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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
10/01/2005
Title Memorial Ceremony of Water Dragon
Artist Hao Ping born 1952
Signature Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil
Dated 2004
Technique/Medium Woodcut
Impression Printed in thick, oil-based inks on a pliable, Chinese paper of middle thickness. The thick oil colors give the print the impression of an oil painting.
Edition Size 80
Numbered 9/80
Description "Memorial Ceremony of Water Dragon" The water dragon is a kind of huge lizard that lives in tropical areas of Southern Yunan. Today it is a protected species. For the local people of Yunan the water dragon is a mystic character and part of a colorful festival. On April 8 of the Chinese lunar calendar, the local people used to pray for rain and a big harvest. But one year, the rain did not come. So people put the Boddhisattva (little buddha statues) in the hot field, and finally it rained. In memory of this event, people celebrate the festival of the water dragon every year. They splash water on wooden dragon statues and pray for rain and a good harvest. In the Chinese legend, the dragon character is connected with rain.
Hao Ping shows with this design once more that he is the uncontested master of colors and of compositions. The model of the water dragon and the woman in her gorgeous costume seem like one entitiy. Hao Ping shows women usually with long hands and long slender necks. This gives them the appearance of natural elegance. Hao Ping uses usually 15 different woodblocks, meaning 15 different colors for one design.
Note Hao Ping is one of the 60 contemporary Chinese woodblock artists selected for the collection of the London based Muban Foundation.
Width 19.7 inches = 50.0 cm
Height 19.3 inches = 49.0 cm
Width of Image 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm
Height of Image 15.0 inches = 38.0 cm
Literature Christer Von der Burg, "The Art of Contemporary Chinese Woodcuts", Muban Foundation, 2003, ISBN: 0954604814, - pages 136/137 |
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| Artist Bio: |
Hao Ping is a talented woodblock artist with concern on history and minority culture in south-eastern China. His first woodcut exhibition was held after "cultural revolution" and then he became more and more influential in the modern Chinese printmaking. His woodblock prints feature colorful and fascinating folklore of the ethnic minorities of Yunan province where is also his birth place. Today, this unique style reflects what is called today the Yunnan Art School.
The Career of Hao Ping
Prints and paintings by Hao Ping were widly exhibited in China, the United States, Japan and Europe. The following national and international exhibition events were listed - some without mentioning a year:
1992 - European Community art festival fine art work exhibition - Netherlands
1994 - Hao Ping personal work exhibition - Germany
1989 - copper award of the 7th national fine art exhibition
1983 - prominent work award at the 8th national print exhibition
Collections:
The works of the artist are in the posession of several museums in China and abroad.
1998 - China Fine Art Museum
1990 - Asia Pacific Museum, U.S.A.
1991 - Hsiangsheng Forest Fine Art Museum, Japan
1994 - Shenchun Fine Art Museum
1996 - Kiangsu Fine Art Museum
1996 - Lu Hsun Fine Art Museum
1996 - British Woodcut Foundation
1998 - Shenchou Print Museum
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