Yang Zhengxin – Artist Biography
Yang Zhengxin, also known as Ye He, was born in 1942 in Shanghai. In 1958, he became an apprentice to Jiang Hanting. He graduated from the Painting Class of the Secondary Department of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts in 1961 and from the Chinese Painting Department of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts in 1965. He then joined the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, engaging in Chinese painting creation and research to this day. He is currently a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, a National First-Class Artist, a member of the China Artists Association, an executive director of the Shanghai Artists Association, a member of the Chinese Painting Art Committee, the deputy director of the Siyuan Calligraphy and Painting Research Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a part-time professor at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai University.
His works have been selected for exhibitions in the United States, France, Japan, and other countries, and he has held solo exhibitions at the Shanghai Art Museum, as well as in Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia. The People’s Fine Arts Publishing House has published “Collection of Paintings by Modern Chinese Masters – Yang Zhengxin” among other works.
Yang Zhengxin has traveled and lived for many years in Australia, Canada, and various European countries. The freedom, diversity, and forms of Western modern painting have greatly stimulated his artistic inspiration. In his creations, he focuses on integrating Eastern and Western art and modernizing traditional language. He merges Western modern concepts of composition and color into his ink painting practice and emphasizes exploring the true spirit of Chinese aesthetics through new ink practices, especially in brush and ink experiments. Traditional brush and ink charm, modern form expression, and contemporary aesthetic interests naturally blend in Yang Zhengxin’s paintings, creating a unique ink world full of vibrant colors and dynamic spirit.
杨正新 – 艺术家简介
杨正新，号野鹤。1942年生，上海市人。1958年为江寒汀先生入室弟子。1961年毕业于上海美术专科学校中专部绘画班，1965年毕业于上海美术专科学校中国画系。后入上海中国画院从事中国画创作研究至今。现为上海中国画院画师，国家一级美术师、中国美术家协会会员、上海美术家协会常务理事、中国画艺术委员会委员，上海交通大学思远书画研究所副所长，上海大学美术学院兼职教授。
作品多次选送美、法、日等国展出，并于上海美术馆及澳大利亚、新加坡、马来西亚等国举办个人画展。人民美术出版社出版《近现代中国名家画集——杨正新》等。
杨正新先后在澳大利亚、加拿大和欧洲诸国游历和生活多年。自由不羁、形式多样的西方现代绘画大大刺激了他的艺术灵感。在创作中，他注重中西方艺术的结合和传统语言的现代性转换，不仅将西方现代的构成与色彩观念融合进自己的水墨画实践，还着意于在新的水墨实践尤其笔墨的实验中挖掘真正的属于中国审美的精神旨趣。传统的笔墨意韵、现代的形式表现、当代的审美旨趣在杨正新的画中自然地融于一体，构筑出一个墨彩流溢、气韵生动的独特水墨世界。