Liu Guo expresses tranquility in paper<\/p>\n
Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
People say paintings helps ones release stress and tension. Try
\nto see landscape paintings from Chinese artist Liu Guo which are
\non display at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Jl. Gatot Subroto,
\nCentral Jakarta, from May 20 to May 29.<\/p>\n
Unlike modern people's lifestyles which are colored with
\nhustle and bustle, noise, pollution, smog, distractions, mental
\nburn-outs, Liu portrays a perfect resting place which mixes all
\ncoveted qualities into a single landscape.<\/p>\n
Tranquility. Serenity. Beauty. Vitality. All are recorded and
\nmixed through Liu's poetic brushwork in his paintings creating a
\nperfect portrait of the natural vista.<\/p>\n
Instead of oil and canvas, Liu uses Chinese ink and paper in
\nhis works displayed at the Spirit Art of China exhibition
\norganized by Vanessa art house.<\/p>\n
In Zhangbai Forest, Liu depicts a panorama of green pine
\nforest divided by a river with clear and thawing water. From a
\ndistance, a waterfall is seen amid the beauty of snowy mountains.
\nTwo small deer, almost unseen, are drinking from the river.<\/p>\n
Liu appears to be fond of using foggy scenery to highlight the
\npoetic tone in his paintings, like in his Trees in the Rain and
\nDazzling Spring Light.<\/p>\n
The strongest impression recorded in his paintings maybe an
\nunpretentious expression of simplicity which belongs to a little
\nchild who is fascinated by a simple and nice view.<\/p>\n
\"My paintings reflect all memories dated back since my
\nchildhood while enjoying nice scenery at the valley of
\nZhangbaishan mountains,\" Liu said.<\/p>\n
His obsession with natural scenery can be seen in most of his
\npaintings which take nature as its muse. Mountains, forests,
\nwaterfalls, valleys and lakes are depicted in a style that
\nimmerses any viewer in the power of nature.<\/p>\n
The obsession even prompts him to create a remarkable
\nmasterpiece of a 60-meter long scroll painting which portrays his
\nhometown. The painting, titled The Majesty of Zhangbaishan, took
\nhim 10 years to complete!<\/p>\n
Liu Guo alias Peng Seng was born in 1956 in Fuyi, Jilin
\nProvince in China. He began painting at just six years of age. At
\n10, he obtained a permit to paint several portraits of Mao Ze
\nDong.<\/p>\n
He studied at the Department of Fine Arts at the Northeastern
\nUniversity in 1980 and continued his study at the Art Academy of
\nChina.<\/p>\n
Besides producing more than 2,000 paintings, Liu has also
\nwritten books and articles on art, including New Techniques in
\nChinese Landscape Painting.<\/p>\n
However, attending Liu's solo painting exhibition will
\ndisappoint those who want to see prints and traces stemming from
\nthe richness of Chinese contemporary paintings.<\/p>\n
Different from his contemporary Chinese painters, many of whom
\nexperiment with a wide-range of images -- like Lu Lin of Beijing
\nwho experimented with grinning mouths and eyes without any single
\nface in his Universal Great Joy or Yue Minjun of Beijing who
\ndepicts laughing people flying in his Floating Clouds -- Liu
\nprefers nature as his inspiration.<\/p>\n
\"Nature is inseparable from our life. But now, nature grows
\ndistant as it has been destroyed by human's reckless hands. That
\nreally concerns me,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"It is my mission to share the memory of eternal beauty of
\nnature with other people as memory cannot be robbed by anybody.\"<\/p>\n
The father of two said the major difference in the style of
\nChinese and Indonesian landscape paintings was the colors used.<\/p>\n
\"Indonesian landscape paintings tend to be colorful. It
\nresults mainly from the country's tropical climate which brings
\ninto life a wide-ranging variety of flora and fauna than
\nChina's,\" Liu asserted.<\/p>\n
He planned to spend some time in Indonesia to record the
\nscenery of Indonesian tropical nature.<\/p>\n
\"Perhaps, I can find new techniques in landscape painting
\nhere,\" Liu said.<\/p>\n
Spirit Art of China;
\nCrowne Plaza hotel;
\nJl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 2-3;
\nCentral Jakarta;
\nPhone: 5268833;
\nMay 20 - May 29<\/p>",
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