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On April 2nd, 2014, hosted by Today Art Museum in conjunction with the German Embassy, and organized by Qixin Visual Art Limited, the joint exhibition “Abstractions-Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein and Shan Fan” is proud to announce its grand opening at Today Art Museum. The exhibition, a dialogue between Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein's abstract colors and Shan Fan's traditional ink, has a particular resonance as it explores the difference between the eastern and western artists' understanding of the abstract.
Hailing from Germany, Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein possesses pure royal ancestry with a bloodline stemming from both Queen Victoria of England and Catherine the Great. This background has destined her works to carry a special bearing, and her rich and powerful colors build a gorgeous, noble, and passionate inner world.
Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein's works have won the recognition of the likes of pop artist Andy Warhol, as he invited her to serve as his 'art assistant' for many years. This period of her life had a decisive influence on her paintings and she got to experience first-hand the life of a legend. "Abstractions" is Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein's first major exhibition in China, and is the first real chance for the Chinese audience to glimpse her work.
Shan Fan's brush draws bamboo with a rhythmic circularity and an "impressionistic" nature. Simple colors and clever strokes combine to form a sort of clever poetry. From a bamboo forest, captured with ink on paper, flows a traditional technique full of subtlety and lightness, which flits about at leisure.
It is worth mentioning that Shan Fan's "Painting in the Slowness" are not ink on paper. They are an oil on canvas east-meet-west amalgam. While the traditional technique should be drawn in smooth flowing strokes, in this series the artist has instead employed an extremely slow and deliberate technique expressing a decidedly eastern flavor of the abstract.
Abstract art's most charming feature is its uniqueness, and whether it's in vivid colors or subtle black and white, the work of both expresses the unique inner world of the artist. Ingeborg zu Schleswig-Holstein and Shan Fan’s eastern-western discourse will undoubtedly give 'the abstract' greater charm and deeper meaning. The exhibition will be open until April 12th.
