Exhibition Name: "Asking the Way - Zhang Guilin Printmaking Art Exhibition"

Exhibition period: November 10th to November 20th, 2019

Exhibition location: Hall A and Hall B on the first floor of Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum

Organizer: Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum

Academic support: Chinese Printmaking Magazine

Zhang Guilin was a pioneer in Chinese screen printing. As early as the beginning of the reform and opening up, he participated in the establishment of China's first silk screen printing studio, which not only trained professional students, but also trained a group of teaching and creative talents for silk screen printing for other universities and groups, making outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese silk screen printing art; Zhang Guilin is also a representative painter in the current Chinese printmaking industry. While teaching and promoting screen printing, he constantly explores and explores in his own printmaking creation, and has achieved high achievements. His works have been selected for national art exhibitions, national printmaking exhibitions, and won awards. He has also won honors such as the Lu Xun Award for Chinese Printmaking.

This exhibition presents 107 printmaking works by Zhang Guilin, reviewing and summarizing his over 40 years of printmaking creation process. The exhibition is divided into three parts. Firstly, works created in the 1980s with ancient Chinese architecture as the main theme, such as "City Gate" and "Corner Tower", express the artist's understanding and perception of traditional Chinese history and culture through the special language of screen printing; 2、 In the 1990s, works with a more realistic choice of creative themes, such as the "Wall" series, "Blue Bicycle in Hutong", and "Character" series, combined various techniques of modern art form language with screen printing language to express reflection on social and cultural aspects while also contemplating the relationship between people and society; 3、 Entering the new century, artists have focused more on reflecting on social phenomena, understanding life, and reminiscing about the past in their works such as the "Tide" series, "Life" series, and "Memory" series.