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Wild dogs to China 2007( page 2)
After Drawing in the morning we had another day at the gallery.
We
all started off there but a group of students arrived
and asked to take us to their Master's( teacher) painting room
So leaving Kerrie and Chris behind we hopped into taxis( 5 yuan to us
really cheap!)) and went to a
small shop in another part of town .The teacher was teaching his students
to paint by getting them to do copies of other paintings. Technique was
fantastic but I questioned creativity. These were lovely people and the master
invited us back to his flat to meet his father , a renowned calligrapher
The trip to the flat was amazing going up stairs that were uneven in size,
covered in grime, handrails that were rusty and gritty, past all manner of
collected junk( as if I couldn't talk) and when we reached the flat it was being
redecorated with Italian leather, plasma screen tv and everything you would find
in a really wealthy abode. It was a dramatic contrast to the pathway to it!
The family was fantastic in showing us works by different members that had
been done and they really were a very artistic family. We did not stay for lunch
but headed back to have this with Chris and Kerrie. We had this in a Chinese
restaurant under the S and N and the food was fantastic and the waiters and
waitresses tried their hardest to help with the language difficulties.
In the afternoon I stayed at the gallery and everyone else went off to visit some other artist studios .
Buddhist art
Modern art
Traditional art
Traditional art at the museum
More modern art
To China 3
We
all started off there but a group of students arrived
and asked to take us to their Master's( teacher) painting room
So leaving Kerrie and Chris behind we hopped into taxis( 5 yuan to us
really cheap!)) and went to a
small shop in another part of town .The teacher was teaching his students
to paint by getting them to do copies of other paintings. Technique was
fantastic but I questioned creativity. These were lovely people and the master
invited us back to his flat to meet his father , a renowned calligrapher
The trip to the flat was amazing going up stairs that were uneven in size,
covered in grime, handrails that were rusty and gritty, past all manner of
collected junk( as if I couldn't talk) and when we reached the flat it was being
redecorated with Italian leather, plasma screen tv and everything you would find
in a really wealthy abode. It was a dramatic contrast to the pathway to it!
