展览名称：
陕西省美术博物馆学术邀请展系列(第五场)
向往经典——刘万鸣书画艺术展
主办单位：
陕西省美术博物馆
展览日期：
2025年9月25日至10月12日
展览地点：
陕西省美术博物馆（西安市长安北路14号）
展览场地：
陕西省美术博物馆负一至三楼展廊
总策展/学术主持：王 潇
策 展：
马海欧
展览组织委员会
主 任：
王 潇
副 主 任：
张 娴
白林坡
委 员：
马海欧
穆亚威
邵欢欢
冯 娟
寇晓燕
Exhibition Information
Exhibition Title:Academic Invitation Exhibition of Shaanxi Province Art Museum (V)In Pursuit of Classics Liu Wanming’s Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition
Hosted by：Shaanxi Province Art Museum
Exhibition Date：September 25 – October 12, 2025
Exhibition Venue：Shaanxi Province Art Museum (No. 14, Chang’an North Road, Xi’an)
Exhibition Site：Gallery,B1-F3, Shaanxi Province Art Museum
Chief Curator & Academic Director：Wang Xiao
Curator：Ma Hai’ou
Exhibition Organizing Committee
Director：Wang Xiao
Deputy Directors：Zhang Xian, Bai Linpo
Members：Ma Hai’ou, Mu Yawei, Shao Huanhuan, Feng Juan,Kou Xiaoyan
PREFACE
前 言
灰空两抹禽飞影，横悬三缕垂垂藤，
秋草蔽丛窥兔迹，动静时空气韵生。
现当代花鸟画之迈进源自传统、生活及西方来路。三三错综，气象万千。万鸣基于传统，师造化，察万物，虚实相生，混沌初开，拓一片天地。
万鸣于其作品名副其实，名先于画而画释名，万物生息，和鸣于世，动于静中，生命激荡。珍禽野雀沉浸再现勃勃生机，侧耳所闻绕梁回音，眼、心、耳同受，形象、笔墨、气息、精神、情感同存。蒙蒙天地，律动园林，野生花草树石间萧瑟飘零，动物兽禽精灵般笔墨活现。垂吊长臂猿，展翅高隼鹰，毛绒秋鸭塘边赏孤荷，碧波青鱼瞪眼拨水藻。风清气正，万籁俱寂，空谷静谧，宿鸟幽鸣。
万鸣指墨画，五指戳扫，八面来风，随性泼洒。线灵动多变以骨为立，墨渗化超然以肉为附。书写恣意，形象活脱，氤氲空间，清风徐徐，气韵生动，意境幽深，满纸秋意萧瑟景，亦落飘叶覆赭丘。
万鸣入心、入情、入理之笔墨，枯润苦甜相间相生，时蝉翼之轻盈，时麟皮之沙涩，时润膏之滑嫩，时残叶之婆娑。以静为美，轻勾细描，白云渲淡，孤意高洁；以动为美，横涂竖抹，万毫齐发，雷电轰鸣。春鸟，情态图写生动矫健；秋禽，惊弓呆鸡内美静参。猛兽家禽，造型高古奇崛，若天国圣灵醇美安逸，出入画面如山泉细流涓涓浸心，平淡天真，寂寂天籁。五官罗汉，勾形传摹气盛神全，若庙堂仙魂思游灵境，举手投足如山海巨人振臂滚云。主题花鸟，拟人寓意，生机盎然，哲思、立意，画境皆和谐高妙，共情于众。
万鸣承古创新，心手调和，注笔墨之精神，写自我之性灵。融内蕴、内敛、内美于一体，温柔敦厚，品格高洁，乃传统正脉。
其复古出古，复兴振兴，道之所启，鸣之所勉。
陕西省美术博物馆馆长
2025年8月23日
Preface
A pair of birds flits through ashen skies,
While three trailing vines sway gently by.
Rabbits peek through autumn grasses thick,
Where stillness and motion breathe life’s rhythmic tick.
Modern and contemporary flower-and-bird paintings draw strength fromtradition, lived experience, and Western influences. These threads intertwine, creating infinite possibilities. Rooted in tradition, Liu observes nature, balancing emptiness and form to carve out his own realm.
