Wang Xijing, born in August 1946 in Xi ‘an, Shaanxi Province, is currently Vice President of Chinese Painting Society, Vice chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Federation of Arts, honorary chairman of Shaanxi Artists Association, Chairman of Shaanxi Provincial Chinese Painting Society, honorary Dean and professor of Art School of Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology, and professor of Chinese Art Research Institute, Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, Northwest University, Yunnan University and Xi ‘an Academy of Fine Arts.
And Member of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, deputy of the 9th and 10th National People’s Congress, first-class artist, awarded by The State Council as “National Expert with Outstanding Contributions”, He won the honorable titles of “Pioneer of China Times”, “Top Ten Most Influential New Figures in the Fourth China Reform”, “Red Flag Figure of Shaanxi Province”, “Fine arts Leader of Shaanxi Province”, “Excellent Communist Party Expert of Shaanxi Province”, “Model Worker” and so on.
Ten Years of deep cultivation: Chinese painting practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind
— Wang Xijing and his Silk Road style works
The year 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative and the important concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind. Over the past decade, the Belt and Road Initiative has yielded fruitful results. From vision to action, the millennium Silk Road has once again shown vigor and vitality. China is not only an advocate of building a community with a shared future for mankind, but also a practitioner, contributor and pioneer, translating our determination to share weal and woe with other countries into concrete actions. Leaders and representatives of all walks of life, based on their own fields to work hard, Wang Xijing is one of them. With the artistic feelings of national art and human destiny in mind, he practiced the national strategy of “One Belt and One Road” with art, and worked hard to promote the construction of a community of human destiny.
Who is Wang Xijing
Who is Wang Xijing, he is a well-known Chinese artist at home and abroad, and also a people’s artist who grew up with new China. Looking back on his more than 70 years of life, Wang Xijing’s life is in harmony with the development of new China. In his body, he has a strong sense of political responsibility and national honor, and a sense of mission of The Times, engraved with cultural consciousness and feelings of home and country. He adheres to the original mission of a Party member, the conscience and responsibility of an artist, serves The Times, pays attention to reality and people’s livelihood, and pours a lot of effort into the work in various fields such as art, social activities, public welfare and charity, and cultural and creative industries.
Who is Wang Xijing, he is an artist and a “reformer” who dares to take the lead. In order to revitalize the Shaanxi art cause, he bravely shouldered the burden, sacrificed himself to achieve the overall situation, and created an indelible glorious mark. Founded the Chinese Painting Academy in Xi ‘an, led the Shaanxi Artists Association, focused on the grassroots and future art strategy project, built Shaanxi cultural brand, created a new era of cultural and creative industry, introduced international famous art exhibition settled in West.
Behind these obvious brilliance, such as An, is the heart of the people, the unknown silent dedication, is the use of art to return to the society and serve the country, is the cultural mission of Chinese contemporary artists and social responsibility.
Who is Wang Xijing, art critics have different opinions. Some people say that he is the pioneer of realistic mainstream literary and artistic creation that is close to The Times; Some people say that he led the new wave of Chinese figure painting with new literati painting; Some people say that the road he took was the road to the revival of Chinese ink painting; Some people say that he is a rare and prolific artist in many fields in the Chinese painting circle; Some people say that he is an artistic pioneer who is concerned about the fate of mankind.
Who is Wang Xijing, in the overview of the “People’s Artists” series, Wang Xijing has such a text description, “in today’s Chinese painting circle, Wang Xijing is an artist who has made outstanding contributions; An intellectual with national consciousness, mission of The Times, people’s feelings and international vision; A cultural forerunner who wrote the national epic with art and carried forward the spirit of nationality; A perfect example of the combination of noble personality and fine art. ‘
These Silk Road works by Wang Xijing has been included in the highest palace of Western art “Paris Autumn Salon International Exhibition” for four consecutive years, and has achieved great success. In view of Wang Xijing’s creative achievements and his contribution to the world art, the 2018 France Salon Autumn International Art Exhibition awarded Wang Xijing three awards, “French Salon Autumn Life Member Achievement Award”, “Sino-French Outstanding Cultural Envoy Contribution Award” and “French Paris Honorary Citizen Order”. Among them, “French Qiusha Lifetime Member Achievement Award” is the only winner of Chinese artists in the 100-year history of the Paris Autumn Art Salon. Silvia, president of the Paris Salon de l ‘Art Autumnale, spoke highly of Wang Xijing’s artistic achievements. She once said, “In our eyes, Mr. Xijing is an international first-class artist as famous as Cezanne, Matisse and Monet.”
Since 2013, Wang Xijing, nearly 70 years old, has personally led the Shaanxi art team to go abroad. Along the Silk Road, from Asia to Europe and then to Africa, he has traveled more than 40 times, crossed more than 20 countries, traveled millions of miles, and created a series of Silk Road customs and figure paintings. It has aroused widespread concern and emotional resonance in the international cultural circle.
Wang Xijing wrote the original intention with art, took up the mission with the paintbrush, and built a community of human destiny with classic art works to view the world, which reflects the spirit of universal love and great power of an artist with the world’s people in mind, and also reflects that art can transcend time and space and cross national boundaries. Through artistic thinking and innovative exploration, he understood the spiritual creation of an era, injected new vitality into the development of realism and contemporary Chinese traditional painting, gave his own answer for Chinese art to reflect the common sense of human destiny with cultural confidence, and conveyed to the world China’s emphasis and practice on world cultural exchange and cooperation and national integration.
After ten years of deep cultivation and further development, Wang Xijing is full of expectations for the future. “We should have a sense of anxiety, the future is still a long way, there is a long way to go. We should adapt to this era, we should focus on the cultural needs of this era, and constantly expand our own art space to create more exquisite art works, to encourage and promote the rejuvenation of our nation, and become a spiritual force for national rejuvenation. That’s one of our contemporary artists Cultural responsibility and cultural consciousness.” Wang Xijing said.
People’s artists, they are “portraits for The Times, for The Times, for The Times.” How important the word “people” is, only for the people to set up a monument and voice for the people, the people’s artist can be deserved, Wang Xijing deserves the name.
China Development and Reform Newspaper, September 2023
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