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MESSAGE
Firstly, I wish to congratulate Mr Fan Shaohua for successfully staging his solo exhibition
at the Shanghai Art Museum.
Mr Fan is a very outstanding modern artist. His works are very distinct as they blend the
painting techniques and subjects from both the East and West.
Many of the paintings in this show have been shown in exhibitions in Singapore as well
as several other Asian countries. Some of them also won him many awards.
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Mr Fans talents are all displayed in his works, especially in his portraits, street scenes and
the abstract pieces. That the Shanghai Art Gallery is staging this solo exhibition for him
shows its recognition for Mr Fans artistic excellence.
May I take this opportunity to show my heartfelt gratitude to the Shanghai Art Gallery for
its efforts to promote closer relations in the arts and cultural fields between Singapore and
China through this exhibition.
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FAN SHAOHUAS
FLOWER INVITATION
PROLOGUE BY TAN SWEE HIAM
Fan Shaohuas multi-media treatment of the lotus has made visible the emergence of a new
flower, whose never-before-seen charm attracts the gaze of all eyes to its bloom and gets
them deeply intoxicated. Just as everyone equates Fan Shaohuas artistic creation with his
lotus, the lotus is turned into an invitation, inviting all viewers back from the spiritual realm
to the secular world of flower damsels and clouds and rain, where the Ying and Yang cajole
each other, poetry and music are intertidal and all eyes are gazing at the fire that is burning
through the flowering shrubs and are therein intoxicated.
This is where the core of Fan Shaohuas art lies. Through art he shows that in the search of
meaning, there needs a rounded reality in life: be it in Heaven or on Earth, one should wallow
in happiness.
Few artists are able to give the viewer such an esthetic experience.
Tan Swie Hian
December 20, 2009.
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FOREWORD
In the life of an artist, there are bound to be changes
in his or her painting styles. When a change takes
place, the artist is really seeking to go deeper or
make further adjustments towards a goal that will
help to raise his or her level of artistic excellence.
This was how I felt when I saw the works of Chinese
Singaporean painter Fan Shaohua.
Zhu Guorong
Vice-President of the Shanghai City Association
of Artists
January, 2010.
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A GODLY RELATIONSHIP
WITH FAN SHAOHUA
BY YANG GENGXIN
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Yang Gengxin is an art critic and executive editor of
Art or Yi Shu magazine.
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ELEVATION OF THE
SPIRIT OF CHINESE ART
THOUGHTS ON FAN SHAOHUAS OIL PAINTING
SERIES BY LI RENYI
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Li Renyi
November 15, 2009
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BIOGRAPHY
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Studied in Lu Di Xi Primary School situated in
Guangzhou City, Li Wan District. During his free
time, Fan developed a liking for painting portraits.
The landscape due to influence from a father who
adored cultural arts.
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Complete, 2009
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Snow-White, 2008
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Splash, 2008
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Dew, 2008
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Apprearance, 2007
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Timeless, 2007
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Poem, 2007
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Petal, 2007
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Melody, 2009
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Spring, 2009
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Dance, 2009
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Intented, 2009
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Ballad, 2008
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Reddish, 2008
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Frangrance, 2008
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Curtaincall, 2007
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Play, 2008
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Enagagement, 2009
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Awaiting, 2001
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Future, 2000
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Exchange, 2009
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