{"id":314,"date":"2025-06-09T18:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ptolemymuseum.org.hk\/?page_id=314"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:07:26","slug":"selected_natural_history_illustrations_by_zeng_xiaolian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ptolemymuseum.org.hk\/en\/recent_exhibitions\/selected_natural_history_illustrations_by_zeng_xiaolian","title":{"rendered":"Plants Have Their Own Essence: Selected Natural History Illustrations by Zeng Xiaolian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plants Have Their Own Essence: Selected Natural History Illustrations by Zeng Xiaolian<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Everyone can observe with their eyes, listen with their ears, touch with their fingers, and smell or taste with their nose and mouth\u2014experiencing the beauty of nature through their own senses. Some collect fallen leaves, feathers, or seashells; others capture light and shadow with cameras... And then there are those who pick up a paintbrush. With reverence for the mysteries of life and evolution, they meticulously observe and depict species and their environments, creating \"natural history illustrations\".<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zeng Xiaolian is one such outstanding natural history painter. Over a lifetime of portraying plants and landscapes, his brush has witnessed both the rise and decline of China's scientific illustration field, as well as the journey of natural history from obscurity to revival. No matter how the world changed, he remained devoted to his craft, exploring the intersection of art and science on paper and opening new horizons in natural history.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 12 \u2013 August 10, 2025<\/span>,August 14\u2014<\/span>September 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition will be extended until September 13th. It will be temporarily closed from August 10th to 13th. The originals will be removed after August 10th and replaced with replicas. These replicas, created using extremely high-precision scanning and micro-injection techniques, are collector's-quality paintings, retaining their original beauty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Co-presented by:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Zhejiang Museum of Natural History<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ptolemy Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, the Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Producers: Wu Mingke, Han Peng, Lau Tai-wai
Special Advisor: Zeng Xiaolian
Exhibition Advisors: Yang Ling, Lan Guoying, Yong Taihe, Xia Liang
Curator: Wang Siyu
Executive Curator: Liu Jing
Technical Support: Zhang Yang, Fan Zhongyong, Lu Yiwei, Feng Yafei, Zhou Xin, Wong Ka Yi
Visual Design: Wang Jiang
Coordinator: Li Jingxian
Graphic Production: Zhang Jianshi
Rendering Production: Yao Shiqiang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Thanks: Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House, YiXi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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