The Singer on the Top of Clouds-A Story of An Artist
by Metra Lin
2012

Introduction

An artist from China, Cen Long,
stands upon the clouds,
singing in solitude his song of art.
Once he shone brilliantly in the Chinese art world,
yet under the weight of external forces, his radiance dimmed.
After more than a decade of silence,
he speaks again through his series Pure Realm.
Slowly,
his art begins to glimmer like tiny stars in the sky,
shining one by one.

What is the value of art?
The value of art lies in its timelessness and universality, in its power to inspire the spirit,
to elevate the human soul, and in its beauty that transcends time and space.
Cen Long, an artist from China, is a singer standing on the clouds.
He reveres the simple beauty of the ordinary, longs for the pure essence of life, and refuses to lose himself to commerce.
His art revives the Purgatorio of Dante’s Divine Comedy,
purifying the soul and guiding viewers onto the broad path of returning to simplicity and truth.

Artist profile

Cen Long was born in 1957, graduated with a master’s degree from Xi An Academy of Fine Arts in 1980. Member of the Chinese Artists Association and an active participant in China’s Eighty-Five Art movement. A former oil painting professor at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. He is now a professional painter.

Author profile

Having been deeply touched by Cen Long’s Art, Metra Lin has devoted much of her efforts to studying Cen Long’s Art and the development of his person. Hann Art Agency was established in 2009 and had exclusively represented Cen Long since. The first publication by Metra on Cen Long’s works dates to 2010, The Singer of the Top of Clouds; which was followed by Cen Long and His Silver Age(2014), The Southern Cross – Cen Long, His World of Art(2017), and most recently, Cen Long-The Follower of Light(2019). She is convinced by the spirituality conveyed by Cen’s Art, which is capable of reaching to the depth of the modern soul, the promotion of which is a goal worthy of a lifetime.

Published works: The Southern Cross-Cen Long, His World of Art(2021), Cen Long-The Follower of Light(2019), Roman Nogin(2018), Volodymyr Nosan(2017), The Southern Cross-Cen Long, His World of Art(2017), Moon and the Tree, You and I: Yasuko Hayashi(2016), Cen Long and His Silver Age(2014), Dreamlike Journey-Safina Ksenia(2013), A Breeze Blowing through the Birch Forest(2012), The Singer on the Top of Clouds-A Story of An Artist(2012), The Secret Place-Yasuko Hayashi(2010)

Product details

Publisher : Reader Publishing Co., Ltd.; First Editing in January, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ Chinese
ISBN : 978-986-87626-3-3
Paperback : 144 pages
Dimensions : 26 x 18.5 cm
Price : TWD 450

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