On 27 February, Sotheby’s welcomed collectors and curators in the Bay Area to preview the Chew Family Collection at NanHai Art. Surrounded by the masterworks of Chinese paintings, Artist and Sotheby’s Senior Consultant Arnold Chang gave a presentation on The Life and Art of Zhang Daqian with Professor Mark Dean Johnson from the San Francisco State University. The collection has added luster of the family’s lasting friendship with one of the most illustrious modern Chinese artist Zhang Daqian. Highlight includes the Water And Sky Gazing After Rain In Splashed Color, a monumental horizontal scroll that was never published or exhibited to the public before.

NanHai Art’s booth isn’t just beautiful. It actually feels nourishing. The works themselves have that quality, but the compelling ways they are displayed only enhance them. Videos and small bios help lead visitors into the works by revealing the intricate process of creation. Traditional paper making and calligraphy dominate, and this lightness is balanced with water-hewn stones by He Kunlin and scrolls printed with a wooden drop block press, which itself is on display.

Contemporary Chinese artist Wang Tiande’s paintings engage with the cultural history of ink and its influence on the development of Chinese painting and personal expression. His work is deep and brooding, often rooted in classical landscapes and calligraphy but executed in a way that breathes new life and meaning into the traditional art form. His upcoming exhibition Literati Gatheringwill be showcased at San Francisco Bay’s Asia Art Week. It presents the artist’s “Houshan” series of layered, deconstructed compositional elements, created in his unique style as a response to the paintings and calligraphy of classical Chinese masters. Wang hopes to inspire discussion about the past, the present, and the ability to respect the timelessness of traditional art forms.

“LITERATI GATHERING: NEW WORK BY WANG TIANDE,” AT NANHAI ART IN MILLBRAE.

Born in Shanghai in 1960, artist Wang Tiande graduated from the ChinesePaintings Department of Zhe jiang Academy of Fine Arts (now ChinaAcademy of Art) in 1988 and later obtained his doctorate degree from itsCalligraphy Department. Wang, now a professor of art at Fudan University inShanghai, has created a series of layered, deconstructed compositional elements in response to the paintings and calligraphy of classical Chinese masters. The newest of these works are presented in “Literati Gathering,” open-ing Sept. 30 and on view through Oct.15 at NanHai Art, 510 Broadway No.301 in Millbrae.

GoArting News is informed that Artist Wang Tiande’s Solo Exhibition – Literati Gathering: New Work by Wang Tiande will hold its opening reception at 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm on September 30, 2016 at Nanhai Art Exhibition Hall.

恰逢2016年侯北人先生百岁之际，旧金山南海艺术中心于2016年2月20日至3月26日举办《百岁北人》个展，展出侯北人近作13幅，这批作品大多作画于2014至2015年间。展览开幕式于2月20日下午2点到4点举行。侯北人夫妇、以及本次展览的策展人旧金山州立大学美术馆馆长 Prof. Mark Dean Johnson亲临现场。

A reception from 2 to 4 p.m. today celebrates the opening of "Hou Beiren at 100" at NanHai Art in Millbrae. The solo exhibition, curated by Mark Dean Johnson, professor of art at San Francisco State University, will continue through March 26.

NanHai Art is pleased to present Hou Beiren at 100, a solo exhibition featuring new works by master painter Hou Beiren. Now approaching 100 years old, Hou is renowned for his contemporary interpretation of the ‘splash ink and color’ school of painting, which seamlessly integrates both Eastern and Western aesthetics. Hou is regarded as one of China’s most important contemporary artists to transform Chinese painting.

The images don't do justice to the delicacy of the ink or the texture of paper - they have to be seen in person (if Possible). Images courtesy of NanHai Art.

100 years old Master Painter Hou Beiren will have a solo exhibition at NanHai Art (Millbrae,CA). Hou is renowned for his contemporary interpretation of the ‘splash ink and color’ school of painting, which seamlessly integrates both Eastern and Western aesthetics. Hou is regarded as one of China’s most important contemporary artists to transform Chinese painting.