The 29th Guangzhou International Art Fair. The 29th Guangzhou Art Fair is about to open. Starting in 1993, it has a history of more than 30 years. The past is all a prologue. Comprehensively deconstruct 2024. The 29th Guangzhou Art Fair will span five continents. The exhibited works cover regions such as Europe, America, East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The integration of art and life. Multiple art sections. Through the perspective of art, see the development and changes of the times… 01 New Theme. The theme of the 29th Guangzhou Art Fair is ‘Transcend’. Gather the backbone forces of global art. Innovation and development. Together put forward the development proposition of ‘Art-based, humanistic integration’ to achieve regional leap, academic leap, and quality leap. The theme of the 29th Guangzhou art fair is ‘Transcend’. Innovation and development together put forward the idea of ‘Art-based, humanistic integration’ to achieve the development of regional leap, Academic Leap, quality leap. 02 New Curation. With ‘high quality’ as the main line, a new curation of the 29th Guangzhou Art Fair, this year-end art event. Aims to further promote the deep integration of art, culture, economy, and society by showing the charm of art. Stamp Exhibition of Original Works by Famous Chinese Artists. The Guangzhou Art Fair this year specially plans the [Stamp Exhibition of Original Works by Famous Chinese Artists], which includes stamps and original works of series such as ‘Journey to the West’, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’, ‘Peony Pavilion’, the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, and ancient writers. Li Dawei’s stamp design absorbs some characteristics of Peking Opera and animations. Using the processing method of Chinese folk New Year pictures, fine brushwork with single outlines, heavy colors and thick dyes, and the characters are slightly exaggerated, making the image of Sun Wukong vividly active in a small space. Contemporary Art Exhibition. The [Contemporary Art Exhibition] offers a glimpse of the cutting-edge and innovative artistic style. Undoubtedly, it is one of the highlights of this Guangzhou Art Fair. Led and curated by Mr. Li Gang, a specially appointed professor of the International College of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and a famous contemporary artist and curator.
When Li Gang steps into the ruins of a building, his position is not a nostalgic lyricism, but rather bestowing a new ‘metaphor’ to ink painting through ‘broken bricks and shattered tiles’. Understanding this ‘metaphor’ is the key to interpreting Li Gang’s new works. Guangzhou Art Institute Exhibition Art Exhibition
This year’s Guangzhou Art Expo is honored to invite the Guangzhou Art Institute to participate, and specially presents the 【Guangzhou Art Institute Exhibition】. The Guangzhou Art Institute fully condenses the academic strength of the institute, gathers exquisite works, and depicts the new look of Chinese art with the atmosphere of the new era, the spirit of China, and the character of Lingnan. Making friends through painting, building a communication platform in the process of seeking resonance in calligraphy; colliding in thought through mutual reference and promotion; jointly exploring the path of artistic development in symbiosis; and carrying out dynamic new inheritance in an open and inclusive manner. Guangzhou Sculpture Institute Exhibition Sculpture Exhibition In this Guangzhou Art Expo, the participation of the Guangzhou Sculpture Institute is undoubtedly one of the highlights of this art feast. They bring the 【Guangzhou Sculpture Institute Exhibition】, which will display a series of meticulously created sculptures. These works not only show the sculptors’ eager expectations for the future but also sincerely reflect life and society, and perceive the living conditions and spiritual outlook of ordinary people against the backdrop of a grand era. Sculptors create in a way that transcends traditional boundaries, reinterpreting tangible or intangible things, and endowing them with new life. Through the form of sculpture, breaking conventions, blurring traditional boundaries, and allowing objects and concepts to be reorganized and transcend the constraints of reality. 03 New Look Apart from the comprehensive theme exhibition, with the continuous evolution and innovation of art, the 29th Guangzhou Art Expo will welcome a brand new visual feast – solo exhibitions of contemporary art masters, with different schools of painting competing in beauty. Artists will bring their latest creations, covering a variety of art forms such as oil painting, traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, and integrated art materials. Guan Zeju is a persistent and diligent realist painter who has been pursuing beauty throughout his life. Harsh painting skills training combined with innate artistic talent has shaped such a painter with profound skills, distinctive style, and rich works. In decades of creative career, the painter has been persistently realistic. His paintings are quietly elegant and filled with an inner warmth. Bright emotions and rich colors seem to be the eternal tone of the painter, and the realistic depiction of details cannot help but elicit your admiration and amazement. Cai Chufu is a milestone in the history of Chinese oil painting and a genuine and authentic inheritor of the Lingnan painting school. For the first time, Chinese oil painting was recognized by the world, starting from the advertising agency paintings created by Cai Chufu for the American Polo Company in 1986, from which Chinese oil painting began to enter the world stage.Cai Chufu, known as the Snowman in the United States, gained recognition in the European and American art circles with his Snow Series paintings in the last century. He is also the first Chinese artist to win a major award at the Venice Biennale. Lin Guoqiang, in the 1990s, studied at Tokyo National University of the Arts in Japan, learning from renowned masters such as Shun-Nan Goto, Yusaku Kayama, Ikuo Hirayama, and Tatsumi Takayama, focusing on the study of mineral pigment art. After decades of exploration, study, and practice in both Chinese and Western painting, he perfectly combined the rich techniques of Japanese mineral pigment painting with the unique charm of Chinese ink painting, exploring a painting method and style with strong Eastern aesthetic appeal. His work has been hailed by the industry as the unique artistic style of ‘Obscure Aesthetics’. Contemporary art theorist Mr. Li Weiming, in his evaluation of his art, wrote: He has facilitated the ‘third climax’ of Japanese art’s influence on Chinese art, and is one of the pioneers in spreading modern Japanese heavy color painting techniques, which mainly use mineral pigments, in mainland China. Open from December 13th to December 16th, performance times and durations are subject to the actual situation at the venue.
