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Film Art College 1994 Shortlisted in the Berlinale Competition Section
It was announced on February 1st, 2023 that the Chinese animated film Art College 1994 has been selected for the Competition section in the 73rd Berlinale. The news came as a pleasant surprise as it was the final film shortlisted in the annual international film festival. This marked a new record for the Chinese animated film industry.Directed by Liu Jian, a professor at CAA School of Animation and Games, and produced by a team of teachers and students over a span of five years, the film is a si
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China Daily: Paying tribute through art
Art is a form of communication and painting making it an important way to record and illustrate events over time. Artists in China have used different methods to show their appreciation for workers on the front line of the fight against COVID-19.In September, China Daily's Times' Palette Studio signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Academy of Art, the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, the Tianjin Academy of Fine
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City project uses art to enhance village life
In an effort to integrate art into the construction of rural areas and enhance people's artistic aesthetics, China Academy of Art launched the "For a Better China" project last year to encourage young artists to experience and create art in villages and impoverished areas. Now, some of the experimental works are on display at "The Close-up: 100 Moments For A Better China" exhibition at China Design Museum through July 25. "The concept of better China
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Zhejiang oil paintings take center stage at rare art exhibition
A rare exhibition of modern works by oil painting masters from Zhejiang Province is under way at Zhejiang Art Museum. Works on display, through February 12, date back from 1912 to the present, recording 100 years of oil painting development in the eastern province. "The history of Zhejiang's oil painting is the epitome of the history of China's oil painting. For a century, Zhejiang has been a major cultural center of oil painting art," said Xu Jiang, headmaster of the Chin
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Artists Elegance - A Century of Oil Painting in Zhejiang
"Artists Elegance - A Century of Oil Painting in Zhejiang" has been exhibited in Zhejiang Art Museum from December 12, 2022 to February 12, 2023. It hopes to show artists' efforts in developing oil painting creation innovatively in Zhejiang Province. They go deep into life and take root in the people to create classic works with local features, distinctive colors of the times and unique artistic styles. The exhibition involves more than 280 oil paintings of the old, middle and
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World-famous Auto Designer James Hope Joined China Academy of Art as a Full-time Professor!
In December 2022, the China Academy of Art (CAA) officially introduced James Hope, a world-renowned automotive designer, as a full-time professor at the School of Design, CAA. At the same time, CAA Institute of Transportation Design was established, with Professor Hope as its Director who is responsible for the transportation design program for undergraduates and postgraduates. James Hope graduated from College for Creative Studies (CCS) in 1992 with
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Weave the World——Outline a Different Version of the World Map
Fiber art is more than a special type of art. It is first and foremost a method, a path. From the marvelous structures of nature, fiber artists discover a certain constructivism that governs the microscopic world. This leads to a unique understanding of substances and how they are generated - that every material and object, as a matter of fact, is a fine and sophisticated construct, or rather a fabric, made by nature or humans. Therefore, the essence of fiber art lies in weaving, tha
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Shi Hui | How can Chinese writing be presented by weaving?
Shi Hui, an artist who works as professor at China Academy of Art, is also a PhD supervisor and Director of Institute of Contemporary Fiber Art.Shi Hui was among the first group of artists who took up contemporary art in China during the 1980s. Maintaining constant affectionate with and working mainly in cotton, linen, and Xuan Paper, Shi hui sought to show us her recognition of a tacit fit between medium and soul as well as the belief that Chinese traditional media could regain value in th
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Lineament and pages by Ann Hamilton, exhibited in the 4th Hangzhou Fiber Art Triennial
The 4th Hangzhou Fiber Art Triennial ‘Being Theoria’ is open to the public at Zhejiang Art Museum on October 18,2022 (Duration: Oct.18 - Dec.4,2022), with more than 60 artists/groups from more than 10 countries around the world participated. The triennial is not segmented but linked up through several ‘clues’,viz. characters with the silk radical: ‘Wén/文’(text/texture/culture/ civilization), ‘Xù/绪’(emotion/thought), ‘Xiàn/线’ (lines
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The 4th "Being Theoria" show opened on October 18th in Hangzhou
The 4th Hangzhou Fiber Art Triennial themed "Being Theoria" opened on October 18, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The special project "Jinying | Pure Reason" of the Triennial opened on September 30 at the Hangzhou Museum. The theme of this fourth Triennial is "Being Theoria", which is the continuation of the first show "Fiber Visions" in 2013, second show "Weave & We" in 2016, and third show "Boundless Encounters"
