Fu Hong
Fu Hong
Born in China in 1946 and graduated from the China Arts & Crafts Academy, Beijing. From 1966 – 1968 he was artistic designer for the China Theatre Music Academy, from 1974 – 1975 artistic designer at the Central Folk and Dance Troupe of China, from 1975 – 1980 artistic director at the National Central Television Drama Section and Broadcasting Arts Company of China, and from 1985 – 1990 director of the “artist’s gallery” of China National Artistic Association, Beijing.
Since arriving in Australia in 1990, Hong has gained a deserved national and international reputation for his original synthesis of representational painting with “impressionist” and “expressionist” leanings. Each individual picture has an experiential sculptural syntax underscoring its pictorial space – one can actually see the solidity of his pictorial forms and “feel” them through his skilful and inventive use of modelling, perspective and spatial illusion.
At heart he is a finely attuned and astute colourist with a sensual, tactile approach to the spontaneous application of paint and the intuitive balancing of colour contrasts and harmonies – he is not hamstrung by notions of yesterday’s classicism – he is a true modernist realist with a technicolour palette - and he is not afraid to compose chromatically.
Hong’s nudes possess a voluptuousness of shape – it is as though he has caressed them awake from the surrounding painted field; his landscapes reveal an expressionist-like impasto of blotches, strokes and nuance flourishes, his drawings reveal powerful draftsman-ship, and his flowers stand alone in contemporary floral realism.
His impressive achievements include: finalist 2008 Archibald Prize; winner Best Portrait 2006 Lexus Mortimore Prize; 2006 Archibald Prize Salon des Refuses; finalist 2005 John Glover Art Prize; finalist 2004 Dobell Prize for Drawing; finalist 1996 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize; and winner of the 2002 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award. His work is featured in the collections of China National Gallery, the Murdoch Family, Sir Charles Court, Crown Casino, the Ethel Turner Family, Safti Military Institute of Singapore, and many more.
Fu will be holding one workshop during the festival.
Oils / Still Life / The Figure (Code FU6) Intermediate
DESCRIPTION
Students will be guided towards fine tunning their painting skills and encouraged to explore new ideas with this medium. Expect Still-life and Figures.
TIME AND PLACE:
July 23 to July 27 (5 days), 8.30am to 4pm,
Studio B5, Community Arts Centre.
WORKSHOP FEE:
$ 375.00
ART MATERIALS LIST:
