¡¡ Introduction
¡¡ Gouaches
¡¡ Chinese Xieyi
¡¡ Chinese Gongbi
¡¡ Chinese Baimiao
Integrative Art
¡¡ Chinese Art Enjoiyment
¡¡ 2010
¡¡ 2009
¡¡ 2008
¡¡ 2007
¡¡ 2006
¡¡ 2005
¡¡ 2004
¡¡ 2003
 

Inergrated or Combined Art is my own style. It bases on the traditional Chinese painting¡¯s 4 basic elementries ¡°Poetry, Chaligraphy, Painting and Chops¡±, plus I myself created music, translation, comments, singing and culture background together. Make the meaning of the paintings in the painting to be expressed by the painting, music, language and literature together, to help people to know the meaning of the painting and the poem from multi dimensions.   

¡°There is poetry in a painting and there is painting in a poem¡± is the goal that Chinese artists have pursued by for a few thousand years. The typical representation people, such as Wang Wei (701£­ 761) in Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) and Su Shi (1037¡«1101) in Song Dynasty (960-1279) are all great poets, litterateur, painters and calligraphers.

Except the 4 elements in a painting, original Chinese ancient poems could be sung, just for the time is too long, most of them have been lost. Just few of them have been left until now.

I am lucky enough that I was majored Chinese classical language and literature for 5 years and be a college instructor for 9 years. Then I have learned Chinese painting and music for about 8 years.   

Therefore, when I am painting, singing or reading something beautiful, I often have an emotion to combine or integrate them together.

Since China is a nation of poetry, poems are one of the most important of Chinese culture. Poetry is one of my favorite and most of Chinese children learn Chinese language and culture from reciting Chinese poems (Most of educated Chinese parents teach their children to recite Chinese classical poems as soon as their children start to learn speak).

I started to learn to sing in 2002 and re-started to learn to paint in 2003. I started to translate and create music for Chinese classical poems and to sing them in Chinese in 2005. I started to create paintings for Chinese classical poems in 2007 and to sing them in both of Chinese and English in 2008.

Since then, I have created 32 integrated art works. What I am dreaming is to create my own quince Integrated or Combined Art style, to help people to learn Chinese culture and language via multi dimensions, to enjoy their eyes, ears, brains.

I do hope that you will enjoy my explorement and to hear your comments, suggestions and directions.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or    shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)   

--Shirley Yiping Zhang
Sat, April 18, 2010


 
 
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English Sep 5, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese July 23, 2006

Listen to Shirley to Explain the Poem & Follow Me to Read It
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  Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English August 29, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese August 29, 2010

Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese July 30, 2006

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  Listen to Shirley Sing the Poem in English Feb 15, 2010
Listen to Shirley Sing the Poem in Chinese Feb 15, 2010

Follow Shirley to Read the Poem & Chinese Characters
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English August, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese June 25, 2006

Listen Shirley to Explain the Poem August 1,2010 & Follow Me to Read It
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  Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English July 18, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese July 18, 2010

Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese Oct 8, 2005

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  Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English July 11, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese July 11, 2010

Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese Dec 04, 2005

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Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in English July 04, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Poem in Chinese July 04, 2010

Listen Shirley to Explain the Poem July 5, 2010 & Follow Me to Read It & the New Words
  Listen to Shirley to Sing the Lyric in English June 27, 2010
Listen to Shirley to Sing the Lyric in Chinese June 27, 2010

Listen Shirley to Explain the Lyric June 28, 2010 & Follow Me to Read It
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  Listen to Shirley to Sing the Lyric in English & Chinese June 6, 2010

Listen to Shirley Created Music & Sang It in English Nov 18, 2007
Listen to Shirley Created Music & Sing It in Chinese Nov 18, 2007

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