Ink and water art or ink-wash painting as a concept that is conceived via connotations of Chinese paintingis a resultof the combination of the obsession for this type ofart and the contemporary cultural context. In recent years, it has become a well-known phenomenon that the ink-wash paintinghas progressed remarkably, anddifferent types of ink-wash art exhibitions emerge in various streams in China.

Ink and water artwork, like any other kind of art, has a universal spiritual value that helps its development over time. Currently, we are now in a period where artistic language is evolving and artistic concepts have developed to the point where they are breaking through, and ink and water artwork is an important part of this process. A key part of the process to complete this transformation is when the artists construct and reorganize traditional ink and water artistic styles into their own signature style. These new styles create more possibilities and pluralism for the artists to imagine new way to utilize the ink and water artistic medium.

In the context of cultural diversity, the question of how to interpret contemporary Chinese traditional ink and water art has been a heated issue since the 20th century. The “Changing View” nomination exhibition of contemporary ink and water art is based on this academic perspective and is intended to open the possibilities of a new form of expression for traditional ink and water art.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the modernization of traditional Chinese art language dominates the evolution of Chinese art , which has been heavily influenced by the Western art. The purpose of Changing View: Nomination Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Gongbi Art is to explore the new possibilities of the Gongbi style in representing traditional Chinese art with a contemporary twist.

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