March 2015 - cajo.com.au

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The Australian Chinese Painting Society, Inc
Newsletter
Volume 25 -
Issue 1 - March 2015
Meetings for the rest of 2015: 2 May, 6 Jun, 1 Aug, 5 Sep and 7 Nov at 2pm
Venue: Block A Meadowbank TAFE. See Street, Meadowbank
www.australian-chinese-painting-society.com.au
Postal address: 27/849 George Street, Ultimo NSW 2007
ABN: 38 278 135 684
March Highlights
Chinese Gardens: Year of the Goat
T
o celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Goat
in 2015, the Australian Chinese Painting Society
transformed the Chinese Gardens of Friendship
(Sydney) into a sea of creativity and art making. This
year’s event was filled with excitement, joy and loads
of energetic painting!
Our demonstrations kicked-off with a naturalistic
brush painting of the Goat by Joe Ling. The crowds of
visitors were entranced by the skillful and whimsical
brushworks of our brush painting artists, and the
lines were as long as winding dragons, which kept all
our artists busy within the three hour complimentary
Chinese zodiac painting session. Our president
Andrew Lo wrapped up the event with his signature
demo of the Australian bush gums, and ink printings
of the Goat.
The event was well received by the public and many
visitors brought home their very own CNY zodiac
memorabilia.
Photo Credits: Trevor Vale & Samantha Chan
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March Highlights
Chinese Gardens: Year of the Goat
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Members What’s On
Art Exchange Program
ZHONGSHAN SYDNEY ART EXCHANGE PROGRAM 2015
The Zhongshan Sydney Art Exchange Program is organised by member Rocky Wong and is currently under
planning. Interested members are encouraged to contact Rocky in order to participate in this program. The
following are some details provided by Rocky about the event’s progress.
7. The Zhongshan artists who
are participating in the exchange
includes 3 highly regarded
artists of the region, which
also includes gallery museum
directors and curators. And they
will bring over 1~2 artworks to
showcase at the exhibition here
in Sydney. Hence, this is a great
4. For members who wish to sell
their works, feel free to price at your opportunity for local artists, who
wish to enter into the Chinese art
own preference. However, within
industry and market.
galleries in China, it is advised not
to price below RMB2500/square
8. It is best to arrange a team
metre (around AU$500/square
meeting for members who are
metre).
interested to participate in the
exchange program.
5. Even though the Zhongshan
organiser has eliminated the
9. The Zhongshan organisers
exchange funding of our 6 artists.
will produce a book publication
However, they have arranged a
of their works to be exhibited in
package accomodation deal for us
at: 3.5 star hotel at RMB120/night or Sydney, and to be sold during
4 star hotel at RMB400/night. And the exhibition. And profits made
will be donated to the ACPS,
an exhibition opening party will
however 10% of the publications
also be hosted by the Zhongshan
must be complimentary for the
organiser.
public/guests. However, this idea
requires further discussion.
6. As a gesture of welcome, Rocky
believes we should organise a BBQ
and bring home-makes, as an
exchange of our Australian culture.
estimated fee of AU$1,000. Hence,
it is advised that the artworks are
best to be brought back by members
who are attending the exhibition
opening in Zhongshan. (After
framing, the artworks approximate
total weight may be 5kg)
1. Interested members are to
prepare 2 ~ 3 artworks (size do
not exceed 700mmx700mm) and a
150~200 word artist profile.
2. An appropriate Exhibiting Fee
will need to be discussed amongst
the members.
3. The mailing delivery of
the artworks from Sydney
to Zhongshan is $12/500g
(Approximately, 20~30 artworks
are around 1~1.5kg in total).
Consequently, for the artworks
to be sent back may occur an
Please direct all inquiries about the Zhongshan Sydney Art Exchange Program to Rocky Wong.
rocky.s.wong@hotmail.com
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The Art Column
Member’s Blog
SHAN SHUI ‘MI STYLE’ PAINTING
By Patrick Siu
A
special type of tsun (皴) called Mi-style or Mi dots t’sun
(米點皴) is the feature of this painting. The rocks are shaded
with many small horizontal dots of various sizes, tone, wetness
and dryness. The leaves of the trees are also drawn with dots.
This is the style of Mi Fu (米芾) and his son Mi Youren (米友
仁).
Mi Fu (米芾) (1051–1107) was a Chinese scholar, calligrapher,
artist and poet born in Taiyuan (太原) during the Song
Dynasty (宋朝). In painting he is famous for his style of
painting misty landscapes. This style would be regarded as
the “Mi Fu” style and involved the use of large wet dots of ink
applied with a flat brush.
The Mustard Seed Garden Manual says : Mi Fu used the splashink (潑墨) style of Wang Hsia (王洽), combining it with the
‘broken-ink’ (破墨) and the methods known as accumulating
ink (積墨) and dry ink (焦墨).
A landscape painting by Wang Shi-min
(王時敏) after Mi style (米家法)
He is best known for his calligraphy, and he was regarded as
one of the four greatest calligraphers of the Song Dynasty.
His contributions to calligraphy and painting field are highly
valued. Mi Fu died at the age of 56.
A landscape painting
by Mi Youren
<Yun Shan Mo Xi Tu
Juan>
Mi Youren (米友仁) (1074－1153)
was the son of Mi Fu. He followed and
perfected his father artistic style . Unlike
his father, Mi Youren lived to an old age
of 79. The father and the son are known as
“Èr Mi” (二米) or ‘Da xiao Mi’ (大小米).
The Mustard Seed Garden Manual says :
Mi Youren (米友仁) changed his father’s
style only slightly. His clouds and mists
were strange and elusive and one gets the
impression that the dwellings were hidden at various levels on
the mountains.
Mi Fu’s painting is very rare and a few Mi Youren paintings
are kept in museums. Their paintings were copied by artists
throughout the ages. Wang Shi-man (王時敏) reproduced Mistyle very well, so we learn from Wang.
A Tutorial on how to paint Mi-style is on Patrick’s Blog:
www.patricksiu.wordpress.com - Tutorial 5
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The Australian Chinese Painting Society, Inc
Committee members and members assisting:
PresidentAndrew Loandrewlo@iinet.net.au
Vice PresidentWilliam Laiwilliam@willsquills.com.au
SecretarySamantha Chanacps.secretary@gmail.com
TreasurerIan Laiian.ty.lai@gmail.com
Website Manager
Carmel James
carmel@nowreadthis.com.au
Cultural Events Organiser Lilian Lai
lilian.l.lai@gmail.com
SRES Liaison member Daisy Hsu
dshsu@optusnet.com.au
for the Society
Members’ Porfolio Editor
Trevor Vale
valett@bigpond.com
Newsletter Editor
Lucy Wang
l.pl.wang@gmail.com
Happy Painting!
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