Chinanews.com, Shanghai, January 17 (Reporter Xu Jing) The exhibition "Building Dreams with Ingenuity—Historical Memories of New Soviet Works" opened on the 17th in the special exhibition hall of the First Memorial Hall of the Communist Party of China. The context of the composition presents the artistic achievements of Su Zuo three-dimensionally, highlighting the beauty of traditional Chinese art.
The exhibition is jointly planned and held by the First Memorial Hall of the Communist Party of China and the Suzhou Museum. Major historical events, major decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, major landmark events in various fields, representative figures of all walks of life in various periods, focus on demonstrating the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese power from different levels.
exhibition site.
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"Flying needles attract beautiful colors" showcases the artistic achievements of Suzhou embroidery through nearly 20 embroidery works, covering multiple categories such as panjin embroidery, seed embroidery, random needle embroidery, single-sided embroidery, and double-sided embroidery.
Suzuo weaving and embroidery artists use needles instead of brushes and threads instead of ink, perfectly combining craftsmanship and artistry, so that the works have the characteristics of fine embroidery, elegant color matching, and rich stitches, creating a visual feast that belongs to the art of cloth and silk.
"Exquisite Workmanship" mainly shows Su Gong's carving techniques. A total of nearly 20 Su Gong carvings are on display, including ivory carvings, walnut carvings, horn carvings, jade carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings and other categories.
The works not only focus on image depiction, but also take the integration of poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing as the main structural form in artistic expression, conveying a strong humanistic atmosphere.
"Ingenuity in China" shows the infiltration and influence of Su's craftsmanship on daily life. It presents the ingenuity and beauty of Su's craftsmanship through gold and silver wares, antique bronze wares, Taohuawu woodblock New Year pictures, paper-cutting, and cricket pots. , to convey elegant artistic conception and feelings.
The exhibition is divided into three parts: "Flying needles attract beautiful colors", "Exquisite workmanship" and "Craftsmanship remembers China".
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The exhibition closely follows the theme in terms of form design, and pays attention to the expression of Su's skills and the creation of atmosphere.
The reporter saw at the scene that the scrolling display of Qing Dynasty painter Xu Yang's "Gusu Prosperity Picture" on the electronic screen brought the audience's memory back to the most prosperous era of Su's painting skills.
The background frame is based on the ancient wooden beam buildings in Suzhou, showing the modern expression of traditional Chinese skills.
At the same time, the exhibition deliberately selected traditional Chinese theme colors, with Ming and Qing ancient paintings and bamboo shadows and bluestones as the background elements, creating a strong humanistic atmosphere and spatial artistic conception, and paying attention to the details to show the exquisite elegance of Su's craftsmanship.
Jade carving work "New Year".
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Xie Xiaoting, Secretary of the General Party Branch and Director of the Suzhou Museum, said in an interview that at the end of the Yinhu year, the exhibition specially selected exhibits with a Chinese New Year theme, and set up scenes such as New Year's check-in, incorporating Chinese New Year elements into design details.
A jade carving in the center cabinet on the second floor of the exhibition hall is named "New Year". Craftsmen use natural jadeite and make it with techniques such as round carving, bas-relief carving, and openwork carving.
The Taohuawu woodcut New Year painting named "Spring Blossoms" uses strong color contrast to create a festive and peaceful New Year atmosphere.
In addition to the New Year’s exhibits, the exhibition uses revolving lanterns, red couplets, Soviet-style furniture and other scenes to highlight the festive and lively atmosphere of the New Year, allowing the audience to taste the fun of the Soviet-style New Year while visiting the memorial hall, and bring good wishes home. .
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