Zhou Family's Silhouettes of China

Paper-cutting is an old traditional folk art. Chinese famous paper-cut artisans Zhou Yunhua, Zhou Bing and their family members have shown great talent in the field of paper-cutting. They participated in art exhibitions at home and abroad many times, followed by excellent reviews. All of their paper-cuts can be divided into three main series: black, red, and blue. The black series is mainly of Jiangnan local residences, ancient houses and gardens, representing the typical scene of black tiles and white walls of Jiangnan area, along with their miniature bridges and limpid rivers, ever so peaceful and graceful. Prominent painter Xu Xi remarked that it is ?°artwork of world-class?±. Besides these, their new work Verve of the Forbidden City shows the agnificence and imposing manner of Chinese Royal Palaces in a modern way. The blue series is about Chinese ancient maids, Kwan-yin and the creation of blue calico style likeness. All of them are simple but elegant, full of folk flavor. The red series is of a more joyful theme, as blossoms and flowers exquisitely and delicately carved, to suit both refined and popular tastes. Their work has won many gold metals at different Chinese exhibitions and has been on display in other foreign countries, such as Japan, Norway, Finland, France, America and Malaysia. With most of the artwork created by the entire Zhou family, it has been suitably named Zhou Paper-cutting. Zhou??s paper-cutting has developed the traditional cutting skills and has also absorbed the techniques of print and Chinese painting. Delicate and smooth cutting skills enable the artwork to flow with lively rhythm and strong sense of three-dimensional decorative beauty. We can say that their art is of great artistic taste and enduring value.
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