2017
嚴善錞 Yan Shanchun
銅板畫
Copperplate Print
24.5 x 44.5 cm (16) / 9.6 x 17.5 in (16)
14400.00
Yan Shanchun was an artist and critic who was active before and after the Cultural Revolution. Graduated from China Academy of Art in 1982, Yan engaged in printmaking, traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy, but was deeply influenced by American abstract painting at the same time. He started to explore ways to enrich Chinese literati paintings through studying and researching Western abstract art. In the "85 New Wave" movement, Yan became the major critic who pointed out issues of the Avant-Garde movement and criticized the "excessive westernization" of some works at that time. In 1986, he was appointed to the editorial board of one of the most influential contemporary art magazines "The Trend of Art Thought.".
Zheng Shengtian was Yan’s teacher during their time in the Academy, and soon became like-minded partners. For decades, they have organized exhibitions and academic activities together in the process of promoting contemporary Chinese. Zheng was also the first to introduce Yan’s copperplate print to exhibitions abroad, and which attracted the attention of collectors.
Through a special process, this series of copperplate etchings recreate the subtle and illusory atmosphere in traditional Chinese landscape painting. Yan named each piece for an old master whose style he evokes in each image, including Dong Qichang and Gong Xian. This series of work is included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
严善錞是在文革前后都很活跃的艺术家和评论家。1982年毕业于中国美术学院，从事版画、国画和书法，同时深受美国抽象绘画的影响。他通过学习和研究西方抽象艺术，探索丰富中国文人画的方法。在“85新潮”运动中，严善錞成为指出这场前卫运动存在的问题、批评当时部分艺术创作“过度西化”的主要批评家。 1986年被任命为最具影响力的当代艺术杂志之一《美术思潮》的编委。
郑胜天与严善錞虽然是师生关系，但他们在数十年推进当代中国艺术的进程中多次一起策划展览或学术活动，成为志同道合的伙伴。郑胜天也最早将严善錞的铜板画推荐到国外展览，引起收藏界的关注。
这一系列铜版蚀刻通过特殊工艺，再现了中国传统山水画中微妙而虚幻的氛围。每一幅版画都以一位著名画家命名，如董其昌（1555-1636年）和龚贤（1619-1689年）等，并展现了这些大师们各自的独特风格。该系列作品被纽约大都会美术馆永久收藏。
