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Art Exhibition "What contribution does Chinese art have to offer in this present creative world " was the question asked by Dr, P. C. Chang, at the beginning of his talk to the American Woman's Club, on November 20, "How should] old Chinese things be evaluated," he continued, "and how can Western ideas in art be adapted to Chinese and vice perso London, asserted Dr, Chang, was surprised at the Chinese exhibit. London orities wondered it the Chinese were ever a primitive race, All art objects extant do not show this: there Is too much organized skill in the execution. From the frst artist to the most modern, not one has ost sight of the relation of man to nature, Western art ideals dwell too much on man's superiority over nature; man as the creature is. the all-important 8 subject.
'A Chinese artist, said Dr. Chang, afler studying his books on art, sets out to make a detailed study of nature, He knows that It is not directed, jot tangible, not nameable. Everything changes, everything opposes itself. A-bird flying fs never the same from one second to the next. A. plant growing opposes itself from the first tender shoot to the ripened fruit, By hours of pondering over the changing thing, the artist catches the rhythm of the change; he captures the inner tendency behind the visible form. Then mystically In his mind he pounds all those forms together. As 8 result, his interpretation of his subject has a flowing smoothness, The guzer at his picture feels the subject Painted did not look like that the second before, nor will It look like that the second after. Hence this temporary congealing is entrancing Approaching the creation of art in this way, said Dr. Chang, creates in turn a different sort of artist from those of the West. The Chinese artist must "never hurry and is never wealthy. All his life he considers himself an amateur, but he swings in tune with nature; he is calm, hump! adaptable. "His creations reflect his character. They alone in Deauty, but by that very token adjust themselves in the midst of every other form of beauty.
Dr. Chang, "why Chinese art appears "That porialy explains." concluded so well with English furnishings."
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