Father-daughter art duo exhibit water-themed landscapes
An exhibition featuring watery landscapes created by Chen Xiejun and his daughter Chen Ying kicked off at Yun Jian Granary on Saturday. Entitled "Images of the Water City," it runs through December 30.
A total of 105 river landscape paintings from Shanghai, watertowns in the Jiangnan area (region south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River), Hong Kong, Macau and foreign harbor cities are displayed in the exhibition.
“Water is a vital source of life and it is exactly the essence of Jiangnan's charms,” said Chen Xiejun, a scholar and former director of Shanghai Museum.
The Huangpu River in Shanghai, Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong and a small harbor in Vollenhove, the Netherlands, are all captured through dense oil paints.
Influenced by her father, Chen Ying is also dedicated to painting and art education while working at an NGO in New York.
The father and daughter have previously held exhibitions featuring the Taihang Mountains, lotus flowers, Dunhuang and Shanghai.
As its name indicates, the new venue Yun Jian Granary in Songjiang District is renovated from old granaries, the earliest of which dates to the 1950s. Occupying 98 mu (6.5 hectares) of land, the area housed 59 buildings.
The Chen Xiejun and Chen Ying oil painting exhibition, entitled "Images of the Water City," is underway at Yun Jian Granary.
Held in an old granary, the opening ceremony of the exhibition attracts a number of artists and art enthusiasts.
Exhibition detail
Date: Through December 30 (closed on Monday), 9:30am-5pm
Venue: Yun Jian Granary
Address: 10053 Songjin Highway