His works live up to their names. The titles precede images, yet the paintings illuminate their essence. Life thrives in harmony, stirring within stillness and pulsing with vitality. Rare birds and wild sparrows burst with energy, their echoes lingering as if heard through walls. Sight, heart, and ear merge; form, brushwork, aura, spirit, and emotion coalesce. In a world shrouded in a gentle haze, the garden pulses with the rhythm of life. Among the wild flowers, grasses, trees, and stones, a sense of desolate beauty drifts. The creatures, both beasts and birds, come alive with a vividness akin to brushstrokes on a canvas. Long-armed gibbons dangle gracefully, while soaring falcons spread their majestic wings. Fluffy autumn ducks linger by the pond, admiring the solitary lotus, and green carp with wide eyes flick through the water weeds amidst the rippling blue waves. The air is pure and the atmosphere upright and wholesome.All is hushed in profound stillness, with the secluded valley wrapped in tranquilityand only the faint chirping of resting birds breaking the silence.
In his finger-ink paintings, his five fingers dance and sweep, embracing the winds from all directions as he splashes ink with unrestrained spontaneity. The lines, agile and ever-changing, stand firm with skeletal strength, while the ink seeps and blends with a transcendent grace, clinging like flesh. His brushwork is unbridled, breathing life into vivid forms that emerge within a misty, ethereal space. A gentle breeze seems to whisper through, animating the scene with a vibrant rhythm and imbuing it with a profound, serene mood. The entire canvas resonates with the desolate charm of autumn, where even the falling leaves gently drape over the ochre-hued hills.
Liu’s brushwork delves deep into the heart, emotions, and logic, blending dryness with moisture, bitterness with sweetness, in a harmonious interplay. At times, it captures the delicate lightness of cicada wings; at others, the rough, sandy texture of dragon scales. It can mimic the smooth tenderness of ointment or the rustling grace of withered leaves. When stillness is his muse, he employs light, meticulous strokes, rendering white clouds with a subtle wash, embodying a sense of solitary purity and lofty elegance. Yet, when dynamism takes over, his brush dances wildly, sweeping horizontally and vertically, with all bristles in unison, evoking the thunderous roar of lightning. His depictions of spring birds brim with vivid vitality and spirited grace, while his autumn fowl, startled and still, reveal an inner beauty that invites quiet contemplation. His renderings of fierce beasts and domestic fowl boast an archaic and extraordinary aesthetic, as if they were celestial beings from a divine realm, exuding an aura of pure serenity and bliss. They seem to step in and out of the canvas like gentle mountain streams, their presence slowly seeping into people’s heart with a naive simplicity and the tranquil melody of unspoiled symphony of nature. His portrait of the arhat captures the essence with bold, flowing lines, conveying a sense of vitality and spiritual completeness. The arhat appears as an ethereal soul lingering in sacred halls, lost in contemplation of otherworldly realms. Every movement of the arhat is grand and powerful, like titans of mountains and seas and his arms are capable of stirring the clouds with a mighty sweep. In his thematic bird-and-flower paintings, Liu endows the subjects with human-like qualities and profound symbolic meanings, infusing them with vibrant life. These works are imbued with philosophical depth and exquisite artistic vision, creating a harmonious and sublime visual experience that resonates deeply with viewers.
Liu inherits the essence of ancient traditions while boldly forging new paths, achieving a harmonious balance between his mind and hand. He infuses his brushwork with profound spirit, expressing his own unique soul and temperament. Blending inner richness, restraint, and beauty into a unified whole, his art exudes a gentle yet profound grace, embodying a noble and upright character that remains firmly rooted in the authentic lineage of tradition.
He draws inspiration from the past to transcend it, reviving and reinvigorating timeless traditions with a renewed vision. Guided by the profound wisdom of the traditional paintings, he strives tirelessly, turning inspiration into action.
