Zhang Jian

Zhang Jian (章剑 Born in 1968 in Beijing) and graduated from the Mural Department of the China Academy of Fine Arts in 1993 and now works as a professional artists. In 1995 entered work in the Beijing International Art Palace's "Entry" tri-artist exhibition, in 1996 held the "Paintings of Zhang Jian" exhibition in Beijing and in 1997 participated in the "Oil Paintings from Young Chinese Artists of the New Century" exhibition held by the National Art Museum of China.

Zhang Jian can be roughly categorized in to an impressionist when he first paints, and those paintings reflect two important features: the concern about language, and, life. Before Zhang there aren't too many artists could paint in an impressionism way., he paints in a humble way, his paintings are plain and natural, it's like he's not imitating impressionism, he was born to paint that way. But what Zhang truly wanted was to paint the sun, to paint the kind of light that shines, to paint the hope in life when he graduated from school, through the impressionism techniques he had proven his painting skills, just like his brilliant presentations in class.

He's paintings are like the sounds of the nature. His works seem to have nothing to do with the so-called "Contemporary Chinese Art," neither with its merits nor with its shortcomings. He's not cynical, he doesn't use the red symbols; he has no intention to reflect any social realities, or touch any sensitive topics. He just draws a pile of pictures of memories, related to a life we are seemingly familiar with. He uses some impressionistic concepts and techniques, but his colors are stronger and purer. He finds a relationship of harmony among nearly inharmonizable colors. Zhang Jian's sunshine is symbolic and represents something nice but short-lived. He often used large areas of unmixed green in his paintings with similarly pure blue and light yellow inserted, showing a kind of beautiful multi-colored pattern.

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