[BCMA] Press release:

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

For Immediate Release

 

 

EXHIBITION

THE SOUL OF INK - CALLIGRAPHY BY QIAOFU

 

Lipont Place, 4211 No. 3 Road Richmond BC Canada V6X 2C3

 

Opening: Sunday July 28th 2019 4:00pm

 

Exhibition: July 28 - August 2, 2019

 

The Soul of Ink Exhibition will showcase over eighty scrolls of Mr. Qiaofu's
traditional Chinese calligraphy and Chinese ink paintings. Qiaofu, literally
translated as woodcutter, signs his calligraphy works with the pen name
instead of his real name. He proposes that "calligraphy alone suffices to
recognize a person" quoting the preface written by Liu Jiang in the
Calligraphy Collection of Qiaofu. Born into a literati family, Qiaofu
developed an indissoluble bond with calligraphy since childhood. He was
profoundly influenced by his family members, such as his grandfather Wu Gan,
who was a famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Qiaofu's
practice in calligraphy started from inscriptions on steles and bamboo
tablets. The classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are also embodied
in his work.

 

Qiaofu advocates and respects the great philosophy of "the principle of Tao
follows nature" and "Tao is not far from anybody.'' In his own words,
calligraphy should avoid being too "intentional, willful or crafty", and
"good Chinese characters in calligraphy are those free from any affectation
and follow nature, while good art forms are those free from ornaments and
good at describing things and touching people's souls". With these concepts,
he tries to express these ideas through his work and wins extensive
recognition and praise from renowned calligraphers at home and abroad. In
the past decade, his calligraphy received recognition in China, Japan, USA,
and France.

       

The exhibition opens from July 28 until August 2 at Lipont Place in
Richmond. 

 

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Media Contacts:

Toni Zhang

toni.zhang at lipont.com

(604) 285-9975 ext 207

 

Yvonne Cheng

yvonne.cheng at lipont.com

(604) 285-9975 ext 207

 

 

 

 

Lipont Place

Lipont Place is a multifunctional venue for exhibitions, auctions, events,
meetings, trade shows, performances, and creative pop-up shops. With a total
footprint of 21,000 square feet, Lipont Place is Metro Vancouver's newest
international venue, staging some of the most exciting events in the region.
With 230 on-site parking spaces and just steps away from the Canada Line,
Lipont Place has hosted solo exhibitions and group exhibitions with
participation from hundreds of artists from Canada and abroad. These
exhibitions showcased contemporary photography, paintings, drawings,
sculpture, textiles, and crafts. It also hosted the traveling exhibition
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.

 

 

 

 

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