Wang Jigang: The owner of Xianyuntang, Born in 1963, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, In 1984, he was admitted to Jiangsu Institute of Literature and Art, In 1995, he studied in the Chinese Painting Advanced Research Class of China Artists Association. In 2014, he studied in Mr. Long Rui's postgraduate course in landscape painting. Now he is a member of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party, Landscape painter of Huanghuangling Art Museum in Beijing, China, Academician of China Ink Research Institute, Researcher and first-class artist of the Institute of Contemporary Fine Arts, Member of Chinese Poetry Society, Member of Jiangsu Artists Association, Vice President of Chinese Painting Research Institute, Deputy Director of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Network Art Committee, Director of Jiangsu Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Vice President of Xuzhou Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Member of Xuzhou Artists Association Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Committee, Executive Dean of Xuzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Dean of Pengcheng Painting Academy, Honorary Director of Xiao Longshi Art Museum and Editor-in-Chief of Huaihai Famous Painting and Calligraphy Artists.
His works have participated in many national competitions (exhibitions) and won awards. His artistic life has been compiled into more than 20 professional books such as Dictionary of Famous Contemporary Chinese Painters and Dictionary of World Painters and Painters. In 1989, he was rated as one of the top ten young Chinese painters in Xuzhou. He has won the gold medal of "Ten-year Excellent Chinese Painting" in China. In 1995, he held the "Wang Jigang Landscape Painting Exhibition" at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and accepted an exclusive interview with the program "Jinshan Corner" jointly produced by CCTV and Hong Kong TV. In 2013, he accepted an exclusive interview with "Oriental Perspective" of Yinsheng Film and Television Channel of Jiangsu Cable TV Station. Some works are collected by the Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts and well-known institutions or inpiduals at home and abroad. He has published "Idle Gathering", "Wang Jigang Painting Collection", "Jiangsu Artists' Boutique Collection Wang Jigang Album", "Contemporary Chinese Painting Masters' Boutique Collection Wang Jigang Album" and so on.
His works and appreciation have been serialized in dozens of newspapers and magazines such as Chinese Painting Observation, Books and Paintings, China Reform News, People's Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Contemporary Education, Art Investment and Danqing World.
No matter how you discuss the painter's techniques and pen and ink characteristics, It can't be separated from the painter's inner spiritual induction falling on the paper end, That is, you have body and mind, mind, life, and even hands. I remember that in the early 1980s, I interviewed Wang Jigang, who was studying here at Jiangsu Institute of Literature and Art. At that time, he said, "I used to observe all kinds of trees with water and dry food for a long time in the deep night! Trees follow the moonlight, and the colors of night are changing. They have been seen in spring, summer, autumn and winter. " I was startled at that time. Now that I think about it, he is really like this. Otherwise, his painting description of trees, branches and willows can be so profound and smart. I think his emotions have been given to his picture, which makes people feel that they are in it, and it is difficult to extricate themselves from ink painting. As a painting, or for the painter, they can't help but yearn for the same!
Almost every time I talk about painting with Mr. Wang Jigang, He is always eager for me to talk about "painting". I was dull at that time. I think: For more than a thousand years, especially in modern times, the description of techniques and pen and ink has been almost exhausted. Why should we repeat it again? There are few things that reflect the inner spirit and emotion of paintings? This is precisely the genius of Wang's works!
--Excerpt from "I Talk about Wang Jigang's Poems, Books and Paintings" Author: Chen Kaiping
