Exhibition portrays the development of Chinese woodblock prints

[Brigitte Martin]

Pictured is He Kun's 贺昆 Disappearing Light 远去的亮光

SOURCE: http://asiahouse.org/exhibition

Oct 26, 2016

As part of the eagerly-awaited Asian Art in London, Asia House, in conjunction with the Muban Educational Trust, is holding an exhibition Vision and Revision: The Art of Chinese Woodblock Prints. A selection of prints illustrating the development of Chinese woodblock printmaking from the 1970s to the present day will be on display in the Asia House Reception from 3 November until 23 December noon.

Traditional woodblock prints were produced in China as book illustrations and auspicious New Year prints. In the 1920s and 1930s, European realism was introduced to China and printmaking became an efficient medium for mass education and propaganda. Many revolutionary prints were produced. With the open door policy and the reforms of the 1980s, artists have developed a greater variety in their styles and subject matter to express a growing modernism.

SOURCE: http://asiahouse.org/exhibition