Dushan: A Portrait of a Mountain
Artist: Tian Zeping (School of Art Administration and Education)
Instructors: Li Tong, Dai Wenlian
Somewhere in the southwestern region of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, in the mountainous area bordering Suichang, a village sits at the foot of Mt. Jiulong. You might miss it as you make your way down Wuxi River. The village is shrouded in mist and rain and hidden behind Dushan. Dushan's sharp rising ridges remind one of a stallion leaping into the heavens. Therefore, the mountain is also called "Mt. Tianma" (Celestial Horse Mountain). As you enter the village from the northern base of the mountain, you can feel time slowing down. The villagers gather in the village square to play poker. They carry firewood as they make their way home. They share old stories with strangers from outside the village... the place has many lovely sights but where the villagers are concerned, it is their home.
Civilization
Artist: Jiang Kangjian (School of Art Administration and Education)
Instructor: Huang Jun
A dialogue between time and space as well as human civilization and the natural universe − "the gift of civilization to time and not the gift of time to civilization."
The Book Collection
Artist: Pan Jiali (School of Art Administration and Education)
Instructor: Liu Xiao
The artwork portrays two bookshelves and records the collecting history of two families. People have their preferences when it comes to reading, be it philosophy, literature, or comics, which reflect their areas of interest during a particular period or a long-standing passion. The reasons why people collect books could be different from reading, as it can be purely for collection or due to professional needs. Bookshelves are reflections of their owners. This work aims to unveil traces of their lives through the observation of their bookshelves.
About BRAIN GARDEN
Brain Garden – The 5th Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival 2023 & CAA Graduation Season kicked off online and offline concurrently on June 1. This edition of Youth Art Festival is co-hosted by Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Publicity Department of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee, China Academy of Art (CAA), and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music under the guidance of the Publicity Department of CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. The festival features a wide variety of online and offline artistic shows and activities centered on the future and the youth. It is a grand city-wide artistic feast in Hangzhou.
The Youth Art Festival is presented online on CAACOSMOS and West Lake Sky Screen and offline at six venues, namely Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, West Lake Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, World Tourism Museum (1368 Xiangxi Road), Quan Shanshi Art Center, and Yichuang Town, with a total exhibition area of nearly 70,000 square meters. Over 3,000 works from more than 2,500 Class of 2023 graduates (including 1,766 undergraduates, 688 masters, and 97 doctors) are showcased. Over 2,000 young artists, designers, writers, and scholars have gathered online for this youthful art event.
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