and a new painting
Actually, I was going to do another post this week, but I better edit that one again, because it can still sound a bit confused as it is now.
And as this is brandnew I report that the 光明日报 guangming daily has published a quite detailed report on me, and that on the front page. Last year an article about me, with a focus on calligraphy, appeared in this important newspaper, which over the past few decades has focused primarily on cultural issues. [1]

This is based on an interview by the chief correspondent in Vienna, Mr. Jiao Shousong (焦授松), on the occasion of the exhibition of my work in Beijing. In addition to this exhibition, it is about my contributions to the cultural exchange between Austria and China. Over the course of over 40 years, I have had a number of opportunities to contribute in this area, an area that is important to me. Here is the: Link to the online edition.
The article above mine is about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and China’s perspective on it. The article on the left is devoted to the US role in this war. Now this fits perfectly with my world of art 😊

To make it more than just a post celebrating myself, I’d like to complement it with a piece of work I finished this week.

Probably an abstract Western image for many, as it has much that points to aspects of traditional Chinese art.

[1] The Guangming Daily, also known as the Enlightenment Daily, is a national Chinese-language daily newspaper published in the People’s Republic of China. It was established in 1949 as the official paper of the China Democratic League. As one of China’s “big three” newspapers during the Cultural Revolution, it played an important role in the political struggle between Hua Guofeng and the Gang of Four in 1976 and between Hua and Deng Xiaoping in 1978.
28 comments on “front page in Chinese newspaper again”
SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
Dear Friedrich Zettl 狐胡,
Congratulations to you on being featured on the front page of the 光明日报 guangming daily!
Happy May to you and your family!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you very much for your kind words and wishes! Happy May to you and your family too!
SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
Dear Friedrich Zettl 狐胡,
You are very welcome. I would like to read the front page, but the image included in your post is too small for reading.
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you! Here is the link to the newspaper article: https://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2022-04/30/nw.D110000gmrb_20220430_4-04.htm
SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
Dear Friedrich Zettl 狐胡,
The article entitled “听奥地利艺术家讲述中欧文化交流50年” is indeed both a dedication to and acknowledgement of your half-a-century contributions to bridging the oriental and the occidental through art and culture. Such a milestone is not to be trivialized, unheeded or forgotten. I would hereby like to celebrate your 50-year milestone and resonate with your friendly spirit and creative energy with the following statement by Robert Louis Stevenson:
https://soundeagle.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/we-are-all-travelers-in-the-wilderness-of-the-world.jpg
Like you, I hope that I have contributed in my own multidisciplinary ways to knowledge and wisdom, as outlined in the “About” page of my multifaceted blog, which you are very welcome to peruse and comment on.
Wishing you a productive weekend doing or enjoying whatever that satisfies you the most, whether aesthetically, physically, intellectually or spiritually!
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
Zettl Friedrich
You are so kind! Though I do not deserve your praise it makes me happy of course. All my best wishes and thanks!
SoundEagle 🦅ೋღஜஇ
Dear Friedrich Zettl 狐胡,
I have included herein this English translation of the article entitled “听奥地利艺术家讲述中欧文化交流50年” for the benefit of your English readers:
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
Zettl Friedrich
Wow! I had not read it myself yet ☺️ You are very kind. My best wishes are with you. 🌹
swabby429
The yellow-green arc near the center of the painting effectively expresses swift motion. Congratulations on the newspaper write-up.
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you! Yes, the arc helps also to accentuate the silence.
linda levante
Das sind schöne Bilder. Sind Sie in China bekannter als in Deutschland? Wenn ja, dann muss sich das ändern. Meine Anerkennung für Ihre Arbeit haben Sie auf jeden Fall. Schönes Wochenende.
Zettl Friedrich
Vielen herzlichen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Worte. ich bin Österreicher, hatte aber ein paar Ausstellungen in Deutschland. Da meine Arbeiten stark auf traditionellen chinesischen Gedanken basieren, sind sie dort wahrscheinlich leichter nachvollziehbar. Auch Ihnen ein schönes Wochenende!
Mike U.
Congratulations on the newspaper coverage. Your work is quite amazing and most definitely worthy of attention. I have a question about your new painting that you describe as “an abstract Western painting.” The Contact link on your blog isn’t working so I’m unable to pose my question directly. Would you be willing to contact me using the Contact page on my blog? It concerns the background image in your painting. You can contact me here: https://silentpariah.com/contact/ Looking forward to hearing from you.
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you! I will contact you shortly and will check the link too.
Cristiano Gomes de Deus
Congratulations
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you very much!
Martha Kennedy
I’m imagining Romy Schneider speaking Putungwha in the high pitched voice of a Chinese beauty.
What a wonderful, wonderful piece and what an extraordinary life it represents. Congratulations on both.
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you very much! And the Chinese ladies weeping, Young and old.😥
Martha Kennedy
Oh I can imagine. I watched Polanski’s Tess of the D’urbervilles with a bunch of PLA soldiers one evening. We were riding back from town. We went past a base. They were hanging a giant sheet? Sail? Between some trees. They were so excited to be showing a foreign movie. They invited us. We were excited, too, never expecting it to be dubbed. It was really difficult not to laugh when Nastassja Kinski came out speaking like she was in the Guangdong opera.
Zettl Friedrich
The first movie I saw in China was Battleship Potemkin: in Russian and with Chinese subtitles 🙂
rabirius
Congratulations on the article.
Also on the new works. I really like how you create something with colours and forms that looks just perfect.
Zettl Friedrich
You are very kind! These words from a great artist like you mean much to me.
mitchteemley
Very cool, Freidrich. I’d click Like, but the button isn’t loading.
Zettl Friedrich
Thank you very much Mitch, you are very kind! Sorry for the button. Seems that happens from time to time and I am not sure why.
graham mcquade
Well done on your coverage. It bodes well for the exhibition. Good Luck, Friedrich. My like button also does not work.
Carolyn Kaiser Harmon
Look at YOU Friedrich ZETTL! I am happy to see you getting much-deserved recognition and exposure for your exciting art. Loving the blue by the way ❤️. WOW – front page!
Zettl Friedrich
You are very kind, Carolyn! If there would have been a link to one of my websites it would have been perfect. But all is fine as ist is – always. 🌹
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