Pioneer of modern revolution in folk paper-cutting—Lu Shengzhong
The everlasting theme of folk paper-cutting is: reproduction and praying for wealth and good fortune. Contemporary artist Lu Shengzhong deeply realized this while exploring the modern transformation of paper-cutting, and created a very meaningful symbiosis of positive and negative images. "Little Red Man" is his most representative work. "Here, emptiness is reality, reality is emptiness. The bottom of the picture is interchanged, positive and negative are interdependent, yin and yang are integrated, heaven and earth are integrated, male and female are combined, existence and nonexistence are indistinguishable, mind and matter are forgotten, the beginning is the end, everything is magic They fit together perfectly."
Paper-cut artist—Lu Shengzhong (Source: Beijing Huantie Times)
The "little red man" in his works was born out of the folk paper-cut "soul-calling doll". Although its original connotation of summoning spirits and curing diseases is still there, its life experience has expanded its cultural pertinence, that is, to human beings. Concern about the destiny of the soul. It is Lu Shengzhongs personal experience of facing human suffering, and it is a materialized spiritual schema generated by his modern understanding of life consciousness. The modeling ideas and postures that support Lu Shengzhongs modern sense of life and modern perception of paper-cutting are both traditional and modern. The famous art critic Liu Xiaochun said: "Lu Shengzhong refined the extremely rich paper-cut vocabulary in the original folk ecology and carried out a paper-cut revolution of unprecedented breadth and depth."
Lu Shengzhong’s paper-cut works (Source: Beijing Huantie Times)
Lu Shengzhong’s works around the worldIn the cultural context, it strengthens the characteristics of the nation and forms its own unique style on the basis of making full use of the traditional cultural resources of the nation. It constitutes a dialogue between folk paper-cutting art and contemporary art language, thus forming his unique The language of contemporary art has created a path for the integration and development of folk art and contemporary art.
Lu Shengzhong’s personal profile< /span>
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Associate professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, member of the Chinese Artists Association.
Born in January 1952 in Dayujishan Village, Pingdu County, Shandong Province.
Joined the army before graduating from high school and worked as a correspondent and film projectionist.
In 1976, he was demobilized and returned to his hometown. In September, he was recommended as a "worker, peasant, and soldier student" to study in the Art Department of Shandong Normal University.
Graduated in 1978 and stayed at the school as a teacher of Chinese painting major.
In 1982, he entered the New Year Pictures and Comics Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts for further study.
In 1984, he was admitted to the Graduate School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in folk art.
From 1985 to 1986, he went to northern Shaanxi three times to collect folk art and learned from the skillful hands of farmers.
Graduated in 1987 with a masters degree and stayed at the school to teach. He presided over the folk art studio teaching until 1989.
In 1987, the main work "Life-----Moment and Eternity" was exhibited. Published "Chinese Folk Paper-cutting".
In 1988, the "Lu Shengzhong Paper-cut Art Exhibition" was held at the National Art Museum of China, with the main work "彳亍".
Taiwan in 1989Lion Gallery holds "Lu Shengzhong Works Exhibition". He presided over the teaching of the "Folk Art Specialized Class" run by the Ministry of Culture until 1991.
In 1990, the "Paper-cutting Soul-Calling" art activity was started. Published "Chinese Woodblock Prints".
In 1991, the "Lu Shengzhong Paper-cutting Evocation Exhibition" was held at the Contemporary Art Museum. "Lv Shengzhongs Works" and "Lv Shengzhongs Selected Line Drawings" were published.
In 1992, he went to Kassel, Germany to participate in the "International Exhibition of European Foreign Modern Art" and performed the "Red Train Conjuration" activity.
In 1993, "Appreciation of Fine Folk Paper-cutting" was published.
From 1988 to 1993, he was included in the "Whos Who in the World" compiled by the Biography Center of the European Publishing Company
In 1994, he went to Munich, Germany to hold the art event "Soul Mall", went to St. Petersburg, Russia to produce and exhibit his new work "Emergency Center", and went to Adelaide, Australia to produce and exhibit his new work "Monument of the Soul".
In September of the same year, he went to Fukuoka, Japan to participate in the "Fourth Asian Art Exhibition". The work "Peace in the Age of Prosperity - Good Time, Good Place and Harmony" was exhibited, and "Sacrifice of the Soul" was produced on-site.
In January 1995, he went to Wuppertal, Germany to exhibit his work "ORT----+". In April, he went to Tokyo, Japan to participate in the "4th Asian Art Exhibition Tokyo Exhibition" and exhibited his works: "O" and "Hehe Poems" ", etc., and produced the installation "Soul and Target" on-site. In September, he went to South Korea to participate in the first "Gwangju International Biennale" and exhibited his work "Documents on the Human Soul".
1995---I am still engaged in teaching and creative work at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, during which new works have been published continuously.
In September 1996, the "Lu Sheng Exhibition - Evocation" was held at the Fukuoka City Art Museum in Japan. He participated in the "ARCOS DA LAPA" event in Brazil and exhibited works such as "Magic and Acrobatics".
Personal exhibition
2005 "Innovating from the Old", Albany Art Museum, New York University, Albany, USA
"Human Wall" Hong Kong Institute of Education
2004 "Lu Shengzhong·Human Letters", Chambers Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
2003 "Auspiciousness", Eslite Gallery, Taiwan
2002 "Origin", Grenoble Museum of Modern Art, France
2001 "The World of Lu Shengzhong!" 》, Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
"First Meeting", Chambers Fine Arts Gallery, New York, USA
"Goodbye Witch", Fucun, Chidao Township, Xunyi County, Shaanxi Province, China
"Mood Memo", Dongbian
