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"The Lion Grove Garden," "Suzhou," 1983 is an ink and color on paper work by Wu Guanzhong on display in Spencer Art Museum.
Spencer holds art exhibit
First U.S. showing of Chinese art
By Carol B. Shiney Kansan staff writer
A bright yellow banner, lightly flowing in the wind in front of the Spencer Museum of Art, stood as a testament to Wu Guanzhong's art exhibition inside.
with a flowing line."
"His art is filled with movement," said Richard Barnhart, Yale professor of art history. "A sense of movement from the natural world, which he creates
Barnhart spoke yesterday at the opening of Wu's art at the museum. About 100 people attended the opening of the exhibit, Wu's first in the United States.
Wu has made the techniques of European oil painting into Chinese art, and he has modernized and nationalized Chinese art, Barnhart said.
Wu, a leading contemporary Chinese artist, was born in 1919 in Jiangsu province, the son of a schoole teacher. He studied Western painting in Hangzhou and lived studied for three years in Paris.
"In addition to being one of the most distinct artists of the time, Wu Guanzhong is a survivor," Barnhart said.
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In addition to being one of the most distinct artists of the time Wu Guanzhong is a survivor.
Richard Barnhart Yale professor of art history
He said that Wu lived through violent times and "emerged like a man reborn."
Wu, who was not at the opening of the exhibition, wrote a letter to his viewers. His words hung at the beginning of the exhibit.
Through the study of traditional Chinese painting, I came to understand the ancient masters'
ideas, feelings, and their aesthetic realm," Wu wrote. "I went to Paris to learn about ancient and modern Western art and compared the views of the Western masters on life and the universe with those of the Chinese masters. Western and Chinese paintings seem to be different, but in reality the masterpieces of Eastern and Western art share the same characteristics."
The exhibit, in the Kress Gallery of the museum, will be on display until March 4, and the museum has activities to accompany the exhibit.
At noon Friday in the Kress Gallery of the museum, Chu-Tsing Li, KU professor of art history, will speak about the artist and conduct a tour of the exhibit.
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