ZHANG Jinxian 张谨贤 Chinese, b. 1988
Auspicious Fairy Crane - 2 瑞鹤图-2, 2019
Ink, mineral pigment on rice paper
Light golden frame
Light golden frame
71 x 141 cm
28 x 55 1/2 in
28 x 55 1/2 in
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Series: Crane
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The group of fairy cranes almost occupied the whole painting, as if they had reached the top of the sky. Each heads to a different direction, flying freely and quickly,...
The group of fairy cranes almost occupied the whole painting, as if they had reached the top of the sky. Each heads to a different direction, flying freely and quickly, with full of vitality.
The overall shape of this group of cranes presents a square composition, in order to highlight the connotation of the fairy crane's loyalty and integrity in Chinese culture.
The fairy crane is recognized as a first-class cultural bird in Chinese history. The civil servant's supplementary service, a civilian embroidered fairy crane, listed it as an important symbol behind the royal dragon and phoenix, so people also called cranes as ”first-class bird". At the same time the crane as a symbol of senior officials.
The overall shape of this group of cranes presents a square composition, in order to highlight the connotation of the fairy crane's loyalty and integrity in Chinese culture.
The fairy crane is recognized as a first-class cultural bird in Chinese history. The civil servant's supplementary service, a civilian embroidered fairy crane, listed it as an important symbol behind the royal dragon and phoenix, so people also called cranes as ”first-class bird". At the same time the crane as a symbol of senior officials.
Provenance
The fairy crane in Taoism is also the supreme bird of gods, especially for its longevity.In the Taoist book "The Seventh Sign of Yunzhi", Zhang Daoling can travel by crane.
Taoism believes that after cultivation of vital energy, the soul and body can ascend to the sky and live forever.
Thus reaching the realm of the gods, "resting with heaven and earth, and living with the sun and the moon."
Exhibitions
Apr-May 2021: "BLOOMING" Exhibition, Art Thema • HéYī Gallery, Brussels23-27.06.2021: "Art Up Lille", the annual contemporary art fair, Lille, France
01-31.07.2021: Art Tour for homage of René Julien, Ramatuelle, France