The world's top yacht club invited Chinese artists to hold solo exhibitions for the first time
On November 3, local time, "Golden Time" - Zhou Shichao oil painting exhibition opened at Monaco Yacht Club. It was the first time that Monaco Yacht Club held a solo exhibition for artists, and Zhou became the first Chinese artist invited to hold an exhibition.
The show's host, the Monaco Yacht Club, is one of the world's most prestigious clubs, and is well known for its exacting membership criteria: not only are they expensive and famous, but they also have to be the best in their field. At present, the club has more than 1,000 members, including the Prince of Monaco, the Crown Prince of Britain and Prince William, duke of Cambridge. The club has always maintained an extremely high standard of activities, ranking among the best in the world in terms of the quality and taste of art exhibitions.
At the exhibition site of "Golden Time", more than 150 member guests were attracted by a series of wonderful works of art, and marveled at the high artistic level of the works. Among them, many art collectors immediately showed strong interest, saying that this exhibition is the highest level of similar exhibitions in decades, and once again updated the audience's understanding of Chinese oil painting art.
In fact, Zhou is already an artist known to the upper classes of Europe. In recent years, Mr. Zhou's oil paintings have appeared frequently in Cities such as Marseille, Paris, Florence and Sweden. His earlier oil painting exhibition "Sunrise Marseille" once caused a sensation in the French art circle, once played the strongest voice of Chinese artists in the world of art. Up to now, Zhou Shichao has been invited to hold an exhibition in Monaco Yacht Club, which reflects the recognition and pursuit of Chinese artists by European elites and a cultural identity linked by pure art.
Perhaps art is the most suitable bridge between East and West. It is elegant and pure, evoking a visceral response to beauty that transcends national boundaries and national boundaries. Zhou Shichao is the most suitable artist to serve as this "bridge". His paintings are full of beautiful Oriental charm, but also international and contemporary. As a pure and orthodox Oriental artist, Zhou Shichao communicates with the West through painting. And Guy toubon's acquaintance is just like this: Guy toubon is in France has long known artists, painting concept and Zhou Shichao similar, in 2009 two people met for the first time, after a few greetings, the language of two people reconcile gestures to talk, it is very natural. My friend laughed and said, "Fine art itself is a kind of high-level language." It was this initial meeting that led to their first joint exhibition, "Interactive Marseille". Since then, the whole French art circle has remembered the name of this Oriental artist: Zhou Shichao.
With the great influence of several exhibitions, Zhou Shichao refreshed the long-held understanding of Oriental painting in the Western art circle, and at the same time reaffirmed the important role of art as a bond, especially in political relations. In 2010, At the invitation of his collector Claude Godin, Zhou shichao held his solo exhibition "Out of Japan, Marseille" at the Center for Contemporary Art in Marseille. The exhibition, hosted by the city and personally invited by the mayor, soon caught the attention of French politicians. In October of the same year, Zhou Shichao visited Shanghai as a member of the Delegation of the French government. His work "Shanghai Morning" was presented to the Shanghai Municipal government as a national gift by the French delegation. It also opened the way for Zhou to devote himself to sino-French cultural exchanges. With the deepening of bilateral economic and cultural cooperation and exchanges between China and France, Zhou Shichao and his art have become a name card for French culture to enter China due to his extraordinary influence in the French art circle and his identity as a Chinese artist, playing a positive role in promoting sino-French diplomatic relations.
From "Sunrise ·Marseille" to today, the whole Of Europe is fascinated by the charm of Zhou Shichao's paintings. The mentioning of which is the Vatican Pope Francis, since first saw Zhou Shichao paintings, Francis for Zhou Shichao's Oriental dreams to have, especially love is one of the painting works of the Christian church "in", at the time "in" has another by Italian collectors collection, through the various movement in October 13 years passed into the hands of the Pope. The Pope immediately sent a friend to express his joy to Mr. Zhou. In August of the following year, President Xi Jinping received the first telephonic blessing from Pope Francis when he flew over China's airspace on his way to the ROK, marking the first step forward in bilateral relations since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Today, China's international influence is increasing day by day, it is also undeniable that culture and art as an important factor of the rise of the nation, more and more attention and recognition of the world. As a representative of Chinese artists, Zhou Shichao has made indispensable contributions to the field of art and culture. Perhaps it is also a sign that the relationship is on the way to a future paved by art.
Also due to the pursuit of beauty, and art is inseparable from fashion. In Europe, Zhou's paintings are also hotly sought after by fashion brands, including Italy's Ferragamo. In 2013, Ferragamo collaborated with Zhou Shichao to launch a limited edition silk scarf with his oil painting "Mileage" as the pattern. For a while, the fashion and art world caused a strong response. Until today, visitors can still be seen wearing clothes printed with Zhou's works in Zhou Shichao's art exhibition, which shows the extraordinary taste of the wearer and reflects the inclusiveness of Zhou shichao's artistic style. Not only clothes, La Grande Savonnerie, a century-old soap brand well-known in France, is fascinated by Zhou's artistic style. The person in charge of the brand lovfully explained: "It would be a great honor to use Zhou's works for packaging... I found the courtyard where I lived when I was a child from Zhou's paintings." It is also a century-old French perfume brand, inspired by The works of Zhou Shichao. Chateau Garissa is one of the oldest wineries in Provence. In 2012, with The works of Zhou Shichao as the wine label, the fine wine was launched and entered the Elysee Palace as a banquet wine. Elegance and fashion, art and wine, beauty and touching in fashion and life complement each other.
Great art has always attracted great collectors, from the original Stan Magna Art Foundation, to the legendary Ferrari family, ferragamo family and De Gaulle Foundation, to the Ferrati Yacht Group and Monaco Yacht Club, celebrities are all fascinated by the mysterious Oriental dreams of their works. Mr. Ferragamo commented: "When you look at his works, you can see another world, leading to dreams and legends. Claude Dallas, a famous French critic, wrote in zhou Shichao's biography: "Zhou is a master of color in contemporary art. Zhou's words will be immersed in the peace of freedom, his colors such as the front, open up the heart excited waves."
Artistic conception is like the morning star; we can never reach it, but like mariners, we can sail by its position. Zhou Shichao's art has become a cultural symbol of "Oriental spirit", reflected in the aesthetic concept of western famous families.
