"Understanding Through the Bones: Tang Qishan's Contemporary Art Exhibition" Opens at Nanshan Mangu Tonggou Art Space

The "Understanding Through the Bones:Tang Qishan's Contemporary Art Exhibition," hosted by the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association, officially opened at Tonggou Art Space in Nanshan District. The exhibition features dozens of works by contemporaryartist Tang Qishan, including pieces from the Forest Memory, WaterLilies, Oracle Bone Inscriptions·Symbols, Origins·Creatures,and Elegant Charm·Spiritual Delight series.

Attending the opening were: Zhang Lanqian,President of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association; Tang Huashan,General Manager of Shenzhen Prenta Cultural Co., Ltd.; Shi Chunli, a renowned curator; Wang Ziyang, the exhibition’s academic host; Zhang Hongwei,General Manager of Shenzhen Great Nation Craftsman Enterprise Service Co.,Ltd.; Xu Gengliang, Vice President of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association; Li Baichun, Executive Director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Institute; Wang Yubo,Supervisor of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association and contemporaryartist; Wang Bin, Supervisor-General of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association, President of the Shenzhen Medical Device Association; artists Huang Lei and Wang Kun; fashion designer Juanzi; collector Zhang Tiemin; RuanFengjuan; bamboo flute player Wang Jie; fashion designer Zhang Miaomiao; theexhibiting artist Tang Qishan; and representatives from the art community,media, and partner institutions.

Speeches and Performances: At the opening ceremony, Zhang Lanqian(President of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association), Shi Chunli(renowned curator), Xu Gengliang (Vice President of the Shenzhen Art Industry Promotion Association), Zhang Hongwei (General Manager of Shenzhen Great Nation Craftsman Enterprise Service Co., Ltd.), Tang Huashan (General Manager of Shenzhen Prenta Cultural Co., Ltd.), and Li Baichun (Executive Director ofthe Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Institute) delivered speeches in sequence. Artist Tang Qishan also shared his insights. Bamboo flute player Wang Jie performed a traditional bamboo flute piece, while fashion designers Zhang Miaomiao, Wang Ziyan, andothers presented a runway show.

Speeches by Zhang Lanqian

Speeches by Shi Chuli

Speeches by Xu Gengliang

Speeches by Zhang Hongwei

Speeches by Tang Huashan

Speeches by Li Baichun

Speeches by Tang Qishan

Wang Jie’s flute performance

Fashion show

Time flows, and civilization reconstructsitself amid breaks and continuities. Chinese characters, as the oldest symbolsystem in the East, carry the profound cultural memory and genes of the Chinesenation. In Tang Qishan’s works, oracle bone inscriptions—the primordial form ofChinese characters—break free from the constraints of historical texts,reawakening through the language of contemporary art.

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His creations are a dialogue spanning threemillennia. Using oracle bone strokes as the original element, Tangdeconstructs, refines, and recombines them into modern visual symbols, forginga new aesthetic language through the interplay of acrylic and canvas. Thesesymbols retain the mystery and simplicity of antiquity while infusingcontemporary dynamism and tension. No longer mere archaeological artifacts,they become vessels of emotion and spiritual totems, reflecting the artist’sprofound reflections on "form and meaning" and "ancient andcontemporary."

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The title "Understanding Through theBones" conveys a resonance that transcends time and space—how the culturalpulses inscribed in bones and fused into blood can once again be perceived,understood, and inherited through art. Tang’s works are not simple recreationsof ancient aesthetics; rather, they return to the origin from a contemporaryperspective, seeking balance between abstraction and figuration, and forgingconnections between symbols and emotion. The brushstrokes in his paintings areas sharp as chisels, and the colors as solemn as rituals, guiding viewers intoa meditative dialogue with the ancients.

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In "Tonggou" (lit. "samestructure") Art Space, the exhibition presents both Tang Qishan’syears-long exploration of the contemporary transformation of oracle boneaesthetics and his visual interpretation of the Eastern philosophical conceptof "the unity of heaven and humanity" and "the integration ofself and the world"—a literal and metaphorical "tonggou" (samestructure) of form and meaning, object and self. In Shenzhen, a city whereinnovation is its soul, these works will dialogue with tradition, resonate withthe future, and awaken viewers to a renewed appreciation of their culturalroots.

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The exhibition will run until September 30.Visitors are warmly invited to attend!