Wang Xiao, Curator of Shaanxi Province Art Museum
August 23, 2025
Curriculum Vitae
艺术简历
刘万鸣
1989年毕业于天津美术学院，1995年就读于中国艺术研究院美术学研究生课程班。历任中国艺术研究院研究生院常务副院长、中国艺术研究院中国画院常务副院长、中国国家博物馆副馆长。
现任全国政协委员、民盟中央委员、中国美术家协会副主席、中国国家画院院长、中国美术家协会中国画艺委会副主任、中国工笔画学会副会长、中国艺术研究院博士生导师、曾任西安美术学院博士生导师、中国传媒大学博士生导师、上海大学美术学院博士生导师、中国文化遗产研究院研究员、第三届中国美术奖评审委员、故宫博物院中国画法研究所客座研究员、第十三届全国美展评审委员、第十四届全国美展评审委员。
2012年获中国青年艺术家提名奖，2014年入选国家百千万人才工程授予“有突出贡献中青年专家”称号，享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家，中宣部2017年文化名家暨“四个一批”人才，中组部国家高层次人才特殊支持计划领军人才“万人计划”。
中国画作品曾入选全国美展、全国画院展及省部级展览，曾获得金、银、铜、优秀等奖项十余次。
积极参与国家主题性创作，作为第一作者完成《遣唐使》《西电东送、西气东输工程》《黄河摆渡人》《南水北调工程》等中国画作品。
曾在中国国家博物馆等国家级展馆举办个展，作品被中国美术馆、中国国家博物馆、中国艺术研究院等国家级单位收藏。中央广播电视总台多次专题报道其艺术创作及成就。
出版《中国画论》《刘万鸣作品集》《画道文心——刘万鸣·书画小品选》《中国近现代美术经典丛书——徐悲鸿》卷、《中国著名艺术家图录——刘万鸣》《刘万鸣素描写真集》《中得心源——刘万鸣书法作品选》《咫尺大象——刘万鸣中国画小品选》等个人专著二十余部。其中《中国画论》一书为普通高等学校艺术学科新形态重点规划教材。
Liu Wanming graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1989 and pursued postgraduate studies in Fine Arts at theChinese National Academy of Arts in 1995. He has served in various prominent roles, including Executive Vice President of the Graduate School of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Painting Academy at theChinese National Academy of Arts, and Deputy Director of the National Museum of China.
Currently, Liu holds multiple prestigious positions, including Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, Vice President of the China Artists Association, President of the China National Academy of Painting, Deputy Director of the Chinese Painting Art Committee of the China Artists Association, Vice President of the Chinese Hue Art Association, and Doctoral Supervisor at the Chinese National Academy of Arts. Additionally, he has previously served as a doctoral supervisor at Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Communication University of China, and the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University. Liu also previously served as a Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, a jury member for the 3rd Chinese Fine Art Awards, a visiting research fellow at the Chinese Painting Institute of the Palace Museum, and a jury member for the 13th and 14th National Exhibition of Fine Arts.
In 2012, he received the China Young Artist Nomination Award. In 2014, he was selected for theNational Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents Projectand was honored with the title of“Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert with Notable Contributions”. He is also an expert enjoying special government subsidies from the State Council, one of the Cultural Experts and “Four Batches” of Talents recognized by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China in 2017, and a leading talent of the National Special Support Program for High Level Talents or Ten Thousand Talents Program recognized by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China.
His Chinese painting works have been featured in National Exhibition of Fine Arts, National Painting Academy Exhibitions, and provincial and ministerial-level exhibitions, earning him over ten awards, including gold, silver, bronze, and excellence prizes.
He actively participates in national thematic artistic creations and, as the primary artist, has completed Chinese painting works such as Diplomats to the Tang Dynasty, The West-to-East Electricity and Gas Transmission Projects,Ferryman in the Yellow River, and The South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
He has held solo exhibitions at prestigious national institutions such as the National Museum of China, and his works have been collected by national-level entities including the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China, and the Chinese National Academy of Arts. China Media Group has featured multiple in-depth reports on his artistic creations and achievements.
