Fwd: [2014-CLIP] Masterpieces of Horse Artwork 《天發神駿》藝術展 in Silicon Valley Asian Art Center

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Subject: [2014-CLIP]  Masterpieces of Horse Artwork 《天發神駿》藝術展 in Silicon Valley Asian Art Center
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Dear CLIP Families,

The Silicon Valley Asian Art Center (SVAAC) has an extra special exhibition this month (from now til 2/16) - "Galloping: An Exhibition for the Year of the Horse".  In this exhibit are fantastic pieces of horse paintings spanning the last 400+ years, including such famous artists as Tang Ying, Xu Beihong, Zheng Yuebo, Ou Haonian, etc.  It's not everyday that we can get up close and personal to see these masterpieces.  I was personally very moved by Xu Beihong's horse, which is featured on the attached poster.  Xu was trained in France, and was a master of both oils and ink painting. During the outbreak of war in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Xu sold many of his horse paintings to raise funds for the war relief effort in China.

On view in this exhibit are also two giant stone rubbings of the relief horse sculptures in the Tang Dynasty Emperor Taizong's tomb. Emperor Taizong has 6 favorite horses, they have all been through good times and bad with him including fighting in battles. When he was dying, he asked that a relief sculpture of each of them be carved and buried with him. These rubbings (prints made from the stone sculpture) were supposedly done before 1914, when the sculptures were broken and a couple of them stolen and later sold to the US, two of the relief sculptures now reside in the University of Pennsylvania. 

In addition, there is a life size replica of a Qin Dynasty terracotta chariot pulled by 4 horses on loan from Xian, China.

This is a wonderful opportunity to expose our students to high quality Chinese art with a lovable subject matter: horse. I hope you can make time to visit this exhibition, take time to walk around and examine the powerful brushwork of some of the life-size horse paintings that make the horses look almost abstract, and you have to step back to see them, and some really refined work that are just precious.

The SVAAC is located conveniently on the 4th floor (top floor) of the Central Computer Building, at the corner of Stevens Creek Blvd. and Saratoga Avenue.

Address: 3777 Stevens Creek Blvd., 4th Floor, Santa Clara (parking and entrance in the back of the building)

Opening Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 11am -5pm.

Exhibition Date: From now to Feb. 16th.

Best Regards,

Karen Tseng

CLIP Art Teacher

Miller Middle School

各位藝友：

    硅谷亞洲藝術中心在甲午新春佳節之際，盛大举辦《天發神駿》藝術展，展出自明末到當代的書畫作品30件，作者有汪珣、焦秉貞、唐英、康有為、徐悲鴻、馬晉、鄭月波、王昌杰、葉醉白、胡奇中、侯北人、伏文彦、呂鐘揚、歐豪年、沈以正、古銑賢、鄭通校、易彬文、韓美林、劉國輝、張梅駒、劉國偉、梁禮清、張均策、汪丁甲、王海嬰、Nina Ollikainen。同時，也將展出陝西省人民政府特別複製原大秦始皇銅車馬，完滿呈現秦皇一統天下的威儀和霸氣。還有民國初西安李松如立體拓原大唐太宗“昭陵六駿”中的“颯露紫”和“拳毛騧”作品，雕刻原作在民初被奸商勾結軍閥敲碎後盜賣到美國，現藏於賓州大學博物館。此拓片是首次在美國展出。

 

    馬 作為勃發奮進的象徵，在中華民族的記憶中充當著不可或缺的精神載體，歷來受到人們的喜愛和景仰，漢字中凡帶馬偏旁的字無一貶義。歷史上與馬相關的文學名篇 數不勝數，更不同說日常口語中“龍馬精神”、“馬到成功”、“一馬當先”這些膾炙人口的成語了。而馬畫從唐代的韓幹起，曆朝不衰，以致蘇東坡有“觀士人 畫，如閱天下馬，取其意氣所到”的名言，直接開創後世水墨寫意的文人畫正統。此次展覽，將呈現不同時代背景下的馬，有的激昂，有的悠閒，有的飛奔，有的站 立，形態千變萬化，一定讓觀眾朋友大飽眼福。硅谷亞洲藝術中心館長舒建華說：“展览中明末清初汪 珣的《騎射圖》，畫面淩厲俊邁，顯示清初入主中原的新王朝勃勃生氣。待天下塵埃落定，銳氣稍減，開始養尊處優，反映在宮廷畫家焦秉貞、唐英筆下的馬畫上， 就是顯得有些癡肥。到了晚清，八旗子弟們提籠遛狗、膏粱紈絝之時，如魯迅所諷刺，‘連馬都不會騎了’，這時候隨金城等學畫的沒落淸貴子弟馬晉筆下的馬，雖 是清雅，但那等閒散和暮氣，真是不可救藥了。徐悲鴻出身微寒，得到近代思想家和改良派領袖康有為的影響，繪畫觀念徹底一新，又能去法國求新學，在抗戰風雲 際會中，他水墨淋漓的馬，癡肥去盡、掃清暮氣、振奮人心，從他抗戰勝利後贈送給傅狷夫先生的畫面中，我們可以深刻感受到那種激越和昂揚。承接徐悲鴻水墨意 趣的鄭月波的六屏巨幅《八駿圖》氣勢撼人。”

 

    同時舉辦迎新春名家書畫展銷，包括清代《四庫全書》總纂錢載、晚清名家胡公壽、張熊等書畫，還有現代大師于右任、張大千、溥心畬、李可染、姚奠中、蕭建初、伏文彥、蔣雲仲、王軼猛、孫家勤、高逸鴻、胡克敏，及四川、雲南、貴州、河南等省名家書畫作品共40餘件。

 

開幕式定於1月26日，周日下午2時舉行，展覽至2月16日結束。2月1日下午2-5時舉辦名家書寫春聯及新春燕集。硅谷亞洲藝術中心地址：3777 Stevens Creek Blvd, #400,Santa Clara, CA 95051. (408)248-2698，www.artshu.com

徐心如  敬邀

Xinru Xu 
Assistant Curator 
Silicon Valley Asian Art Center
(408)248-2698
www.artshu.com

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