The exhibition “2013 Wash-Ink for Seasons: Nomination Exhibition of Excellent Contemporary Chinese Painting Artists” is co-organized by Beijing Wash-Ink for Seasons Cultural & Arts Center and “Art Magazine”, it will be open in Art Museum of Beijing Art Academy, on 4pm, July,17th, 2013.

        6 years have passed unnoticed since the first “Wash-Ink for Seasons” exhibition took place in 2008. The initial purpose of this exhibition was offering a theme of “changing seasons” to the wash-ink painting, with the time run by, the seasons themselves have become the trace of the exhibition has traveled. Looking back, there are changes in curatorial concepts, themes and artists. One thing has never changed though: to build up a platform for the outstanding contemporary wash-ink artists to exhibit their research, and interact with the viewers openly.

        The artists who attend the “Wash-Ink for Seasons: Nomination Exhibition of Excellent Contemporary Chinese Painting Artists” have relatively unique and distinct style and language of work. Each of their technique is independent: not limited by the sound understanding to traditional technique while tend to use the modern language to deconstruct and reconstruct the classic Chinese painting skills, aiming in  creating contemporary images containing the classic brush strokes. The artists in this Nomination Exhibition of Wash-Ink for Seasons are: Du Dakai, Liu MU, Zhang Peicheng, Lao Pu, Yuan Wu, Zhou Jingxin, Cai Guangbin, Xu Huaxiang, Fang Xiang, Lei Ziren and Qiu Ting.

         This exhibition will show over 90 pieces of works of the 11 artists, the contents include landscape, figure, flower-and-bird painting from both metropolitan and rural, it demonstrates the artists’ character though various themes, not only focus on the artistic expressing of the artists but also has academic exploration. As Shang Hui, the academic host of this show argued: In terms of painting language, these artist use focus perspective, space structure, graphic composition and photographic image to expand the visual language of Chinese paintings and the same time use these elements to form an inner connect with the tradition. Therefore their styles were formed due to such creative combination: the characteristic graphical representation as shown the infinite space in which the modernity of Chinese painting can develop. Naturally, the developing of the language and the pursuit to art will be a eternal driving force for them to move forward.

         The exhibition will last to23th. July