The Way of the Great Master — Gao Yingpo Art Exhibition

6 September saw the opening of The Way of the Great Master — Gao Yingpo Art Exhibition, part of the invitational series on arts and crafts scholarship organised by the National Art Museum of China. The exhibition ran from 6 September to 7 October, thirty-two days in all, spanning the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays. It brought together fifty-two works by Gao Yingpo, joining Quyang stone carving and Ding ware — two national intangible cultural heritage crafts — with his work in bronze: a complete account of an artist's long engagement with traditional technique and with the continuities of Chinese cultural tradition. He is the first artist from Quyang, and to date the only one, to bring both crafts to a solo exhibition at the National Art Museum of China.

About the Artist

Gao Yingpo

Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Master Craftsman of the Nation

Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts

Expert receiving the Special Government Allowance of the State Council

Fourth-generation heir of the Gao family carving tradition

Professor, Hebei Vocational College of Arts and Crafts

Director, Hebei Contemporary Sculpture Institute

Director, Quyang County Ding Kiln Research Institute

His works have repeatedly taken major national awards. Gao Yingpo has long devoted himself to bespoke high-end carving and to Ding ware, and stands as a leading figure in the transmission and renewal of sculpture and Ding ware in our time.