2016年CRI Seven Days Art Project Inspires New Thinking about Art Education

 

Zhang Bin¹ and Ye Hongtu are two teachers from the College of Art and Architecture in Dalian University of Technology. They form an Art Education Group, imparting a great deal of their innovative² ideas in art to their students. 

This fact is demonstrated via an exhibition, full of rich-colored big paintings on deities³ from China as well as the western countries.

But Zhang Bin disclosed these paintings are actually composed of many small sketches⁵.

"The sketches were all drawn⁶ by ball pens, spanning just ten different colors. Each small segment of this huge painting was drawn with just two colors at most, such as blue and red. If you concentrate on just an area of the painting, you may find it is still a sketch⁴, but sketches made in different colors have enriched the visual effect of the artwork as a whole. It extends from sketches to computer images."

Hung on the walls of the exhibition hall on the second floor of Today Art Museum are over twenty big paintings, which all look like a hybrid⁷ of different images.

Art curator Feng Boyi shows particular interest in one of these artworks, composed of 300 small images each indicating a blurred⁸ TV screen.

"A total of 300 images constitute a piece of abstract art. The artwork, which is a product from the joint⁹ effots of the two teachers and their students, shows how they've made strenuous¹⁰ efforts to teach their students how to create. Quite often, art teachers focus on their artistic¹¹ creations and pay inadequate¹² attention to combine their own projects with the art education."

This art education group doesn't separate art and education; instead, they unify¹³ them to impact how young artists should take on their pursuit. 

Ye Hongtu is Zhang Bin's partner, following him all along in their innovative teaching practices which the pair regard an experiment on art and also social education. 

Ye took pleasure in explaining why their artworks are made so colorful.

"I like the word 'positive energy'. In order to gain positive energy and a happy mood, I am fond of colorful designs, which I think my young students are also interested in and would like to join us."

The Today Art Museum provides them with a week-long display period, during which some famous art critics, like Feng Boyi, have been invited to evaluate their art project and also discuss with the art education revolution.

Feng Boyi thinks the two artists are bringing a totally new-style of exhibition, with a strong sense of the present era.

"The exhibition is a vivid reflection of the present Image Era. Social media network on mobile phone and laptop enrich the variety of images. There are a host of mixed images and pictures, reflecting gaudy¹⁴ art. The artworks are featured with postmodernism and collage¹⁵. In fact, many of these images and pictures already exist there."

The Today Art Museum's Seven Days Art Project is another exhibition aiming to help young artists in their pursuit in Chinese contemporary art and more importantly encourage them to challenge the stereotypes¹⁶ of the institution and freely explore the possibility of art world.

For Studio Plus, I'm Wang Lei.

1 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

2 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

3 deities   

n.神，女神( deity的名词复数 )；神祗；神灵；神明

参考例句：

• Zeus and Aphrodite were ancient Greek deities. 宙斯和阿佛洛狄是古希腊的神。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Taoist Wang hesitated occasionally about these transactions for fearof offending the deities. 道士也有过犹豫，怕这样会得罪了神。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文

4 sketch   

n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述

参考例句：

• My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
• I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。

5 sketches   

n.草图( sketch的名词复数 )；素描；速写；梗概

参考例句：

• The artist is making sketches for his next painting. 画家正为他的下一幅作品画素描。
• You have to admit that these sketches are true to life. 你得承认这些素描很逼真。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

8 blurred   

v.（使）变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）难以区分；模模糊糊；迷离

参考例句：

• She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
• Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 strenuous   

adj.奋发的，使劲的；紧张的；热烈的，狂热的

参考例句：

• He made strenuous efforts to improve his reading. 他奋发努力提高阅读能力。
• You may run yourself down in this strenuous week.你可能会在这紧张的一周透支掉自己。

11 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

12 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

13 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

14 gaudy   

adj.华而不实的；俗丽的

参考例句：

• She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
• The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。

15 collage   

n.拼贴画；v.拼贴；把……创作成拼贴画

参考例句：

• A collage of coloured paper covers a table top.一副彩纸拼贴画盖在桌面上。
• He has used a mixture of mosaic,collage and felt-tip pen.他混合使用了马赛克、拼贴画和毡头笔。

16 stereotypes   

n.老套，模式化的见解，有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化，使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》