With the collision between tradition and innovation, distinctive expression and strong color rendering, Shi Qi’s paintings can not only subvert people’s inherent cognition of traditional Chinese painting, but also bring people a refreshing feeling. While conveying the traditional cultural values, this master of art integrates modern aesthetics and the spirit of the times into his works, forming a unique style.
Shi Qi, a native of Fujian, has been addicted to painting since he was a child, and his life direction and road have also started. In 1963, Shi Qi graduated from Xiamen University of Arts and Crafts and came to Beijing to pursue his dream. After the accumulation of time and unremitting efforts, in 1973, his work "Spring Festival" was selected for the national art exhibition. Shi Qi showed fresh and vivid style with warm and bold brushwork, which made him emerge and enter the Beijing Painting Academy for further study.
China painter Shi Qi
Full of personality, in the process of learning traditional Chinese painting, he constantly honed his skills, and his painting skills advanced by leaps and bounds. However, at this time, Shi Qi fell into confusion and wanted to pursue his own artistic style. In order to break through himself, Shi Qi began a new artistic exploration. On a trip to Jiuhua Mountain, Shi Qi looked at the moon reflected in the water, surrounded by the surrounding beautiful scenery and quiet atmosphere, and suddenly realized the creative concept of "three images in one". He combines concreteness, abstraction and impression in one work, using realistic concreteness and abstract meaning to draw the impression in his heart.
Shi Qi’s painting "Spring Festival"
His masterpiece Farewell My Concubine fully demonstrates his idea of "three images in one". The picture structure, color and lines of the works break through the traditional mode, which not only depicts the details of specific images, but also expresses them in an abstract way, which is natural. The bold use of colors is very visually shocking, and the blending of red and black is both contradictory and unified, which fully shows the fierce conflict and complex emotions of the characters in the story. This innovation has enabled Shi Qi to form his unique style and artistic concept, and his artistic career has reached a new level.
Shi Qi tells about the painting Farewell My Concubine.
Through his own creation, Shi Qi not only expressed his artistic ideas, but also showed the modern Chinese painting that keeps pace with the times. He believes that the artistic exploration of each generation of painters is the best expression of Chinese painting in this era. As a painter in China, he should assume the responsibility of letting the world see China culture and understand China culture. Now, in his eighties, he continues to study and explore. On the basis of traditional culture and skills, combined with the changes of the times, he strives to innovate to show the richness and diversity of China ink paintings and convey the artistic energy of China.
Shi Qi painted.
Over the years, hundreds of Shi Qi’s works have participated in many large-scale art exhibitions at home and abroad, and have been invited to hold art exhibitions and academic exchanges in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, the United States, Malaysia and South Korea. In 2012, Shi Qi Art Museum opened in Yantai, Shandong Province, and then Beijing Shi Qi Painting Academy was established in Beijing. This artist uses his own strength and works to let more people enter the world of art and feel the charm brought by art.
