Category: Cultural Activities

Today’s episode will focus on composition. Composition can be balanced or unbalanced, always accompanied by order. Balance in art is different from the common understanding – it does not necessarily mean putting two equal things on both sides. Disproportion can also be considered balance in art. Buddhists believe everything is energy, and all things can…

In this episode, we will continue to learn about art through Huang Binhong’s works. The only artist today whose ink techniques can be mentioned in the same breath as Huang Binhong is his student Li Keran. His mastery of ink techniques may even surpass Huang, but his brushwork still needs strengthening. Huang Binhong’s five brush…

Huang Binhong paid great attention to techniques and philosophy in his artwork, as mentioned previously regarding “thickness and luxuriance”. Generally describing mountain and water as thick and plants as luxuriant is how Chinese landscape painting is characterized. However, for Huang Binhong, this is melted into a core concept of painting, depicting his aesthetic ideal, pursuit…

This episode continues exploring the principles of art through Huang Binhong’s paintings. As mentioned last time, his brushwork techniques exemplify traditional Chinese ethnic painting characteristics. Western painting uses watercolors rather than ink. Just manipulating tones through light and dark wetness can create many layered color effects. Chinese brushes also come in various categories. These tools…

Huang Binhong’s works embrace his personal principles and views. As it is often said, the most important thing for a successful artist is his teacher – Huang Binhong indeed had a distinguished student of ink painting, Li Keran, which proved the saying of eminent teachers producing outstanding students. As for those who are self-taught, they…

From the perspective of Chinese painting, Huang Binhong’s works can be seen to resonate with Western Impressionist paintings. However, modern painters such as Wu Guanzhong have been quite critical of Huang Binhong’s paintings, commenting that his works are all repetitive and devoid of meaning. Wu Guanzhong values composition and modern expression, believing that brushwork and…