Today we take you to meet a seasoned calligrapher named Shih Chun-mao, who has been practicing calligraphy for over 40 years. Many calligraphers offer classes from their studio, but Shih has even taught classes at the Presidential Office. In the upcoming months he’ll be exhibiting his boundary-breaking works in Paris. FTV reporter Stephany Yang spoke to Shih to find out more.

For over 40 years, Shih has actively promoted calligraphy. He is a master calligrapher excelling in all types of scripts in the Chinese calligraphy tradition: seal script, cursive script, regular script, running script, and more.

This work was inspired by the flowers near his studio. Instead of writing with black ink, he added color, transforming the assembled characters into a painting.

Shih Chun-mao
Calligrapher
In ancient times, Chinese characters were written with black ink on white paper. I hope to add a little color to the original characters to make the calligraphy more colorful. The lower left space is written in official script and the lower right is written in running script. I have been taking part in calligraphy education for 40 or 50 years, since 1960. In addition to writing calligraphy myself, I also want to pass on what I have learned to the next generation. I hope to promote our Chinese calligraphy art to the world.

Shih has been practicing calligraphy for over 40 years. Aside from teaching classes in his studio, he has even taught classes at the Presidential Office.

This work was inspired by rock paper scissors. It’s another example of how he innovates by combining traditional calligraphy and philosophy with western painting, which he studied when he was younger.

Shih Chun-mao
Calligrapher
This work is about rock paper scissors, which we played as children. Although it is a game, it can also describe life, because just like rock paper scissors, there are losses and victories in life. There are many things that can be let go. These are five fingers, scissors, and the stone is round like a fist. Because I am exhibiting in Paris, I didn’t want to show traditional calligraphy works. Instead the works must hold resonance, in form or content, under both Western and Eastern art traditions, so I’ve been trying to create this kind of work recently.

Shih will be exhibiting 41 scrolls at the Galerie Librairie Impressions in Paris from Nov. 13 to Dec. 7. The exhibition will be split into three themes, presenting works of art that are approachable even to those unfamiliar with Chinese characters.

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資深書法家施春茂投入書法已四十多年，除了開專門教室教課，還曾在總統府授課。他的作品尋求創新與突破，近期將在巴黎舉辦展覽。

四十多年來，書法大師施春茂積極推廣書法，各種字體：篆書、草書、楷書、行書等，他都很在行。

這件作品的靈感來自於他書法教室附近的花。運用彩墨，將文字變成了一幅畫。

[[書法家 施春茂]]
"漢字古時候都是用墨寫在白紙上，我希望把原有的漢字裡面，能夠加一點顏色， 讓書法更有豐富的色彩呈現。左下用隸書、右下用草書。我從事書法教育從1960年到現在已經有40、50年。除了本身寫書法以外，把我所學的教育給下一代，我希望把我們的東方書法藝術推到國際平台上。”

施春茂投入書法教育已經超過四十年。除了在自己開教室，他還曾在總統府授課。

這件作品主題是剪刀石頭布，結合傳統書法、哲學與他年輕時學習的西畫等元素。

[[書法家 施春茂]]
"這件作品是剪刀石頭布，就是我們小時候玩的，雖然是一個遊戲，但是如果延伸到人生的話，人生就像是剪刀石頭布一樣，因為人生有輸有贏，很多事情可以想開。我透過線條，這是五個手指頭，剪刀是這樣，石頭圓的像一個拳頭，這個線條呈現一畫面，因為要去西方展覽，不要把傳統的書法搬到巴黎，一定要具有西方跟東方的藝術共同的形式或是內涵，所以我這一段時間嘗試這種創作。"

「筆墨無境—施春茂當代書藝法國展」將於11月13日到12月7日，在巴黎Galerie Librairie Impressions展出41件作品。

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