students' enthusiasm for Canton embroidery continued to grow around Ms. Lai. In the process, ASJ students experienced the charm and cultural value of Canton embroidery, while the Danish exchange students also experienced the vastness and depth of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.
Chinese painting and Canton embroidery are both excellent traditional cultures of the Chinese nation. Allowing ASJ students to perceive and experience the excellent traditional culture in the classroom is conducive to enhancing students' art appreciation and learning ability, as well as national pride and cultural confidence.
