Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held Chinese calligraphy workshop

On May 17 the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held a Chinese calligraphy workshop as a part of presenting Alone in a Boat Reading Lao Zi project. Tatyana Shlyonskikh, publisher and originator of the project, started the meeting with a story about the idea behind it, the process and the contribution made by some renowned partakers, such as translator Lyudmila Kondrasheva, Russian traveller Fedor Konyukhov and calligraphy artist Zhao Xueli. The latter continued the event – one of the best contemporary Chinese calligraphy artists and the author of academic works featuring genuine scientific value. The honoured guest of the Museum demonstrated his great skills in writing in the Old Chinese as the airiness of creating calligraphy pieces made one think as if the artist didn’t touch the paper with his brush at all. Asked by the workshop attendants, Xueli wrote a custom character for each of them. Grateful and inspired by him, the calligraphy fans spent in the Museum quite some time, carefully studying each sheet and the characters, trying to remember each and every little detail. We are sure the team photos and souvenirs will keep great memories of the event.

Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy held Chinese calligraphy workshop