Date of release: 2017-01-05 source: Zhang Xiong art network feature
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Zhang Xiong Art Network News On December 21st, 2016, won the “2016 China arts industry leader” award, becoming the first person to win this award in Fujian. Zhang Xiong created by the enterprise Zhang Xiong art network, also won the "2016 Internet plus art innovation platform" award. For a time, Zhang Xiong and his art network, began to receive national media attention.
Zhang Xiong (former name Zhang Yaxiong), Zhang Xiong art network founder, Xiamen Zhang Xiong painting and Calligraphy Institute executive president, chairman and chief executive officer of Zhang Xiong Limited by Share Ltd of art and culture. In his planning efforts, Xiamen Zhang Xiong Academy of painting and Calligraphy Art Museum has become a cultural landmark in Fujian, with the national and Global Art Association, has become an important force in Xiamen art market. The day before, Zhang Xiong accept morning news reporters interview, he tells the story of art. Zhang Xiong was born in Fujian famous art village- Huian in 1974, influence since his childhood, and like stone carving art, after graduating from school, he followed a local master, studied two years of stone carving, quickly became a local small famous sculptor.
Zhang Xiong
He is smart, savvy, learn quickly, two years as an apprentice, he has started to apprentice apprenticeship. "At that time, I took dozens of students, a month can earn 30 to 50 thousand yuan." Zhang Xiong said, but he looked farther. 5 years later, he went to Shenzhen, he began his business. With the art of affinity, from an exhibition. "At that time, a friend of mine asked me to go to an art museum. It is a well-known painter of the exhibition, the scene is very hot, I also in the recommend of a friend to buy a painting, spent 30 thousand yuan." Zhang Xiong said, later, he became a friend with the gallery owner, often drink tea, chat, but also with him to know a lot of artists, to complete the most primitive accumulation of art resources. In 2006, Zhang Xiong left Shenzhen and returned to Xiamen to develop the art industry. "At that time, the cultural market in Xiamen started, but mainly do Fujian painter, I think this is a chance." Zhang Xiong said, so he set up the exhibition hall in Xiamen, many times organized national famous to exhibitions in Xiamen. His first exhibition is "highlight" - the current China Calligraphers Association honorary chairman Zhang Hai Art Museum collections invitational exhibition. "I was the first curator to introduce Zhang Hai's collection to Xiamen." Zhang Xiong said that the exhibition is particularly expensive - just the total value of the participating works, to reach the billion. It hit him in the industry's visibility. According to Zhang Xiong introduction, since 2007, he has successfully organized hundreds of large-scale painting and calligraphy exhibition activities, including Vice Chairman of Chinese Calligraphers Association Zhang Gaiqin personal calligraphy exhibition; China Artists Association of Party Secretary Xu Li personal exhibition; celebrate the Chinese people's Liberation Army eighty-fifth anniversary of the general Sea west travel large painting and calligraphy exhibition, gradually in the industry to establish a benchmarking. At the same time, Zhang Xiong also opened a precedent, to have certain artistic level, influential artists across the country, especially young artists to Xiamen to attract, gathering together, held "The land of majestic rhyme -- 2010 the first national China painting academic invitational exhibition in Xiamen", " The land of majestic rhyme - 2011 the 100 most influential Chinese painting famous academic exhibition" and some grand exhibitions, etc.. now “The land of majestic rhyme” has become one of the famous brand of Zhang Xiong painting and calligraphy academy.
Contact the Internet in 2010. At that time, the Internet industry is about to take off, I began to do personal art site, has accumulated a lot of users and fans." Zhang Xiong said, until 2013, he began to realize that the “Internet + art” era, they began to invest a lot of effort to create Zhang Xiong art network. Up to now, Zhang Xiong art network has invested hundreds of millions.
Zhang Xiong and Fan Di’an inscription "Zhang Xiong art network"
It is reported that Zhang Xiong art network settled the artists to reach 150 thousand people, the average daily traffic up to about 16000000, and has been in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Gansu and other 10 provinces and cities set up substation. "My goal is a station opened in every province, the China artists are included in the latest web site. Let Zhang Xiong art network to become the authority platform of advertise, communication, promotion, trading for the world's vast number of art lovers and artists." Zhang Xiong said.
