University Visual Story - My Art College Story

Author: Compiled by the Editorial Department of "My University Story"
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Publishing Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The continuously rising number of applicants and the astonishingly high tuition fees have made students of art academies increasingly become a focal point of social attention. Subsequently, there has been a more detailed focus on this phenomenon—whether the education and life experiences they receive on campus have cultivated the keen observation and avant-garde thinking necessary for future artistic creation, which has become an urgent answer people long to find. This book collects personal accounts of campus life from 36 modest students at two of China's most renowned art academies—Central Academy of Fine Arts and Tsinghua University of Arts & Design. The photographer spent over three months capturing on-site images to recreate famous campus scenes and vividly narrate the passionate stories of art academies. Students come and go in batches; they are happy. From the articles written by graduates and current students of Tsinghua University of Arts & Design and Central Academy of Fine Arts, I see the beauty of youth and simplicity. Even with a touch of teenage confusion and melancholy, it cannot hide their confidence and joy. — Wang Huaxiang (Preface)