To Chinese oil painting prospect one kind of extrapolation
Once some people said “world more terrorist, art is more abstract”. Then, now then may say “world more peaceful, art is blinder”. After the world history enters for 20th century, Art has faced never has had the complex aspect truly. The contemporary art esteems vigorously which by US occupies the mainstream status forcefully. “The latter modern age”, the multiplication, does not have the center, lacks the narration condition to cause art to face the condition which speaks even more with difficulty. Outside the western on drawing artistic way demonstrated on the far ratio frame the drawing to make the variation which one was dazzled. After each kind of tidal current and the idea factor is rapidly pushed to the acme, People which during the discovery language, the media inflate has also felt one kind of invisible pressure imminent ness. “Drawing death” theory, Is the west commercial culture fashion tidal current next kind hypes the slogan, Is the fine arts circle under the impetuous point of view the result which adds fuel to the flames unceasingly by the theoreticians.
What the oil painting in present age world culture position is? This is precisely we the cultural superintendent, the artist, the theoretician must discuss today, present stage domestic and foreign esthetics are flooding “oil painting dispelling theory”, “art with an improper method to theory” as well as the Chinese oil painting fatalism. But has very many people to believe the Chinese oil painting future the light, its function cannot the modern impact but lose after the west. Perhaps its instinct has the transformation, but took one kind of cultural the carrier, has more opportunities in the new time and the challenge.
Based on to the Chinese oil painting present situation analysis, the space which the initiation pondered, in by causes the wrong proposition response and the retort regarding some wild talk west oil paintings declines which the Eastern oil painting also inevitably declines. Lost the goal to some then to lose the direction artist and the institute students gives theoretically making corrections, regarding persisted studied assiduously diligently on the oil painting path as well as believed the China oil painting could magnificently rise a human theory support, in on academic had the guiding sense.

I felt touched but unable to express myself in words. It seemed like listening to a story that moved every parts of my heart. I even wanted to ask, what happened after that? when the music finished.

That’s how I felt when Ms. Qi Xiaochun played her instrument, the erhu, at a Chinese New Year Show sponsored by New Tang Dynasty Televison (NTDTV) last January.

The erhu, sometimes known in the West as the Chinese violin or Chinese two string fiddle, is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument. The instrument looks so simple that I even tried to build an Erhu when I was about 12 years old. Of course, the sound quality was not good at all, but I really loved it for a while.

The erhu can be traced back to instruments introduced into China more than a thousand years ago. It started to be popular in Southern China during the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where it was called “Nan-hu”, Nan meaning south in Chinese.

Nowadays the erhu often plays an important role in national orchestras. In smaller orchestras, there are usually two to six erhu players, in larger ones, 10 to 12. In fact, in Chinese orchestras the erhu plays the part the violin does in Western orchestras. Like the Western violin, the erhu is renowned for its expressiveness and is often said to echo the human voice.

Growing up in Shanghai, Ms. Qi began learning to play this difficult instrument at the age of six, taught by a friend of her father’s. She was later accepted to the Shanghai Music Conservatory and won an award at the Chinese National Erhu Competition. She has also played at the Hollywood Bowl, but her most memorable performances have been at the New Tang Dynasty television network’s (NTDTV) Chinese New Year spectaculars.

In addition to performing, Ms. Qi also teaches the erhu. “When learning to play the erhu,” she says, “people must develop basic skills first. The music, however, comes from the person’s character. People carry their own things into the music. What they want to express, and also the person as a whole, is expressed through the music. As an artist, your moral character will also determine your skill.”

This idea is reflected throughout ancient Chinese culture, whether in painting, martial arts, or poetry–in order to cultivate talent, one must cultivate the whole person. Ms. Qi finds this philosophy is also also present in NTDTV’s performances. She hopes that when people see the show, they will not only be entertained, but will also experience something about the deeper qualities these ancient Chinese arts can bring to people. In Ms. Qi’s opinion, it is simple: “pure compassion, pure beauty.”

Ms. Qi Xiaochun will perform the erhu in Holiday Wonders at the Beacon Theater on Broadway, Dec. 19-24, and also at the 2007 NTDTV Chinese New Year Spectacular shows which are touring North America from Jan. to Mar. 2007.