Eternal Earth - Uzhchev Art Works Exhibition Opens at National Art Museum of China

On September 12, "Eternal Earth - Uzhchev Art Works Exhibition" opened at the National Art Museum of China. The exhibition focuses on the representative works of Professor Uzhchev, dean of the Academy of Fine Arts of Minzu University of China, for more than thirty years at various stages of art creation, covering printmaking, ink painting, ink painting, oil painting, comprehensive materials, etc. Uzhchev donated 25 of his masterpieces to the National Art Museum of China for free.

As a representative artist in the field of contemporary Chinese national art, Uzhchev is deeply rooted in the grassland context. He uses a unique painting language to integrate the weather of heaven and earth, the national character and the spirit of the times, and deduce a profound and lively contemporary national art character that integrates ancient and modern times. He is good at using "Cang Wolf and White Deer" as his motif, with the mountains and rivers of the north as his background, and integrating classic images such as Yinshan rock paintings and grassland flowers and plants into his paintings.

In the exhibition hall, Uzhchev's early masterpiece "Love for the Earth - My Dream" uses a special paper stencil technique to depict the original ecological life of the horseback people. It uses a surreal technique to interweave galloping Mongolian horses, hounds, falcons and hazy snowy scenes to express the attachment and nostalgia for the homeland. This work won the gold medal in the first "National Hundred Flowers" Art Exhibition in 1994. The "Fossil Series" works use the comprehensive technique of paper stencils to interrogate the origin of life, trace the evolution of the earth through fossils of ancient animals and plants, and give the ruins a philosophical depth. This series of works has been selected into the 8th and 9th National Art Exhibitions and many national printmaking exhibitions. The "Eternal Earth" series of giant "ink paintings" recently created by Uzhchev uses the northern land as the spiritual carrier, uses the wolf and deer totems and shaman patterns in the Yinshan rock paintings, and integrates Populus euphratica, creatures, fossils, epics and mountain and river dreams. The form of the picture is reconstructed, time and space are interlaced, abstract and concrete language are combined, and the ancient images are activated with the life touch of the times to achieve aesthetic sublimation.

Uzhchev's artistic exploration is a valuable example in the practice of Chinese national art. In 2001, "Tracing the Wolf and the White Deer - Uzhchev Print Exhibition" was held for the first time at the National Art Museum of China. 25 years later, "The Eternal Land - Uzhchev Art Works Exhibition" was opened again as an academic invitation series of exhibitions at the National Art Museum of China. The audience can appreciate the landscape of the grassland up close, and appreciate the artistic power of the diverse symbiosis of the Chinese nation and the great spirit of endless vitality.

This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Chinese Artists Association and the National Art Museum of China, and organized by the National Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association and the Academy of Fine Arts of the Minzu University of China. It is reported that the exhibition will last until September 23.

(Guangming Daily all-media reporter Tian Nei)

Source: Guangming Daily Client