He has authored over twenty monographs, including On Chinese Painting Theory, Collection of Liu Wanming’s Works, The Essence of Painting and Literature: A Selection of Liu Wanming’s Calligraphy and Painting Sketches, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Classics Series – Volume on Xu Beihong, Catalog of Renowned Chinese Artists – Liu Wanming, Liu Wanming’s Sketch Portraits, Inspiration from the Heart: A Selection of Liu Wanming’s Calligraphy Works, and Grand Visions in Miniature: A Selection of Liu Wanming’s Chinese Painting Sketches. Notably, On Chinese Painting Theory serves as a key textbook in the new-format art curriculum for higher education institutions.
PartⅠ.
「天地浩然」
Cosmic Expanse of Righteous Spirit
本单元所展出的画作，绝非寻常意义上的风景描绘，它们是刘万鸣先生艺术理念最为直观与震撼的视觉呈现，是其所倡导的“写实之境”的至高体现。刘万鸣认为，真正的“写实”，绝非被动地复制自然，其核心在于艺术家主体精神的投射与升华。它要求创作者必须具备超越技法的“大格局”与“大境界”，需要将个人的艺术生命深深地融入到家国命运与时代浪潮之中，心怀对民族历史的敬畏与对天下苍生的关怀，勇于主动承担起“文以载道”、“为时代立传”的文化使命。
在此理念下，精湛绝伦的写实技巧与造型能力是艺术家必备的，而倘若缺乏了这份深沉的家国情怀与历史担当的魂，笔墨终将流于形式的空壳，难以触及中国画艺术最为推崇的雄浑、博大的精神内核。
纵观本单元画作，其“浩然”之气沛乎其间：画面中，巍峨山岳仿佛镌刻着民族的脊梁与风骨，奔流的江河恰似涌动着不息的时代精神，浩瀚的云霞则抒写着开阔的文化胸襟。刘万鸣先生以其深厚的学养与精湛的技艺，将理性的构图、精微的刻画与磅礴的抒情完美结合，实现了“致广大而尽精微”的辩证统一。
这些作品不仅是对祖国河山的礼赞，更是一种文化自信的彰显，一种在继承千年传统基础上，勇于推陈出新、开创未来的宏大叙事。他们邀请观者步入其中，在感受视觉震撼的同时，更完成一次与历史对话、与时代共鸣的精神巡礼。
Opening Remarks
The paintings showcased in this section are far from ordinary depictions of scenery. They represent the most intuitive and awe-inspiring visual manifestation of Mr. Liu Wanming’s artistic philosophy, epitomizing the ultimate realization of the “realm of realism” he advocates. According to Liu Wanming, true “realism” does not entail passively copying nature; rather, its essence lies in the projection and elevation of the artist’s inner spirit. It necessitates that creators possess a “grand perspective” and “lofty realm” that transcend mere technical skills, requiring them to deeply integrate their artistic pursuits with the destiny of their nation and the currents of their times. With a reverence for national history and a compassionate concern for all people, they must courageously assume the cultural responsibility of “conveying moral truths through art” and “chronicling the spirit of the era”.
Under this philosophy, exquisite realism techniques and masterful modeling abilities are the essential “brush” for artists, but not the “soul” of creation. Without a profound sense of patriotism and historical responsibility, brushwork will ultimately degenerate into a mere empty shell of form, struggling to capture the majestic and profound spiritual essence that Chinese painting holds in the highest regard.
Taking a sweeping view of the paintings in this section, you can feel a powerful aura of “righteous spirit” permeating through them. In these artworks, the towering mountains seem to embody the resilient backbone and unyielding spirit of the nation, the surging rivers mirror the unceasing vitality of the times, and the vast expanse of clouds and mists express an open-minded cultural embrace. With his profound scholarship and exquisite craftsmanship, Mr. Liu Wanming has seamlessly blended rational composition, meticulous depiction, and majestic lyricism, achieving a dialectical unity that “embraces the vast while capturing the minute”.
These works are not merely odes to the landscapes of China. They are powerful expressions of cultural confidence and a grand narrative that fearlessly breaks new ground and forges ahead into the future while rooted in the thousand-year tradition. They beckon viewers to step inside, where, amidst the visual splendor, they embark on a spiritual journey where they engage in dialogue with history and resonate with the pulse of the times.
