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2000年9月国画《菜蔬》参加第二届韩 |
| 中文化人书艺展。 |
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2000年10月参加2000新加坡艺术展。 |
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2000年10月20日应邀参加在上海大学 |
| 美术学院画廊举办的上海大学美术学院首届现代水墨研究生班《人体水墨》画展。 |
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2000年11月24日到2001年1月30日在上 |
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2002年9月油画作品《新安江》在“
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2004年6月担任上海市浦东新区城市雕 |
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2005年3月与6月先后参加半岛铜版画 |
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2005年8月参加在刘海粟美术馆举行的 |
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2005年12月2-11日在尔冬强艺术中心 |
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2005年12月30日到2006年1月2日参加 |
| 在上海中国画院举办的“跳跃的旋律”七人钢笔画联展。 |
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美国著名油画修复家、收藏家保罗-斯菲瑞斯给李 |
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Dear LiJian,
On Friday September 17,1999 I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the exhibition of four artists at the Shanghai Art Museum. I was introduced to one of the artist by a friend but in all the confusion and excitement I took little notice of the introduction. The gentleman was kind enough to give me his card; fortunately, I saved it along with my program.
After the opening ceremony I went up stairs to view the exhibition and found it to be most interesting. I rarely if ever read labels on paintings or pay much |
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attention to thenames of the artist but in this instance it did not matter because I am so ignorant that I can not read Chinese. My major interest is in the art and the artist intentions not the artist or his reputation. To me art is the universal language by which people can communicate thoughts, ideas, and emotions. It also tells enough about the artist and his way of thinking that other information is superfluous.
All four of the painters represented were obviously competent artist and well deserving of being exhibited. But with three of the artist I found their work was focused on their technique to a point that they were not only repetitious and predictable but also very self-conscious. They had found a striking approach to their subject matter and except of changing the colors their work seemed to be limited intellectually to a style that they found comfortable, inescapable or just sensational. It was unnecessary to see more than just one each of their paintings to know what the next one would be. But the work of the last painter I looked at was by far the most interesting-to me. His work showed that he was not only interested in the world about him, but was able to convey his deep feeling for his subject. Each of his paintings was refreshingly different, each an exciting visual experience, and each a profoundly intense statement. As an artist he was able to explore his craft with confidence and expertise. To me he was able to display not only his agility with his medium but also able to express his deep love for life and the beauty he saw in everything about him. His work was without a doubt the expression of what I consider to be “a true artist”. The entire gallery could have been filled with his paintings and it would not have been monotonous or boring.
Latter at home alone with the exhibition still on my mind I began to wonder which artist work it was that I found most appealing. I checked my program with the card the gentleman I had met gave me and found to my great surprise that it was the same person whose painting I was most impressed with. I was not only delighted but felt compelled to write and let you know my impressions of the exhibition and also to thank you for the privilege of being able to view your paintings. I hope to see more of your outstanding work in the future at other exhibitions. Please consider me one of your most avid admirers. I feel greatly honored to have met you.
With sincere regards
Paul Spheeris 20/9/1999 |
Paul Spheeris |
(famous American oil painting restoration specialist, art historian and art collector, former Curator of Asian Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana State and Chief Oil Painting Specialist)
In 1999, invited by Shanghai Vantaly Framing Co., Ltd., Paul took the position of Senior Art Consultant for Vantaly and delivered Oil Painting Restoration course at Fine Arts College, Shanghai University.
As the member of London International Oil Painting Restoration & Reservation Research Institute, Paul has taught courses of Art Anatomy, Sculpture, Art History of China, Drawing, Porcelain,etc,at Indiana University, Indiana and San Jacinto College, Pasadena, Texas. During the 40 years of his career life in painting restoration, Paul has worked on over 2000 master-pieces of Rubens, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Pica-sso. Early back to 60s and 70s, his merits has been reported by newspaper Indianapolis Daily and magazine Star and himself was entitled as “the man who works wonder”.
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亲爱的李坚先生：
1999年9月17日,星期五,我很高兴能出席四位画家于上海美术馆举行的画展开幕式。那天,一位朋友向我介绍了其中一位画家,由于当时人多并且我也挺兴奋,对朋友的介绍印象不深。幸好那位先生很客气,给了我一张名片，我把它保存在我的记事本上。
开幕式后,我上楼看了画展,觉得画展非常有趣。看画时,我并不很注意标签上画家的名字,因为我不懂中文。艺术本身和艺术家的创作动机是我最感兴趣的,我并不在意艺术家本身或是他的名气。对于我来说,艺术是人类共同的语言,人们可以通过她来交流思想、观念和情感。艺术代表着艺术家本人,传达出他的思维方式,除此以外的语言都是多余的。
这四位画家都是出色的,他们的作品有足够的实力被展出。然而我认为其中三位的作品只注重技巧，并且他们的画所表达的东西是意料之中的、重复的，还非常自我。他们通过鲜明的方式直奔主题。 除了色彩的变化，他们的作品显得单一，但他们认为这种方式无法避免,赏心悦目,并且具有视觉冲击力。他们的画你无须看下一幅，便知道它将是什么。然而最后一位画家的作品，是我那天看到所有的画中最有意思的。在作品中,你会感到,画家不仅对他周围的东西感兴趣，同时还传递出他对主题的深刻感受。他的每幅作品都有一种与众不同的新鲜感,每幅作品都有一种令人激动的视觉体验和深刻的寓意。作为一名艺术家,他在探索艺术的道路上满怀信心,并且发挥了自己的专长。 在我看来,他所展现的不仅是他灵活的技法,更多的是画家对生命、对周围一切美好事物的无限热爱。他的作品证明，他是我认为的真正的艺术家。即便整个画廊都挂满他的作品也不会令人感到单调和厌倦。
之后当我一人在家时,那个画展始终浮现于我的脑海中,我开始想知道那些吸引我的作品究竟出自哪位艺术家之手。我打开我的记事本,找到了画展上那位先生给我的名片,惊奇地发现他正是那个给我留下深刻印象的画的作者。于是我非常开心,便情不自禁地想给你写信,让你知道我对画展的印象,同时感谢你能给我机会欣赏到你的画作。我希望将来能在其他画展上,看到你更多的杰出的作品。请把我当作你最热情的崇敬者之一。很荣幸认识你。 |
诚挚的问候
保罗-斯菲瑞斯
1999年9月20日 |
关于保罗-斯菲瑞斯
美国著名油画保护修复家、艺术史家、艺术收藏家，曾任印第安那州印第安那不勒斯博物馆东方美术馆馆长、首席油画修复保护家。
1999年受上海凡达利框业有限公司邀请，到上海担任高级艺术顾问,同时受聘于上海大学美术学院,教授油画修复课程。英国伦敦国际油画修复保护研究院成员。
保罗曾在印第安那大学和德克萨斯州帕萨德那市圣詹萨托学院教授艺术解剖学、雕塑、中国美术史、素描、陶瓷等课程。
在长达40年的油画修复工作中，他曾经修复过鲁本斯、伦勃朗、凡高、莫奈、毕加索等大师作品2000余件，早在六、七十年代美国的《印第安那不勒斯日报》和权威的《星》杂志就报道过保罗的成就,称他为“创造奇迹的人”。
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