Chen Yu

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Chen Yu

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Chen Yu, born in 1973, styled Zai Xiong, art name Dong Wang, pen names Da Shi and Yi Liao Shanren. Born into a distinguished family of scholars, he has a modest command of poetry, painting, calligraphy, and seal carving, with slight familiarity with Western techniques. Today, he is neither affiliated with any association nor part of any group or school; he holds no formal title as a disciple or master. Though he enjoys a modest reputation, he shuns vanity, immersed in ink and color while broadly exploring the arts, devoted to his brush as if it were life itself, and revering paper and walls as sacred vessels. Over decades, his mural works have graced countless locations across China and Southeast Asia, numbering more than any other artist in the field—he is acclaimed as the “#1 Muralist of Jiangxi” and “The One Brush of Jiangnan.” His fusion of Chinese and Western techniques in ink painting was a pioneering innovation in Chinese mural art, establishing him as a leading figure in the field.Chen Yu currently holds the following positions:Village Chief of Lushan Painter’s Village;Director of the Jiujiang City Workers’ Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Jiangxi Province;President of the Lushan Painting Society;Member of the Art Committee of Jiangnan Metropolis Daily;Deputy Secretary-General of the Jiujiang Municipal Political Consultative Conference’s Calligraphy and Painting Association;Fujian Quanzhou Agricultural School Professor of Fine Arts.Like most people, Chen Yu has endured periods of obscurity and times of bowed heads—but these never turned him into the person he despised. While others networked at banquets, cultivated connections over meals, flattered the powerful for favor, and bonded through moral compromise… Chen Yu was different: He disliked banquet culture, so he avoided it; he could not tolerate bullying the weak, so he spoke up boldly. Time taught him how to say no, empowering him to reject the trash life tries to force upon him. Even after seeing life’s harsh truths, he never lost his original heart. To understand the world without becoming worldly, to dwell among society yet remain beyond its grasp—that is true maturity for an artist. To create fresh ideas within the bounds of tradition, to embed profound truth beyond bold expression. The works emerging from Chen Yu’s brush are unpretentious and unrestrained, free and spirited, delivering raw visual impact that wins unanimous praise from both laypeople and experts alike. This stems from his cultural cultivation, innate talent, and personal character—qualities that lifelong “professional painters” can never attain.Rooted in Confucianism, infused with Chan Buddhism, returning to Daoism—empty yet not void, silent yet not extinguished, simple yet far-reaching, plain yet flavorful, lofty and untainted by the mundane—perhaps this is the highest realm of Chan painting.With a brush forged through trials, bearing proud bones and vibrant energy, Chen Yu composes a youthful anthem for New China.

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