Exhibition View
“Exploration and Retrospection”, the fifth session of the “Integration of Curriculum and Exhibition” series, was recently unveiled at the spiral staircase gallery of Building 5 at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (abbr. CAFA). It was jointly organized by the Academic Affairs Office and the Department of Oil Painting of CAFA. Xu Yang, Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, Lin Mao, President of CAFA, Liu Peiyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection at CAFA, Lyu Pinjing, Deputy President of CAFA, Hao Ninghui, Director of the Academic Affairs Office, Yuan Yuan, Director of the Department of Oil Painting, heads of relevant departments, representatives of teachers and students at CAFA, heads of oil painting departments and faculty representatives of key art colleges and universities across the country, as well as representatives of cooperative enterprises attended the opening ceremony. Huxidan, Secretary of the Party Branch directly under the CAFA Department of Oil Painting, presided over the opening ceremony.
Exhibition View
View of the Opening Ceremony
Lin Mao, President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, presented the donation certificate to the donor
Liang Zhiming, Chairman of Guangdong Dehan Education Investment Co., Ltd., donated to the Department of Oil Painting
The Group Photo of Honored Guests
The exhibition is divided into four sections: the Department of Fine Arts and Oil Painting since the Founding of People’s Republic of China, the Courses of Drawing and Characteristic Fundamental Skills Conducted by the Department of Oil Painting, the Early Paper Works Collected by the Department of Oil Painting, and the Social Practice and Art Investigation Achieved by the Department of Oil Painting. It showcases more than 300 works from the 1950s through to the present, as well as specialized teaching plans in the 90s. Themed on “Exploration and Retrospection”, it represents the innovation and pioneering practice of the Department of Oil Painting in the context of the new era while “retrospecting” the history and tradition of the Department of Oil Painting. Meanwhile, it also raises epochal questions to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and “artists who work on oil painting at CAFA.”
Exhibition View of the First Section：
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A seminar on “The Construction of Chinese Oil Painting in the New Era and Its Historical Mission” was held on January 7, 2025. Experts and scholars discussed and exchanged views on topics such as “construction and development planning of art majors, talent training and faculty construction”, “academic achievements output and innovative trends of oil painting”. The seminar was presided over by Yu Yang, Director of the Scientific Research Division of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Director of the Advanced Innovation Center for Visual Arts.
View of the Seminar
Exhibition View
The exhibition remains on view till June 30, 2025.
Courtesy of CAFA Department of Oil Painting, edited by Publicity Department of CAFA.
