Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Updated: 2013-10-13 08:23

    By Zhuan Ti(China Daily)

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    Painter's thesis probes changing way Chinese people see themselves

    When she graduated with a master's degree from the School of Fine Arts at Jiangsu Normal University this summer, the journey in the arts had only just begun for 25-year-old Ding Ding, she said.

    Ding started to learn painting at a young age.

    Her academy training in fine arts began in 2003, when she was enrolled at the middle school affiliated with the Nanjing Art Institute. The institute accepted her in 2006 as a student of fine arts with a major in oil painting.

    Taught by renowned painters, such as professor Chen Shaoli and Xing Jianjian, Ding said she discovered the charm of oil painting at that time.

    "Unlike traditional Chinese paintings that aim to portray the painter's feelings with a few brush strokes, oil paintings focus on detailed techniques, requiring great effort to portray reality," Ding said.

    "But later I realized that there is something in common - both styles express life and passion," she added.

    Ding's further exploration of the expressionist features of oil painting was made possible after she became a postgraduate student at the School of Fine Arts of the Jiangsu Normal University, where she systematically studied painting theories under the instruction of her tutor Professor Ding Feng and other teachers.

    Her research resulted in a thesis titled Study on Facial Expressions in Contemporary Chinese Oil Paintings.

    In her study, focusing on periods after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ding found that the facial expressions of oil painting figures conformed to the lifestyles of the specific times.

    For instance, she stated that portraits composed during the cultural revolution (1966-76) always featured heroic figures, who usually had proud and fanatical facial expressions. It is something that can also be seen in films, dramas and posters from that period.

    She noted that facial expressions of portraits after the late 1970s are more diverse, reflecting artists' changing notions of humanity.

    This period reflected what Ding calls a school of "rural realism" in which farmers and minority ethnic people are depicted in rich details.

    She also noticed the "deadpan" facial expression that artists used to describe the modern, indifferent city life.

    Ding said her research is not meant to be a form of art criticism. She said she just wants to improve her skill and understanding of painting by drawing inspiration from the great painters in both China and the world.

    "There is no end in learning and research. I hope my study and practice at present can lay a solid foundation for my future career as a painter," Ding said.

    zhuanti@chinadaily.com.cn

     Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Left and right: Facial expressions

     Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Above and below: Ancient town in South Anhui

    Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

    (China Daily 10/13/2013 page8)

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