Venue：Hall 5th 6th 8th 9th，2rd floor，Guangdong Museum of Art（Er-sha Island）

Organnizer：Guangdong Museum of Art

Co-Organnizers：Chung Chen Sun Art Sdn Bhd，21st-Century Maritime Silk Road Foundation，Malaysian Institute of Art，Malaysian Institute of Art Alumni Association，The Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall，Malaysia

Exhibition Producer: Wang Shaoqiang

Curators：Chung Lim / Chung Jing

 

 

This exhibition is a tribute to Mr. Chung Chen Sun, a master ink painting artist and art educational pioneer from Malaysia, meticulously prepared by his children to fulfill their father's wish. Although born Southeast Asia, Mr. Chung always held his ancestral homeland in his heart, devoting his life to integrating the essence of Chinese culture into both artistic creation and the art educational system.

In the 1990s, driven by his profound affection for his ancestral land, he returned to China and collaborated with two universities to pioneer a "One University, Two Systems" model for modern design art education. This groundbreaking initiative, with its forward-thinking vision, laid a crucial foundation for the modernization and internationalization of modern design art education in China.

In his artistic practice, Mr. Chung Chen Sun accomplished an elegant transition from traditional Chinese painting to a modern visual vocabulary. His works boldly incorporated Western composition and expressive techniques in their visual form, presenting a rich sense of modernity and an international character. However, the spiritual core of his work remained steadfast, deeply rooted in the fertile soil of Eastern philosophy. In the mountains, rivers, figures, and artistic conceptions depicted by his brush, one can still feel the unwavering spirit of the traditional Chinese literati and the pursuit of the ideal of "the unity of heaven and humanity."

This exhibition systematically presents representative works from various periods of Mr. Chung Chen Sun's seventy-year artistic career, along with educational documents. It is not only a comprehensive retrospective of his artistic achievements but also a spiritual dialogue across time and space. It showcases the heartfelt devotion of an overseas compatriot who served his ancestral homeland through art, and his unique contributions to the inheritance and innovation of Chinese culture through explorations that fuse East and West and connect the ancient with the modern.

 

National Spirit

Colour on paper

122cm×245cm

2014

 

Under the Sun

Colour on paper

144cm×363cm

2009

 

Life Cycle

Colour on paper

144cm×362cm

2006

 

Twilight Zone

Colour on paper

85cm×170cm

1985

 

The Pine on Top of the Mountain

Colour on paper

144cm×361cm

2010

 

Return to Simplicity

Colour on paper

117cm×237cm

1983

 

Chung Chen Sun

 

Chung Chen Sun, whose ancestral home is in Meixian, Guangdong, was born in 1935 in Malacca, British Straits Settlements (now Malacca, Malaysia) . He is not only an internationally renowned artist but also an art educator with ideals and a sense of mission. He studied under renowned artists such as Chen Wenxi, Chen Zongrui, and Zhong Sibin，having delved into ink wash painting for decades, served as a member of the National Academy of Painting of China and a specially-appointed researcher at the Chinese National Academy of Arts.Since founding the Malaysian Institute of Art in 1967, he has established five art colleges in Malaysia and China, making significant contributions to modern art education in both countries and earning the titles of "Father of Modern Art Education in Malaysia" and "Father of Modern Ink Painting in Malaysia". He is also the initiator and leader of the International Modern Ink Painting Association, and has spared no effort in promoting the modernization of traditional Chinese painting. His artistic achievements are recognized for their forward-looking nature by the international academic community and have provided inspiration and guidance for artists in the East, including those in China and Malaysia.