Celestial Realm:

Mystery of the Yellow Mountains Unveiled

Photo Credit: Copyright Wang Wusheng from Celestial Realm,

published by Abbeville Press (2005)

• For more photos by Mr. Wang Wusheng, please click Huangshan Photos.

• For photos taken at the opening of Mr. Wang's exhibition at the U.N. please click UN.

As part of a year-long series of commemorative events marking the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, a major photographic and art exhibition entitled “Spirit of the East:  Beauty of the Landscape” opened with a formal ceremony and reception on Monday, 19 December 2005 in the Main Gallery of the Visitors’ Center at the U.N. The exhibit features two prominent Asian artists, the Chinese fine art photographer Wang Wusheng and the Japanese master painter Kaii Higashiyama.  Both artists express the soul of the Orient while encompassing the spiritual beauty which lives in both the eastern and western aesthetic. Secretary General Kofi Annan remarked at the opening that this was the most important exhibition that he could remember ever held at the U.N.
 

At the invitation of the Learned (Renwen) Society of China Institute, Mr. Wang Wusheng will discuss his word with Photographer and Calligrapher Jim (Jiaxuan) Zhang in a bi-lingual illustrated talk on Saturday, January 14, 2006.
 

An iconic image of China, the Yellow Mountain in Anhui Province, China has often been described as the world’s most beautiful and enchanting mountain. Its spectacular landscape has been a source of inspiration for Chinese painters for centuries. For more than three decades, the celebrated photographer Mr. Wang Wusheng has been captivated by the beauty of the mountain. Inspired by the legacy of these paintings, Mr. Wang Wusheng has sought to portray this scenic wonder through his lens. In a lavishly produced volume featuring stunning duotone images of the Yellow Mountain by Mr. Wang entitled Celestial Realm, you will see mist-shrouded, granite peaks emerging from an ever-changing veil of clouds, sculptural craggy rocks, on lofty cliffs, and weathered, oddly-shaped pine trees, depicted in all seasons and at various times of day. Wang Wusheng’s images are so exceptional that they look like paintings.

A native of Anhui Province, Wang Wusheng has been photographing the Yellow Mountain since 1974. He has contributed his work to books published in China, Japan, and Austria, and his photographs have been collected and widely exhibited by museums and galleries, including the Museum of Chinese Art in Peking, The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Ginza & The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. In 2000, Mr. Wang was selected as one of the best 10 photo-artists on the 20 century in the world by TBS TV, Asahi Newspaper and The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Saturday, January 14, 2006, 2-4 pm

Admissions: Free for members and $5 for non-members.

Location: China Institute, 125 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10021, between Lexington & Park Avenues)

Limited Seating

RSVP Required

To RSVP, please call 212-744-8181 ext. 142 or online by filling out the following form. Please direct inquiries to renwen@chinainstitute.org.