Centennial Reflections: Huang Zhou's Poetic Dialogues with Life
Hall 9/11, 3F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
2025-03-14——
2025-06-15
Date: March 14, 2025 – June 15 2025
Venue:Hall 9/11, 3F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
Opening Ceremony: March 16, 2025, 10:30 AM
Organizers:China Artists Association，Guangdong Museum of Art，Beijing Fine Art Academy，Yan Huang Art Museum，Huang Zhou Art Foundation
Artistic Director：Wang Shaoqiang
Producer：Liang Ying
Curator：Wu Hongliang
Introduction
The year 2025 marks the centennial of the birth of Mr. Huang Zhou, a Master of Modern Chinese art. At this significant juncture, Guangdong Museum of Art proudly presents the grand commemorative exhibition: Centennial Reflections: Huang Zhou's Poetic Dialogues with Life. His distinctive painting style once sparked a "Huang Zhou style" in society, attracting numerous followers who achieved remarkable success in their creative practices. Huang Zhou adhered to the belief that "life is the source of creation", walking the path of life with a spirit of "always advancing, never retreating", which had a profound and positive impact on the development of Chinese painting.
This exhibition, generously supported by the Yan Huang Art Museum, offers a comprehensive retrospective of Huang Zhou's artistic journey through 100 masterpieces, along with a wealth of historical photographs and video. The exhibition highlights Huang Zhou's multifaceted identities as a painter, soldier, collector, cultural ambassador, and pioneer in the modern art museum movement, showcasing his significant achievements in both artistic creation and the broader art world.
The exhibition is divided into six sections. Youth · Ambition section captures the embryonic phase of his art career; Military · Frontier examines his military service, spotlighting his iconic works on Xinjiang and Tibetan themes; Reviving Antiquity · Free Spirit explores his mastery of tradition and transformative innovations; Cultural Envoy · Bridging Worlds chronicles his role in fostering Sino-foreign cultural dialogues through art; and Legacy · Sanctuary centers on his crowning achievement—the founding of Yan Huang Art Museum—to showcase his contributions to China’s public art infrastructure. Additionally, the Southern Land · Waterscapes thematic section traces the regional connections between Huang’s art and Guangzhou, a bastion of Lingnan culture, through works inspired by the South China Sea. This curatorial framework aims to reveal a multifaceted and unobscured portrait of Huang Zhou.
This exhibition not only multidimensionalizes Huang Zhou’s legacy but also reopens vital dialogues about Chinese art’s modernization—those artistic credos of "born from dialogues with life" continue to resonate with contemporary creators.
Playing Polo
Ink and color on paper
107x190cm
1953
Singing Procession
Ink and color on paper
141x350cm
1959
藏童入学图 The First Day of School
纸本设色 Ink and color on paper
139×368cm
1962
Militia Women of Hainan
Ink and color on paper
115x232cm
1962
Dance Scenes of Xinjiang
Ink and color on paper
79x55cm
1976
Missing Chairman Mao
Ink and color on paper
230x165cm
1976
Harvest Revelry
Ink and color on paper
66×83cm
1976
Tajik Female Teacher
Ink and color on paper
132×69cm
1979
Daku Fisherwoman
Ink and color on paper
139×82cm
1984
The Sugarcane Harvesters
Ink and color on paper
88x34cm
1987年
About Artist
Huang ZhouHuang Zhou (1925-1997), originally named Liang Gantang with the courtesy name Yingzhai, was a renowned Chinese painter in the 20th-century. He was the founder of both the Yan Huang Art Museum and the Huang Zhou Art Foundation . Born in Lixian County, Hebei Province in 1925, he joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1949, and served as a reporter and editor for the Northwestern Military Area Command Pictorial and Warrior's Reader, and as a writer for the Creative Writing Room of the PLA's General Political Department and the Military Museum. After his transfer to civilian work in 1975, he successively held positions including: Consultant at the Arts and Crafts Corporation under the Ministry of Light Industry, Vice Chairman of the Arts and Crafts Society, Deputy Director of the Chinese Painting Academy, Member of the 4th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Executive Council Member of the 3rd National Council of the China Artists Association, Member of the National Committee (5th and 6th terms) and Standing Committee member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
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Baietan Area: No. 19, Baietan South Road, Liwan District,Guangzhou P.C. 510170 | Front Desk Phone：020-88902999，020-88902888
Ersha Island: No. 38 Yanyu Road, Ersha Island, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou P.C. 510105 | Front Desk Phone：020-87351468