部分展览作品
▲微雨洗高林 200×190cm 纸本设色 2014年
▲平湖清远 355×193cm 纸本水墨 2022年
▲逸气清秋 240×62cm 纸本设色 2025年
▲高卧安逸 240×62cm 纸本设色 2025年
▲惊雁东南飞 240×124cm 纸本指墨 2025年
PartⅡ.
「齐物等观」
Equal Vision of All Things
本单元汇集了刘万鸣先生大量的人物肖像写生与书法力作，它们绝非主体创作之外的余兴小品，而是艺术家维系其艺术生命力、锤炼其感知与笔力的核心修行。宛若一场精雅而深邃的内在探索，为我们揭示了作者宏大艺术殿堂背后的丰饶基石与多元维度。
艺术之树若要参天而立，其根系必须深扎于自然、社会与生活的沃土之中。于是，我们看到他笔下的人物，不仅是造型精准的肖像，更是对时代风貌与个体精神的敏锐捕捉；其山水写生，亦非简单地摹形状物，而是在与自然的直接对话中，捕捉天地间的生机与韵律；而其功力深厚的书法，更是将书写性融入绘画骨血，一线一面皆见书写之韵，体现了中国书画同源的至高理念。
“齐物等观”，源于中国传统哲学智慧，意在打破物我、门类之隔，以平等心观照万物。刘万鸣先生正是以如此态度对待不同的艺术媒介与题材。于他而言，人物、山水、书法，虽形式各异，其道却一。它们共同构成了一个相互滋养、循环促进的有机整体：书法训练提升了其用笔的骨力与抽象美感；写生实践锤炼了其观察自然、提炼生活的洞察力。这一切看似“旁骛”的深耕，最终都毫无滞碍地反哺并升华了他的主体创作，为其“大格局、大境界”提供了最为扎实而鲜活的养分，推动其艺术不断向更为深邃高远的领域坚实迈进。
此单元作品正是这“博观约取、厚积薄发”创作理念的最佳见证。
Opening Remarks
This section features a substantial collection of Mr. Liu Wanming’s portrait sketches and calligraphic masterpieces. These works are far from being mere casual sketches outside his main artistic pursuits; instead, they are the pivotal practices through which he sustains his artistic vitality and refines his perceptual acuity and brushwork prowess. Like an exquisite and profound exploration into the fundamentals and inner realms, they unveil the rich foundations and diverse dimensions that lie beneath the grand structure of his artistic achievements.
For an artistic tree to soar skyward, its roots must delve deep into the fertile soil of nature, society, and life. Thus, we observe that the figures in his paintings are not merely portraits with precise forms, but also keen captures of the spirit of the age and the essence of individual personalities. Similarly, his landscape sketches transcend mere imitation of shapes and forms; Meanwhile, his profound calligraphy seamlessly integrates the essence of brushwork into the very fabric of his paintings, where every stroke and line exudes the rhythm of writing, epitomizing the supreme concept that Chinese painting and calligraphy share a common origin.
“Equal Vision of All Things” originates from the wisdom of traditional Chinese philosophy, advocating the breaking down of barriers between self and object, as well as among different categories, and observing all things with an equitable mindset. Mr. Liu Wanming adopts precisely this attitude when approaching diverse artistic mediums and themes. To him, figures, landscapes,, and calligraphy, despite their varied forms, share a unified artistic essence. Together, they form an organic whole that nourishes and reinforces each other in a continuous cycle. Calligraphy training has honed the strength and abstract aesthetic of his brushwork; sketching from nature has sharpened his insight in observing the world and life. All these seemingly diverse explorations have, in the end, seamlessly nourished and elevated his primary creative endeavors, providing the most solid and vibrant sustenance for his pursuit of “grand perspective” and “lofty realm”. This has propelled his art steadily forward into ever more profound and exalted territories.
The works in this section are the finest testament to the creative philosophy of “extensive observation, selective absorption, and profound accumulation leading to inspired expression”.
部分展览作品
▲人物肖像写真 25×16cm 绢本素描 2018年
▲人物肖像写真 17.5×16cm 纸本素描 2018年
▲幽花池 15×46cm 书法 2020年
▲雨云堂 16×45cm 书法 2020年
▲手札 24.5×54cm 书法 2022年
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