The Chinese Art Museum and the Chinese Artists Association held the

“中国美术馆学术邀请系列展：质朴的精神——陈坚水彩作品展”，8日在中国美术馆开幕。

"China Art Museum Academic Invitation Series Exhibition: Simple Spirit - Chen Jian Watercolor Works Exhibition", opened at the China Art Museum on the 8th.



由中国美术馆、中国美术家协会、中国美术学院共同主办的这次展览，展出画家陈坚人物和风景作品170余幅，涵盖了他艺术创作各个时期的重要作品。陈坚现任中国美术家协会水彩艺委会主任、中国美术学院特聘教授。

The exhibition, co-sponsored by the Chinese Art Museum, the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, exhibited more than 170 painters Chen Jian's figures and landscapes, covering important works of all periods of his artistic creation. Chen Jian is currently the director of the watercolor Arts Committee of the Chinese Artists Association and a distinguished professor of The China Academy of Art.



陈坚的人物画以表现新疆塔吉克民族为主。从上世纪90年代末第一次踏上帕米尔高原至今，他坚持了20多年的采风、写生、创作，此次展览是画家“深入生活，扎根人民”的真实写照。风景画中陈坚描绘了故乡的海，及在对自己生存环境的描绘中探讨人在现实中的存在感，借用自然表达感悟人生，揭示人与自然这一命题更为深刻的关系。

Chen Jian's figure painting is mainly about the Tajik Nationality in Xinjiang. Since he first set foot on the Pamir Plateau in the late 1990s, he has persisted in collecting style, painting and creating for more than 20 years. This exhibition is a true portrayal of the painter "going deep into life and taking root in the people". In the landscape painting, Chen Jian depicts the sea of his hometown, explores the existence of man in reality in the description of his own living environment, uses nature to express his understanding of life, and reveals the deeper relationship between man and nature.



中国美术馆馆长吴为山表示，陈坚善于将原野山川的地貌同阴晴风雨的现象结合起来，以主观情感描写大自然的喜、怒、哀、乐。风景，在这里成为他心灵之诗，既神秘又亲切。那意象可追溯到文艺复兴早期静谧且富于人文的意象，也可从英国水彩风景中感到水色空蒙的气象，当然，更可以从中获得中国宋元山水的气韵。

Wu Weishan, curator of the Chinese Art Museum, said Chen Jianshan was good at combining the landscape of the wild mountains and rivers with the weather, and depicting the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of nature with his subjective feelings. The scenery becomes the poem of his soul, which is mysterious and cordial. The image can be traced back to the quiet and humanistic image of the early Renaissance. It can also be seen from the watercolor scenery in England. Of course, it can also be seen from the scenery of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in China.



展览将展出至9月16日。

The exhibition will be exhibited until September 16th.