"Lai Zhigang Accumulated Ink Landscape Exhibition" Debuts in Taiwan

Lai Zhigang, also known as Yunzen, is a modern Chinese ink wash landscape artist. He was born in 1963 in Bengbu, Anhui Province, and is a second-generation successor of Li Keran and a member of the China Artists Association. At the age of 12, he studied under the local painter Ding Chucai. In 2001, he enrolled in the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2002, he was admitted to the graduate class of the “Jia Youfu Studio” at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, where he followed the academy’s guidance system for copying, sketching, and creating, earning support and high praise from Jia Youfu. In 2005, he joined the “Li Xiaoke Art Studio” at the Beijing Painting Academy, and based on the grand, powerful, and profound landscape painting style inherited from the Li family, he pioneered a new style of ink wash landscape painting. With creativity and unique characteristics, he has to some extent broken through modern landscape painting techniques and has won the China Art Gold Award.

Lai Zhigang is gaining attention in today’s landscape painting world because he diligently studies the essence of traditional painting and possesses creative and unique expressions. Jia Youfu commented, “Lai Zhigang’s works have explosive power, and the unique tension and impact of the painting leave a lasting impression.” Lai Zhigang said, “I always believe that accumulated ink can best express the volume, mass, structure, and overlapping space of Chinese landscapes. It also carries weight and momentum, with the reality and potential to infinitely expand the humanities and time-space.”

Mr. Lai Zhigang visited Taiwan in 2017 and 2018 for creative work and stayed for a while. He created a series of new ink works themed around Sun Moon Lake, Alishan, Yushan, and Taroko. This first Lai Zhigang exhibition in Taiwan will feature over 50 ink paintings and sketches. Through this exhibition, we hope that the people of Taiwan will get to know Mr. Lai Zhigang, and that his works displayed at the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall will foster deeper exchanges and resonance.

Opening Ceremony Guests: Renowned Art Historian and Critic Chen Zhuanxi
Former Taiwan Executive Council Member and Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum Director Huang Guangnan
President of the Chinese Cultural Relics Society and Xi Zhitang President Chen Xiaojun
President of the Chinese General Culture Exchange Association General Zhou Kangsheng
Veteran Collector Wang Dingqian
Veteran Collector Shi Jinsheng
Former Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation and Former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Chen Dexin
Former Chairman of Qingwan Yaji and the Chinese Cultural Relics Society Lin Muhe
Financial Manager of the Dabaihui Group Wen Yurou
Chairman of Dabaihui Life and Health Industry Zhang Cailian
Legislator Xu Zhirong
Legislator Chen Chaorong
Famous Photographer Zhuang Ling and his wife Chen Xiaosheng
Researcher at the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Zou Qiuqiang
Former Director of the New Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs Qing Minliang
Former Director of the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University Jiang Mingxian
Former Dean of the College of Arts at National Taiwan Normal University Li Zhenming
Former Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts Lin Zhanghu
Chairman of Ravenel Wang Zhenhua
President of the Chinese Painting Society Tang Jianfeng

Seminar Guests: Renowned Art Historian and Critic Chen Zhuanxi
Former Taiwan Executive Council Member and Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum Director Huang Guangnan
Former Dean of the College of Arts at National Taiwan Normal University Li Zhenming
Former Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts Lin Zhanghu
Curator and Former Editor-in-Chief of the magazine "Grand View" Xiong Yijing
Famous Collector Liu Wenjie

Artist: Lai Zhigang
Organizers: Lai Zhigang Accumulated Ink Landscape Culture Company
Xi Zhitang

Exhibition Notes Seminar: September 7, 2019 (Saturday) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Zhongshan Auditorium, 1st Floor, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
Seminar Guests: Chen Zhuanxi, Liu Wenjie, Jiang Mingxian, Li Zhenming, Lin Zhanghu, Xiong Yijing