Dafen Artist--Li Jiyong’s Art Exhibition

Since Dafen Oil Painting Village was awarded the "National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base" by the Ministry of Culture in 2004, it has been supported by various policies from the municipal and district governments and departments at all levels, and has gathered more and more artists who advocate creativity and are dedicated to art. The completion of the Dafen Art Museum in 2007 has set up a platform for the exchange and display of original art for Dafen painters. From here, they gradually move to the art stage of the whole country and even the world.

In recent years, lots of talented and explorative local artists have emerged in Dafen Oil painting village. More than 100 of their artworks have been selected into national and provincial art exhibitions, and have been exhibited in influential national heavyweight exhibitions such as "Beijing International Art Biennale", "Shenzhen Dafen International Oil Painting Biennial", "National (Dafen) Young and Middle-aged Oil Painting Exhibition". They use their heart and affection into their creation, and use their unique painting techniques and keen creative tentacles to portray works of art of different types and styles including neoclassical realistic styles and contemporary expressionist forms. In the process of communication, new ideas and new changes will be created, so as to create artistic works with attitude and belief and reflecting the style and features of the times. "Dafen Local Artists Promotion Project" sponsored by Shenzhen Dafen Art Museum has received extensive attention from all walks of life since it was launched in 2017. In a sense, the holding of Li Jiyong's artworks exhibition is also a presentation and summary of the artist's painting experience.

The artworks displayed here are the only remaining paintings of Mr. Li Jiyong, an old man who is nearly 80 years old. These works truly record the footprints of the author in different periods and different regions, for example, from the snow-covered Chaozu thatched cottage by Jingbo lake to the thatched cottage in Lizhai at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, the famous Hakka earth building in eastern Guangdong and Western Fujian, and the stilted building of Miao family in Guizhou. As he has been engaged in the teaching of basic painting courses for many years, he has preserved some works in still life, landscape and figure painting. He said that these works are the portrayal of his artistic practice throughout his life. As for the merits and demerits of his works, he left them to the audience for comment.