Pure and blunt
Ai Jing is the first contemporary artist to hold an exhibition in the National Museum since it reopened last year. In the opening ceremony, Chen Lüsheng, the curator of the exhibition and the vice director of the museum, explained why the museum chose Ai Jing's works.
"The works show the diversified aspects of Chinese contemporary art. Unlike (other) critical and gloomy styles, Ai's works are created from the angle of love, which is most difficult today," he said, adding that Ai managed to integrate internationalized contemporary art forms with local family affection.
He pointed out that Ai might not be the most famous contemporary artist, but she is one of the warmest ones as can be seen through the demonstration of love and hope in her works, which could provide comfort for the audience.
To Chen, her work is straightforward and special. Ai agreed that her work is pure and blunt. "I come from music and I put more emphasis on the direct feeling of the audiences," she said.
As many viewers observe, Ai's work boasts affective communication and humanistic care besides regular thoughtful visual demonstration. Curator Zhu Qi once said conceptual art is just the surface of Ai's painting: "The essence of her work is communication between souls."
For many of Ai's friends in the art circle in New York, Ai, who has engaged in several fields of art, is like the Yoko Ono of China. Many Chinese media also compare her with Yoko Ono as she expands exploration in contemporary art.
"I don't think I could be compared to a woman like Yoko Ono, who has influenced John Lennon," Ai told Global Times, "We are from different times and cultural backgrounds."
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