ROME – In the rooms on the second floor of the wonderful Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome it will be possible to be fascinated, until 4 September 2022, by the rarefied and mystical atmospheres of a world, the Tibetan one, in which contact with nature and difficult environmental conditions stimulate the population, mainly nomadic, to have a more direct, more intense relationship with that spiritual part that in Western society is often forgotten. Han Yuchen with his large canvases reveals to the visitor the simplicity, spontaneity and aptitude to resist adversity and bad weather of a people that makes mysticism, devotion to its Buddha, one of the bases of existence; the pictorial trait of the Chinese master is halfway between Realism and Impressionism since the attention to light, detail, and the expressions of the protagonists of his works, whether they are children, women in prayer, shepherds or groups of people portrayed in their daily life, they tend towards that fragmentation of the brushstroke so dear to the artists of the late nineteenth century movement, as well as his aptitude to paint often en plen air.
On the other hand, however, Han Yuchen often loves to take photographs of the characters he intends to narrate on the canvas, thus approaching the contemporary realist technique that leads him to produce works as close as possible to the observed reality.
The result of his skilful touch is incredible because the works and his narration of a world that fascinates him so much that he has to represent it in every detail, cannot fail to involve and envelop the observer who gets lost in those intense expressions, those reclining faces. in prayer, those children almost astonished by being observed, by the spontaneous smiles of simple people accustomed to living with the bare minimum and yet equally happy, or perhaps much more than the Western human being, with all its complications , the goals to be achieved and the frustrations to face. In the works of the Chinese master, acceptance emerges, the awareness of the Tibetan people of being part of a whole, of supporting each other even in the most inaccessible plateaus or mountains; the canvas Return from Baptism precisely highlights the capacity of resistance that this people learn since childhood, and which leads them to survive in an uncomfortable environmental situation which, however, becomes a natural habitat in which their physique trains to survive. The two children are literally bundled up in anti-cold jackets and are educated by their mothers to walk, to be autonomous because it will be that ability to stand on their own legs that will forge their character and determination in adversity.
In Pilgrimage in red, Han Yuchen, on the other hand, tells about Tibet through the image best known to the common imagination, that of his monks who envelop the surrounding world with their wisdom, with the power of prayer, with the awareness that spirituality is stronger. of any contingency, of any earthly well-being, and with the certainty that it is the only one that can save the world. The retrospective of the Chinese master, postponed due to the pandemic, is an unmissable opportunity not only to get to know the Tibetan world in its spontaneity and naturalness, but also to discover the talent and sensitivity of a great artist, Han Yuchen, able to literally transporting the observer inside his atmospheres as rarefied as they are real, mystical as well as simple, in any case incredibly enveloping.
About forty works are exhibited, divided into three sections – Landscapes, Portraits and Spirituality – through which the deep moral and spiritual bond that unites the famous autonomous region of China with the famous Chinese painter protagonist of the engaging retrospective is evident. The exhibition HAN YUCHEN. Tibet, splendor and purity was organized under the patronage of the Municipality of Rome – Department of Culture, produced and organized by Arthemisia in collaboration with Segni d’Arte, and was curated by Nicolina Bianchi and Gabriele Simongini, with the Skira catalog.
HAN YUCHEN. TIBET, SPLENDOR AND PURITY
from 14 July to 4 September 2022
Bonaparte Palace
Piazza Venezia 5
Rome
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Every day from 11am to 9pm (the ticket office closes one hour earlier)
Extraordinary openings: Monday 15th August
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The spirituality of Tibet – Han Yuchen, Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome