![]() ![]() “It’s rare that a local village art form can be nourished so well. ![]() The center consists of a courtyard, which serves as a gallery to showcase the vigorously colored and delightful works of silkscreen block printing, a garden where luffa flowers and water lilies are carefully planted, and a two-story building that houses the work studio for the center’s 24 artists. When the art form of silkscreen block printing unfolded in front of us - the cultural center offered us an opportunity to learn the art - I was curious, fascinated and managed to persist in learning the art,” said Zhang, who started as an amateur practitioner, felt bewildered and temporarily halted the practice during the country’s rapid economic development in the 1990s, and finally resumed to be a silkscreen block printing practitioner since 2010.Īfter about 10 years’ practice as a professional silkscreen block printing artist, Zhang is now head of the intangible cultural inheritance center, which, after two years’ renovation of an old residence, will formally open to the public in mid-October. ![]() “The roads were dirt paths and pebble-strewed paths and in a developing Songjiang village in the 1980s art and culture unfolded on limited occasions. When the Huayang Old Street Community was in its former stage of Huayangqiao Village more than three decades ago before it was merged with Chedun Town to form the current administrative division of Chedun in 2009, Zhang Yuliang, a Huayangqiao local then in his 20s, used to cycle for 40 minutes on a single trip to arrive at the downtown Songjiang Cultural Center, where he and another 20 or so Huayangqiao youths learned silkscreen block printing skills under the coaching of local masters Zhou Hongsheng and Zhu Mengneng. Browse the selection of antique Asian paintings and screens from a variety of styles and eras on 1stDibs.Zhang Yuliang (right) coaches a young artist on silkscreen block printing skills. Traditional Asian paintings can make a tasteful addition to any wall, and screens can be used as decoration or, in the case of larger iterations, as an aesthetic way to divide a large room. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens. In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Along with screens for tea ceremonies and dance backgrounds, there were screens for use in Shinto and Buddhist temples. ![]() These paintings frequently feature subjects such as landscapes, animals, flowers and Buddhist religious themes. The practice was introduced to Japan, where paintings for screens were made on paper and silk, in the 8th century. Chinese painting utilizes many of the same tools as calligraphy - these screens were crafted from wood with painted panels featuring striking art or calligraphy that told cultural stories or represented nature and life in the area. The earliest record of screens comes from the 2nd century B.C., and surviving examples date back to the Ming dynasty. The original folding screens were created by Chinese artists. Today, antique Asian folding screens and paintings are sophisticated decorative accents that can serve as makeshift partitions to ensure privacy. Artisans made screens that could be folded up or spread out by connecting several panels using hinges. Traditional Asian paintings were often created on scrolls and folding screens. ![]()
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