Sunday, March 1, 2009

Gu Chunchun





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Born in 80’s Zhejiang province
2008 Graduated from shanghai normal university, Major of oil painting.
Presently, persuing master degree of oil painting

Exhibitions
2008
  • "Happiness" the third landscape·scene. National oil painting of people works exhibition Gangtai gallery, Shanghai
  • "Everyone’s youth", Young artists invitation exhibition, Shanghai Invisible Gallery, Shanghai

Statement

  • New home

I was born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province. When I was young, I remembered that my home was a small house and we were all eager to built a big house. People in our hometown were all hard workers because we know only through hard work, we could built a bright future. A house that I painted is a dream of our family. A big house manifest our success. The house is still under renovation which is a symbol of hope that our dream will come true.

  • Poetry field

This is a painting of a memory of my youth, in my hometown we grow a type of plant similar to the sugarcane. The plant is eaten for it's juice but it is a little longer and thinner. On that day, I saw the plants swaying and dancing with the wind, a little boy and his grandmother were carrying some home. Despite the hardship on the grandmother's face, she and her grandson were smiling with happiness.

  • Fun in bridal chamber

It is a tradition in most areas of china that we will make fun of the new wed couple during the marriage ceremony. The jokes are our blessings for wishing them a happy and loving marriage until eternity. There was a paper in the bridegroom’s body, and the Chinese characters are: jingzhongbaoqi. It means be loyal to the bride forever. It is originally adapted from a very famous story during the Song dynasty, there was a very famous general called Yue-Fei. W hen he was young, his mother tatoed four characters on his back: jingzhongbaoguo. It means be loyal to the country forever. After the years, he has achieved as a very famous and successful general. The painting is a humorous way of translating loyalty as compared to the general to his land and the bridegroom to his bride.


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