This week I visited The Asian Masters of the Graphic Arts held at the Morgan Library. This is a selected showcase from past Colorado International Invitational poster Exhibitions. The posters will be shown September through December 2007 so there will be plenty of time to visit this one.This showcase features a chinese poster designer Fang Chen who flew out to CSU from Pennsylvania where he now teaches graphic design. I had a chance to speak with Fang and he told me "the most importang thing to think about when designing a poster is the message". Other artists you will find here are Han Jiaying, Shen Hao-Peng, Wang Zhi Min, Fang Xiao-Chin, and Wang Yuefei. Most of the posters you find will have messages about social issues, but there is one promotional poster designed by Fang Chen that stood out of the crowd for me. It is titled meditation and was designed by Fang to promote a meditation class. This my favorite pick of the bunch.
Fang Chen says "As an artist and educator, I am proud of having chosen poster design as my career because it represents one of the most difficult challenges and requirements for creativity"
"A good designer maximizes both communication and aesthetics in a limited circumstance when he or she designs a poster"
"For years I was thinking of creating a poster to demonstrate a lofty oriental aesthetic realm of solemn and quiet".
You may view posters and learn more on the Asian masters of the graphic arts at http://lib.colostate.edu/CIIPE2007
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I just have to agree with you, "meditation" is also one of MY favorite poster from Chen Fang. At first I said to myself ohh, okay black and white Buddha in the center meditating and the title is meditation yeah whatever self-explanatory; but there is more to it. The simplicity of this piece just emphasizes the meaning of its title, the right choice of colors, the playful mixing and engaging of colors, as well as the glowing aspect “enlightenment,” just makes it more clear that there was a thoughtful process behind it.
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