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[Titeiournat- Tele fournal eta] tings of defiant, weapon- carrying workers — art subjects not approved by current government... ’ Song said he once painted. only oil. painting. That painting now is ‘“‘in. the he _ said _ None of: the material of. “that political period is in- Sluded in the hundreds of ‘tranquil watercolor and ink: were displayed: in* Calgary. The .. . exhibition also was shown in paintings - that -- “Foronto and Edmonton and - will be in Vancouver. Aug. Sept. 4. The | ‘emphasis’ ‘is on traditional subjects of. Chinese art — landscapes, - ‘flowers, birds and fish. Song, who specializes in “ flower paintings, said It. is unlikely any Chinese artist . -today would have the “bad taste” to paint politically or militantly in the way thelr ~ ‘ colleagues did five or 10 years ago, - “They've » stopped _ because no one wants to see ‘that type of, painting," he said through an interpreter. “No one wants it so. they - Stop doing it-themselves.”’ ‘Wan artist chose to paint such material he: wouldn’t Song. But fellow artists, the’ . public and the government - would all expect him to “correct his mistake.” - - Like most Chinese artists, Song works for the govern- ment. Paid a weekly wage. amounting to $125 — about: ° twice ‘the Chinese average ~he is expected to produce . [National ‘Jou Tee au Tas Tate oP. atgetion aoe ehivironmeni- Contre! .. . [Selection Selection’ -\Tele .. rae Ly ome : iy pee ig fon i several paintings a year, as . “Well'ai teach art. Speaking - through ° in- ' terpreter Chou Chang Chi, an executive of the China’ - National Arts. and Crafts - Import and Export* Corp. that organized the Canadian - ~ tour, Song insisted no one - tells. him what to Paint. a Bub “Tony Ip, ‘a. ting : . Kong-born member of, the “Calgary Chinese © com-° : “munity who helped to bring © , the exhibition to the: city, "- disdigreed, “The artists are itn “restricted. in, the, way, they,:; i pi: empress. themselves" he" la sad .008 . art.” , Chinese - . artists — _ Tanging from $400 to $15,000 .- ‘= is in’ the: historic and social system through 4 Ip said artists who-were popular during the Cultural ‘Revolution have, “either + _ disappeared philosophically or they have been punished ~ _because they did so much damage to the entire systeni’ — politically, socially and culturally. " He ‘said the ‘touring exhibition of traditional © Chinese paintings is an obvious example of the way ~ in which China is in - creasingly | willing to ; nations. ; ~ Asked why Canada. was chosen for the largest foreign Chinese art exhibit - -in.33 years, interpreter’ ‘Chon said it is because of | the strong interest shown by © the Canadian art. com- munity and the respect his . people have always had for Canada. ; “Every Chinese person, even schoolchildren, knows | Canada,’ he said. , CALGARY (CP) — Even © a glance at the watercolor’. ~ , shows the incredible detail... ’ Each hair :on the young: » woman's head had been. be formally punished, sald . @dlvidually painted.So had . each. feather on the - bird - flying. above, . Only ‘strong, steady and | - skilful hands can paint this. - way and they aren't — ‘developed overnight, says , Tony Ip, a Calgary Jand- scape architect. ; Ip, who grew. up in Hotg ‘Kong, ‘helped sponsor” the Calgary stop of the largest exhibition—of-traditional~ ouChinese.. art. to.appear .. outside China since the end” of the revolution in 1949. - "The ‘work, of. dozens of ° for sale at prices: exhibition which also. “was shown in- ‘Toronto | and ‘Edmonton’ and appears in: “Vancouver Aug. 24-Sept. 14, | One. of thé “artists, Song ‘Zin Tao, was ‘in Calgary to ‘discuss the: ‘Chinese art community. ‘and traditional :. : painting ‘techni roe: lp “hureauerats - are ' CALGARY (CP) — Song Their work, Song said sald."They're allowedtodo “In China, to be a suc: Zin Tao treated the question with an uncomfortable the traditional kind of °cessful artist not just.an as a bad joke. smile, was characterized by painting...butIdon'tthink ordinary artist — it takes ai “dhe 52 year-old: ‘artist respectful portraits of ‘they have much freedom to tenet 80 years of painting,” Chairman Maq and - look at the existing political. said Song. from China, touring Canada : ni ina ' Herbert Ho, ‘one of the -, exhibition. orgenizers in Calgary, said he knows of an artist. “who- spent years painting’ roots; before he could apecialitie in painting trees. he . Y He had boxes and boxes of roots. me ; There is even 8 Chinese ‘word, “chun,” to: describe . the different methods of painting rocks. Each varies . in, its. use of texture and shading. © : Song. said < traditional Chinese “paintings ‘include writing ; the title of the work ‘ora few. words ‘of. poetr strengthen economic and. poewry . cultural ties with other’ . that provide a message as “Important as. the. painting - « itgelt. . Chinese art works are enol - "framed, but: hung as scrolls on. rice-paper backing: Artists follow two painting techniques, using either individual brush strokes or ink washes that allow the . liquid to spread, — _ Landscapes, _ flowers, birds and fish are the mos! * ommon. subjects: but in recent years many. Chinese - artists have begun, painting People. win ‘Ip nodded to-a: ‘painting of i B woman in a- low-cul an- -Hique gown. Pointing to her * partially-exposed: chest, he vealled it an “indication of - liberalization.” . . Song said. some Chinese art achoole have begun ‘allowing. their, students ‘to paint from: ‘aude’ models — ; _ an impossible thought a few 7 _-years. ago... There are. other: “schools which specialize pow in oll "painting: +- learned: when Chinese artists: studied in - Europe. + But while some agpects of China’s art: world may change, Song said others Wall. For. instance, -almost.... “all artists age dnibloyecs of the’ state... wheat and ‘teach’ ‘art. peat eekly _ salary. tea eiliy fie "You are, Bi Rovernmett “official, like: anyone, .¢lse," : Song said with B ermile. “I -you' become us you are “pal more.” ‘He. ‘gald’ ‘China's artistic much ppier than painters inthe jest ‘who often struggle for ‘a living: in’ an-world in- _aitderent to > artistic ex: - | exhibition Many. about oaing ter obo They mld 1 RAs concrete’ on Baler a “are ‘as-solid-as-the-Greal.