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The Art of Glass Fusion - New Glass Art of Zhuang XiaoWei

Art is not the direct reflection of the reality, but the abstractly combining segments of feeling and give it the aesthetic meaning at the same time.


Poetic imagination evokes artist’s creation. When casting the poetic imagination into glass, he wants to express his feeling about the real life and the world, to some extend, to be intoxicated with happiness and relaxation. Glass should not be treated as simple as a material but a way, a medium, a poetic language to convey and celebrate maker’s private discrete vision of the life and world though visual effect. What he pursued is an ideal, namely neither adhere rigidly to the national characters, nor to the tradition and restore ancient ways, what he takes notice of are the expression of beauty and poetic imagination.


When gazing at artwork of glass entrusted with poetic imagination for a while, you can feel its peculiar artistic characters from every surface. The light — refracted and reflected from inside — is mysterious and charming to express the maker’s innermost feeling and artistic spirit without any limitation.


When audience is moved by a work, he/she will hear the Calling of the truth when artist made his creation. Having established the relation between the works and audience, the latter will experience a kind of sacredness, sanctified state of mind and the brightest thing will be shown and released in our soul. At that time, we knew ourselves — the unlimited potential energy and utmost emotion.


Times:November 1 - November 30, 2005
Destination: One Xintiandi
Address: No.1 North Block, Xintiandi Plaza, Lane 181, Taicang Road


Director of Shanghai Museum of Glass
Professor of Fine Arts College of Shanghai University
Director of Glass Studio and Advisor of Postgraduates in Fine Arts College of Shanghai University
MA in School of Art&Design, University of Wolverhampton,UK
Experience
1991 – 1998 Lecturer, division leader in research studies, Fine Arts College of Shanghai University
1997 Chosen as one of the "Shanghai's Top Ten of Number One Scholar in Science & Technology"
1998 – 2000 Studied at School of Arts & Design, Wolverhampton University of UK
2000 – 至今 Professor, director of the Institute of Vitreous Arts in Fine Arts College of Shanghai University
2004 "National Artist of Glass" awarded by China Architectural and Industrial Glass Association
  Editor-in-chief of Chinese Art Glass
Major Achievements
1984 The ceramic mural "Bronze Age" won the outstanding prize awarded by State Building Material Bureau
1992 General designer of picture album China Image for the 8th National Winter Game
1994 The wall-painting "Sing in Praise of the Prosperity of Our Country" on South Shanxi Road Subway Station
1997 Multimedia designing and displaying of Longhua Martyrs Memorial Hall won the Third Prize for Science and Technology Progress awarded by Shanghai Municipal Government
2000 Published paper Research into Tapies with His Theory & Practice, Paradise is being built by Technique in UK
2003 The glass art craft of "Wind—Originated from Water" has been presented as a gift to Mr. Dong Jianhua, the president of HKSAR by vice-president Xu KuangDi on behalf of States Political Consultative Conference
2004

The art craft of "Donghai Bridge: Crystal Glass & Rock Core" has been presented as a gift to ex-president Jiang ZeMin

  Chief Editor of Chinese Art Glass, journal of China Architectural and Industrial Glass Association and published paper the Fascination of Light and Glass
  Published paper Academic Glass on Decoration 2004/7 ISN0412-3662, CN11-1392J
  Published paper Studio Art Glass—Expression of Special Technique of Glass on Design 2004/3 ISN 1003-0069 CN11-5127/TB
  The designer and general project director of the mosaic glass mural the Legend Love Story Between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (10M×16M) atCulture and Art Centre in Jinzhou District, Nibo City, Zhejiang Province
  The project “Study on Hot Glass” (NO. 031111044) have been checked and accepted by Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
2005 Published paper Casting the Poetic Quality on Journal of Shanghai University 2005/3, ISSN 1007-6522, CN31-1223/C