Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 13, 2007|Volume 35, Number 25

This work and others by Fox Fellow Guolin Shen will be for sale during a Yale-China Association exhibit.

Traditional calligraphy by Chinese student featured in benefit exhibition

An exhibition of calligraphy by a Chinese student who is studying at Yale via a Fox Fellowship will be on view Friday-Saturday, April 13-14, at the Yale-China Association, 442 Temple St.

Titled "Dancing Ink and Singing Strings: Works by Guolin Shen," the show will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday. Shen will present a calligraphy demonstration 2-3 p.m. on Saturday. The show and demonstration are free and open to the public.

Shen is a Fox Fellow from Fudan University in Shanghai, who is conducting research at Yale on U.S. Congressional images of China. In 1998, his first exhibition of calligraphy was held at Fudan University. Since then, Shen's work has been exhibited at the Shanghai Art Museum and at art galleries in other Asian countries. Some of his pieces are also in the collections of the Shanghai Library and the Japanese Beilu Calligraphy Institution. He is a member of the Shanghai Master of Calligraphy Association and also holds a Ph.D. in mass communication from Fudan University, where he will begin a position as assistant professor in the Journalism School after he returns to China this summer.

Shen's works will be on sale at the Yale exhibit, and he is donating all proceeds from the sales to the Yale-China Association's educational programs in China. Some of his work will also be featured in the association's first-ever online auction, which will be held June 1-25 at the website www.yalechina.cmarket.com.

"Chinese calligraphy is the core of Chinese traditional art, illustrating the aesthetics of Chinese words," says Shen. "For an American, [Chinese calligraphy] is regarded as a window to Chinese art and culture. Although it uses Chinese words as its vehicle of expression, Americans do not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. I believe that through enjoying Chinese calligraphy, as a symbolic language of format and content, Americans can communicate with the Chinese soul and reach the spirit of Chinese culture."

The Yale-China Association is a private, nonprofit organization with more than a century of experience contributing to the development of education in and about China and to the furtherance of understanding and knowledge between Chinese and American people. The association's work is characterized by sustained, long-term relationships designed to build Chinese institutional capacity. Current programs include the fields of public health and nursing, legal education, English language instruction, American Studies, and cultural exchange for Chinese and American students. To learn more about the Yale-China Association, visit www.yalechina.org.

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