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.

Sailing provides a unqiue life expereince - conquering the sea requires extraordinary perseverence,prowess and endeavour of the sailor. Guo Chuan will share with us how he fell in love with the sea and the sailing boat as well as his debut in the Volvo Ocean Race.

From the beginning of the twentieth century, some traditional Chinese artists started to explore new artistic possibilities to protect traditional Chinese arts against the impact of the realism movement in the West. They made efforts to prove that Chinese painting is as descriptive as western paintings. One of the representative artists in this period is Jin Chen.  

Under silent grey skies, there was a feeling of isolation at the Image Base Arts Complex outside the East Fourth Ring Road last Thursday morning, an atmosphere that lent itself well to the themes surrounding Dandeli Gallery's latest exhibition, Youth Story.

On January 30, 2010, Dandeli Art Space sold Zhao Xiuhuan’s gongbi painting titled “Nine Peaches” to Mr. Qian Yaozhi, a partner of King & Wood PRC Law Firm, on an auction. The painting raised RMB 60,000 for the firm’s public interest foundation. 

In the West, daffodil is a flower of respect and faithful love. As one of the top ten traditional Chinese flowers, In China, the flower is one of 10 most favored traditional flowers and symbol of good fortune, beauty, purity and elegance.,Daffodil is in full blossom in winter, which is a season many flowers wither and die. and welcomes the spring with its blossoms and sweet fragrance.

Since its establishment in May 2008, Dandeli has been dedicated to discovering young art talents and supporting the development of young artists. In December 2009, Dandeli will showcase a group exhibition for Li Jun, Li Tingting, Zhang Jiedong, Liu Rui and Zhang Shanshan, five young and talented artists that we discovered in the past 20 months. All of these artists were born in 1980s and their works communicate their unique perspectives and art language. Dandeli expects that the audience could share their growing joy and pains at this exhibition.

Dandeli Art Space Launches Colorful Tunes: Zeng Yong's Solo Exhibition

On October 24, 2009, Dandeli Art Space will invite young musicians Xing Zhe, Xiao Yinqing and Xiao Yunzi to tell stories about Chiba and Guqin and play these two instruments in live. This performance will provide a good opportunity to understand traditional Chinese culture.

Chiba and Guqin are China's earliest pipe instrument and string instrument. Chiba is made of a piece of 55-centimeter long bamboo root. Guqin is made of seven silk strings and paulownia wood. On October 24, 2009, Dandeli Art Space will invite young musicians Xing Zhe, Xiao Yinqing and Xiao Yunzi to tell stories about Chiba and Guqin and play these two instruments in live. This performance will provide a good opportunity to understand traditional Chinese culture.

The quantum physics principle of wave-particle duality allows light to be both a wave and a particle at the same time. In the hands of photographer Tokihiro Sato, however, it is unclear whether light is either. Here it verges on something else altogether, stranger and more wonderful.

If we put a microphone to the bottom half of our vocal cords, in that space before the larynx alters the transit of air into highly evolved sounds recognizable as language, what would we hear?