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松豐堂與松心閣榮幸展出沈勤＂至簡＂
沈勤，1958年生於中國南京。1978年考入江蘇省國畫院中國畫研究班，2003年赴加拿大大不列顛哥倫比亞大學講學。現為江蘇省國畫院國家壹級美術師。
SIMPLICITY Ink paintings by Shen Qin Shen Qin was born in Nanjing in 1958. He entered the Jiangsu Province Traditional Chinese Painting Academy in 1978. In 2003, he became a lecturer at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He is currently a National First rank Artist at the Jiangsu Province Traditional Chinese Painting Academy. Shen Qin is a contemporary ink painter who is imbued with the spirit of classical Chinese Literati. He is acknowledged as the prime exemplar of the revolution in ink painting that blossomed within the “85 New Wave Movement”. Under his brush, traditional Chinese painting has been endowed with renewed meaning and relevance. His work evokes memories of traditional landscapes even as they carve out new domains in contemporary ink painting through an individualized creative process: sheer, light, translucent, ethereal, refined, quiet, profound; permeated by smoke and cloud, immediate yet tenuous, tangible yet illusory, on the way to an ultimate simplicity; meticulous yet carefree, unique in spirit, Shen Qin has taken ink painting to its quintessence. The
expression of the contemporary in his works lies not only in the
relative densities of his use of medium but in the meditational space
made possible by those translucent tracts of ink.Shen
Qin’s paintings diverge from traditional representational techniques
employing green and blue pigments: through simple lines and hazy colors
that bring together the defined and the indefinite, he creates an
ethereal and otherworldly poetic space. At the same time, through an
acquaintance with design, his works resemble still images from black and
white movies; employing changing light and shadow, he creates a world
replete with tranquility, emptiness, ease, and clarity. The most
distinct aspect of his work lies in his particular use of ink: from
traditional brush strokes, he has developed a unique method of smudging,
clearly defined ink layers, and color transitions naturally balanced
and unified by areas of lighter tonalities. Snaking rivers and mountain
expanses merge into shadow, mist flows toward the vanishing point; the
artist is relaxed and attentive, single-minded, meditative,
and transcendent. This is achieved through Mastery of Ink. Shen Qin’s works have been collected by diverse institutions including the Brooklyn Museum of Art in the US, the Hamburg Art Museum in Germany, the Suzhou Museum, the Hubei Art Museum, the Wuhan Art Museum, and the Guangdong Art Museum. |
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