On Sep. 8th, Prof. I-Hsiung Ju s Painting Exhibition was grandly opened on campus. Vice President Wang Wu, Vice Party Secretary General Fu Huiming and related leaders from Literary Federation of Wuxi participated in the opening ceremony. Prof. Pamela Hemingway Simpson, Former Dean of Art Department of Washington and Lee University and dozens of Prof. Ju s students from the States were present as well.
On the ceremony, Vice President Wang Wu made a warm speech on behalf of all the faculty and students of Jiangnan University. Prof. Ju expressed that he was honored to hold such an exhibition in his hometown at the age of 88. He made a point that telling students the right behavior is far more important than to give them knowledge. A Chinese artist is not only a painter, but also a poet and a philosopher. Prof. Ju is accomplished in many aspects such as sketch, watercolor, oil painting, engraving, sculpture, pottery and porcelain, oriental brush drawing, oriental art history and so on. He s an expert in creative work on oriental brush drawing. Years of cultural accumulation makes his works take a root deep in traditional Chinese art. In addition, his works also absorb Western artistic expressions since he has been living abroad for many years. Consequently, his artistic characteristic is a combination of east and west in a way of Nature. As to the Sea of Clouds and Yangtze River Miles Chart displayed in the exhibition, they are two of the most successful paintings of Prof. Ju, which fully expressed his deep affection for the beautiful landscapes of his motherland though living abroad.
