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14/04/2019

An exhibition of the research findings on important Chinese traditional painter Binhong Huang was showcased in the Art Museum of China Academy of Art

09/03/2018

At the end of February, China Academy of Art holds it's annual entrance examinations in four major cities: Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Zhengzhou. Students are tested in the subjects of Chinese Painting, Calligraphy, Art Theory, Sketching, and Design. They must also undergo specific testing for the major they wish to enter. This year over 78,000 students applied for only 1,621 spaces. Talk about tough competition!

20/02/2018

Happy Chinese New Year from Frontiers!

27/01/2018

Winter has come to China Academy of Art. Xiangshan campus is blanketed in the first snow for four years as students head home for Chinese New Year

23/12/2017

23/12/2017

30/11/2017

Don't miss Tribute 2018 on Dec 2. The exhibition Shanshui, a Cosmotechnics is opening at 2pm at the Palais du Rhine, and Century, a Proposal is happening at 5 pm at the University of Strasboug's AULA, with guest speakers Anselm Franke, Bernard Steigler, Chang Tsongzung, Chen Chiehjen, Daniel Buren, Gao Shiming, Geert Lovink, Yuk Hui, Jean Luc Nancy, Samir Amin, Siegfried Zielinski, and Uwe Fleckner

30/11/2017

Based on criteria such as global influence, student learning experience and long-term value, BoF spotlights the top fashion schools around the world.

29/11/2017

18/11/2017

Looking forward to SHAN SHUI: a Cosmotechnics at the Palais du Rhine, Strasbourg from Dec 2- Dec 10. .fr

13/11/2017

2018 is fast approaching and its time to look back at the past 100 years of history - starting from the 1917 October Revolution. Join us on December 2 at the University of Strasbourg's Aula to revisit the historical events which have marked the previous century: the independence movements, socialist revolutions, and the great advancements in technology. We ask ourselves, what has history taught us, how has it changed us, and what kind of proposals can we make for the future?

25/10/2017

At 10:00 am on October the 11th, the exhibition "Sketch with Intent - Concrete Expressionism in Drawing and Sketching" opened in the Fine Arts Museum at China Academy of Art.

What is sketching? What is painting? Since the 1980s, Professor Si Tuli has been committed to establishing a concrete expressionist theory of painting at CAA with phenomenological and existentialist ideas, as well as Chinese philosophical ideas. This exhibition presents the sketches of Alberto Giacometti, Avigdor Arikha, Raymond Mason, Sam Szafran and other masters, as well as a series of sketches from Professor Si Tuli. Also on display are the works of students from CAA’s Concrete Expressionist experimental course, as well as the new works of the PhD students. The total number of sketches exceeds 400, and the exhibition was designed to showcase the historical origins and academic development of sketch artwork.

25/10/2017

The work of Jasmine Kay Uy for her University of Texas at Austin Department of Art and Art History Digital Foundations class with Bethany Johnson titled "Art is Pointless...". The prompt was to create a work that investigated site-specificity, public setting, and text-based art using Illustrator and the vinyl cutter. According to Uy, the format was inspired by Publicis London's Corners campaign for Depaul UK. Any reproduction of this work is done so without my permission. This project is meant to be a short-term investigative project that is to stay within the confines of the University of Texas at Austin.

For more work by Uy, visit her portfolio: https://www.behance.net/gallery/29917475/Other-Artworks

Photo by atrachelabbott

23/10/2017

“Masters of Southern China: The Exhibition on Contemporary Suzhou Gardens and Crafts” opened at China Academy of Art’s Museum of Folk Art on September 30, 2017. Five different architectural spaces were built within the exhibition hall, with 18 different types of craft art interspersed within and without of these spaces: lacquer work, Chinese zithers (guqin), jade carving, bird cages, fans, folding fans, Su embroidery, brick engraving, bonsai, peach flower and bird New Year Paintings, furniture, stone carving, copper stoves, tapestry, reward stones, Cheng mudstone, cricket cages, and so on. Each type of craftwork, besides being an elegant and playful object, also serves as a tool, as a natural material, and embodies a whole process and method of creation. This exhibition will be open until November 18th. During this time a series of academic lectures about craft art will be held in the Folk Art Auditorium.

19/10/2017

Frontiers has some good news to announce! On October 1 the 54 finalists for the Golden Horse Awards were announced. This year 576 films were entered into the competition, of these 46 films received various nominations. China Academy of Art School of Film and Animation Professor Liu Jian has received three nominations for his work “Big World”: best animated feature film, best original script, and best original score. “Big World” was directed and edited by Liu Jian, who spent three years to independently create this animated feature film. Liu Jian’s previous work “Sting me” is well known in China, with the soundtrack by famous Chinese rock star “左小祖咒”. “Sting me” also took 3 years to independently produce, with Liu Jian acting as screenwriter, director, and animator, with original drawing done by him. "Big World" has nearly 80 minutes of hand-painted two-dimensional animation, with more than 800 scenes of the original painting completed by Liu Jian himself. The film was completed with the support of producers from Yang City.

The film is about a small town in the south of China. In order to win back the love of his girlfriend, construction site driver Little Zhang robe his boss and causes a chain reaction. Several different powerful groups been to pursue Little Zhang. These powerful forces originally had nothing to do with Little Zhang, but now fate has brought them together. An accidental fight will bring about an unexpected outcome. Liu Jian uses his characteristic style and black humor to depict the events of one day. The film also makes use of many different Chinese dialects, as well as covering important developments in current affairs, from Trump's Presidential victory speech to Brexit in England. Liu Jian has said he likes to approach events from many different points of view, and to guide his audience to more expansive and three dimensional ways of perceiving.