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Chen Weidong
Chen Weidong
Personal Profile
Chen Weidong, born in 1969 in Inner Mongolia, is the master of Jirui Xuan, also known as Xuantong, a painter specializing in ink wash imagery. He graduated from the Art College of Inner Mongolia University in 1994 and became a direct disciple of the artist Wulige. In 2016, he took Kongsanren as his master. He is currently vice president of the China Banzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy, a council member of the China Buddhist Cultural Artists Association, an academician of the China Buddhist Art Calligraphy and Painting Institute, a council member of the Sichuan Wenchuan Calligraphy and Painting Academy, a member of the Sanmenxia Buddhist Studies Society, and an honorary advisor to the Hangzhou Xiaoshan Wentai Calligraphy and Painting Society.
Since childhood, he has studied painting, initially focusing on expressive oil painting while also engaging in graphic design, architectural decoration, and sculpture. Later, he devoted himself professionally to calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting. He emphasizes the expression of inner worlds, grounding his art in the philosophies of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, and pursuing a state of natural, effortless creation. His depictions of figures, landscapes, and flowers and birds all reflect the free-spirited aesthetic of the Wei-Jin period. He excels particularly in Daoist and Buddhist figure painting. He reveres ancient masters such as Qingteng, Baiyang, Ba Da, Dan Tang, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, and Wu Changshuo. His painting style is highly varied. His calligraphy is rooted in the style of the Two Wangs, while also incorporating influences from Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties steles, ancient bamboo slips, gold script, and especially the grand, robust style of cliff carvings. He loves literature and music and is an avid reader.
Alternation of Ethereality and Weight
Re-reading Painter Chen Weidong
A smile, a karmic thread; a thought, a pure stillness!……
Spiritual transcendence and artistic expression are not merely brushstrokes and symbols, but a persistent immersion in mountains and rivers, a devotion beyond worldly concerns. Who can remain as calm as an autumn pond amidst the clamor and restlessness, as serene as a cup of clear tea amid the ebb and flow of clouds?
Chen Weidong, vice president of the Banzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy, has long immersed himself in Chan-inspired painting. His profound figurative skills and unique "light ink, dry brush" technique have expanded his vision into a realm untouched by dust!
Through tireless day-and-night exploration, each solemn affirmation—those compelling points and lines—is a soul-stirring revelation. In the innocent laughter, anger, curses, and smiles, one is instantly plunged into the profound depths of Chan, experiencing another kind of metamorphosis—an ethereal transformation from cocoon to butterfly. One undergoes a purification of body and mind, sinking into self-forgetful ethereality...
Perhaps, upon first encountering Chen Weidong’s works, one need not analyze the proportions or structure of his figures, nor judge their spiritual essence through conventional lenses. Simply his frugal use of ink, his restrained touches, elevate the state of detachment from fame and fortune to its ultimate expression.
The realm of Chan is like tea: it ascends in subtlety; it becomes tangible in formlessness; it awakens in self-forgetfulness; it flourishes in simplicity; it achieves ethereality within weight; it preserves truth amidst transformation……
For centuries, traditional Chinese culture has embodied the philosophy that myriad paths converge into one—a truth vividly expressed in Chen Weidong’s Chan paintings. Just as the Chinese character "一" (one) is both the smallest and greatest number—how great? It is "unifying all under heaven"!
From the drunken Zhong Kui to the carefree Bagua; from the white-haired observer of a chess game to the childlike face tending the fire for tea... With just a few strokes, spirit and form are perfectly captured, fresh and natural, rich with meaning. Having touched boundless contemplation, why need heavy ink and elaborate detail?
In truth, the unbreakable principle of aesthetics: from complexity to simplicity. Plainly put, simplicity is beauty—not blind, groundless adherence to so-called "minimalism." For "simplicity" is not synonymous with "simple." Only when one reaches the state of "the greatest form has no shape, the greatest sound is silent" does one attain the essence of Chan-inspired painting.
One flower, one world; one leaf, one enlightenment
Forget the self, seek unity of weight and ethereality in the Chan意境 of light ink and dry brush.
Re-reading Painter Chen Weidong
A smile, a karmic thread; a thought, a pure stillness!……
Spiritual transcendence and artistic expression are not merely brushstrokes and symbols, but a persistent immersion in mountains and rivers, a devotion beyond worldly concerns. Who can remain as calm as an autumn pond amidst the clamor and restlessness, as serene as a cup of clear tea amid the ebb and flow of clouds?
Chen Weidong, vice president of the Banzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy, has long immersed himself in Chan-inspired painting. His profound figurative skills and unique "light ink, dry brush" technique have expanded his vision into a realm untouched by dust!
Through tireless day-and-night exploration, each solemn affirmation—those compelling points and lines—is a soul-stirring revelation. In the innocent laughter, anger, curses, and smiles, one is instantly plunged into the profound depths of Chan, experiencing another kind of metamorphosis—an ethereal transformation from cocoon to butterfly. One undergoes a purification of body and mind, sinking into self-forgetful ethereality...
Perhaps, upon first encountering Chen Weidong’s works, one need not analyze the proportions or structure of his figures, nor judge their spiritual essence through conventional lenses. Simply his frugal use of ink, his restrained touches, elevate the state of detachment from fame and fortune to its ultimate expression.
The realm of Chan is like tea: it ascends in subtlety; it becomes tangible in formlessness; it awakens in self-forgetfulness; it flourishes in simplicity; it achieves ethereality within weight; it preserves truth amidst transformation……
For centuries, traditional Chinese culture has embodied the philosophy that myriad paths converge into one—a truth vividly expressed in Chen Weidong’s Chan paintings. Just as the Chinese character "一" (one) is both the smallest and greatest number—how great? It is "unifying all under heaven"!
From the drunken Zhong Kui to the carefree Bagua; from the white-haired observer of a chess game to the childlike face tending the fire for tea... With just a few strokes, spirit and form are perfectly captured, fresh and natural, rich with meaning. Having touched boundless contemplation, why need heavy ink and elaborate detail?
In truth, the unbreakable principle of aesthetics: from complexity to simplicity. Plainly put, simplicity is beauty—not blind, groundless adherence to so-called "minimalism." For "simplicity" is not synonymous with "simple." Only when one reaches the state of "the greatest form has no shape, the greatest sound is silent" does one attain the essence of Chan-inspired painting.
One flower, one world; one leaf, one enlightenment
Forget the self, seek unity of weight and ethereality in the Chan意境 of light ink and dry brush.
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