Still Waters Run Deep: Du Dakai Art Exhibition

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　21 January - 11 May, 2025

Exhibition Venue　　　First Floor Exhibition Hall

Chief Director　　　Du Pengfei

Curator　　　Zhang Gan

Exhibition Coordinators　　　Wang Chenya　Chen Xinglu

Academic Assistant　　　Ma Xiao

Visual Director　　　Wang Peng

Visual Design　　　Wang Peng　Wang Meiyi

Display Design　　　Sun Wenbin　Sun Li

Exhibition Team　　　Chen Xinglu　Ma Xiao　Zheng Hui　He Xianqiu　Zhou Wenxue　Zhu Qiangsheng　Zhou Jie
　　　Chen Yan　Deng Haozhe　Zhai Yahui　Wu Wei

Donation Affair　　　Pan Xuhui　Gui Lixin

Documentary Production　　　Liu Jian　He Xianqiu　Nie Ping　Chen Mincong　Yao Meicheng

Publicity Team　　　Liu Yaomeng　Zhou Xinxin　Xiao Fei　Peng Yu　Shi Xiaoyan

Public Education　　　Zhang Ming　Zhou Ying　Wang Wenhui　Zhang Ruiqi

English Translation　　　Cao Li　Jiang Huiling　Bai Shenhao　Tiffany, PeiYing Wong

Host　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum　Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

Exhibition Profile

Du Dakai is one of the representative artists of new Chinese ink painting. He was admitted to the Central Academy of Arts & Design in 1978 and studied with Mr. Zhu Dania. Around 1990, Du Dakai embarked on the exploration of the contemporaneity of Chinese ink painting. Taking the life feelings and visual experiences of contemporary life as a starting point, he not only retained the charm of Chinese ink painting but also incorporated the strengths of Western painting and design, thus creating a new form of Chinese painting. Du Dakai’s early experience in decorative art endows his ink painting works with a unique and strong sense of formal composition and designing. It also helps him form an open artistic vision and practice system, enriching and enhancing the expressiveness of Chinese ink painting with diverse means of expression.

 

This exhibition displays more than 120 pieces/sets of works created by Du Dakai from 2006 to 2024, including ink paintings on paper, watercolor paintings on paper, publications and manuscripts, etc. It includes his works on multiple themes such as landscapes, exotic customs, rural scenery, still life, figures, and public art. In particular, it showcases his new creations in recent years, systematically presenting his long-term thinking on contemporary Chinese ink painting along with his innovative achievements.