What is it about?
This article attempts to rationalise the new functions of the age-old concept of reverse ekphrasis (i.e. graphic representation of verbal representation) as related to today's university-level art education, and as exemplified by the international workshops of poetry-inspired Chinese brush painting that I taught at The University of Central Lancashire, UK.
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Why is it important?
My teaching approaches featured CREATE – Contact (C), Reverse Ekphrasis (R, E), Adaptation (A), Transformation (T) and Enrichment (E). The international workshop participants’ creative painting outcomes proved that, as brush painters, they could draw inspiration effectively from poetry written in English and/or poetry translated into English, so as to increase their personal capacity for artistic self-expression and intercultural communication through Chinese-style brush painting.
Perspectives
I hope that this article will further bridge the gaps between poetry and painting, between verbal and visual images, between Western and Chinese art, between art creation and personality enrichment, between traditional artistic concepts and contemporary artistic practices.
Gang Sui
Beijing International Studies University
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This page is a summary of: Reverse Ekphrasis: Teaching Poetry-inspired Chinese Brush Painting Workshops - in English, International Journal of Art & Design Education, October 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jade.12180.
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