Of course, he had a bigger wish----appear on the market. “At present, Zhang Xiong art network has received thousands of dollars in financing, the basic completion of the pre IPO counseling efforts, and strive to become a pioneer of Cultural Arts Internet industry." Zhang Xiong said.
Deep sharing:
Reporter: before you become the art trader, you once several years of stone carving artist. What made you give up your first job?
Zhang Xiong: stone carving is an art, I love and some achievements have been made in the process of becoming attached to the art of painting and calligraphy, I deeply feel the art is the same, the freehand culture of Chinese traditional calligraphy and painting is broad and profound, broader and more good development prospects, I decided from the stone carving art go to the field of culture and art.
Reporter: Why did you choose to work in the arts?
Zhang Xiong: This is also related to the original stone carving industry I had. Huian is a strong cultural atmosphere of the art city, stone culture make known to every family, I grew up in contact with it, I am loving, deep feelings, the feeling of art left a deep mark in my mind. Later, no matter where I am, I will always pay attention to the art of information. Thanks to friends’ recommend, I finally went into the field of art, and always adhere to today.
Reporter: in 2006, you returned to Xiamen, began to do art business. But your first exhibition locked at the time of the famous Zhang Hai personal collections exhibition. This is actually a very high starting point.
Zhang Xiong: yes. When I was in Xiamen, I wanted to do the art business, but I think the water is very deep, I do not know how to do. But I think it is a safe way to cooperate with famous people. So, I rely on the accumulation of contacts and resources in Shenzhen, contact with Zhang Hai, to do his personal collection exhibition.
However, the process of this exhibition is quite difficult. First of all, no one to support, I can only get out of own pocket, out of about 300000, to pay the cost of the exhibition. In addition to funding, lack of experience, publicity is limited. However, with the support of good friends and art lovers, after many efforts, the exhibition was successfully held.
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Reporter: in recent years, do you have encountered difficulties, think of giving up?
Zhang Xiong: yes. Previously, I have signed Zhu Fapeng, Chen Xiguang, Cao Na and other contemporary Chinese famous painter. Sign painter, must pay an annual cost of 20-30 million. Later, for some time, the economy is not good, the work of sales difficulties, leading to the company's financial constraints, I have a lot of pressure, almost want to give up. But because optimistic about the future prospects of the arts and culture industry, I finally persevered, and through the storm.
Reporter: what is the opportunity for you to set up Zhang Xiong gallery?
Zhang Xiong: I have always felt that the arts should do their own brand. In 2007, when I was 30 years old, after a lot of hard work, I established the "Zhang Xiong calligraphy and painting exhibition hall". At that time, because of young, go out often no one care about me, there are a lot of people scold me, said I was too arrogant. But people say they do, I do mine. Finally, in my continued efforts, I move the market, will be pushed out of the "Zhang Xiong" brand. Zhang Xiong Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Xiamen has become the first private painting and calligraphy institute.
Reporter: what do you think is the most important element of a art platform?
Zhang Xiong: in my opinion, to build a platform, integrity is the most important. Some customers will often come to me to buy Painting and calligraphy, and even directly say: you say what a good, I would like to buy, you know more than me, I will invest you Zhang xiong. This makes me feel that with integrity, there is a credit, credit will generate trust, so as to establish a trusted platform.
Reporter: from the current Zhang Xiong art network, the main push artists and settled artists, you do mainly contemporary.
Zhang Xiong: yes. A lot of columns of Zhang Xiong art network, we advocate the contemporary art, Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, calligraphy, etc., because sometimes the true and false works of the history of the hypothesis is not clear, often controversial. Contemporary works are guaranteed. At the same time, we will also set up a threshold, such as painting requirements must be a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a member of Chinese Calligraphers Association, college professor, etc.. Must be have a certain influence, a certain potential. We need to get this right. In recent years, there have been 150 thousand contemporary artists joined Zhang Xiong art network.
Reporter: Zhang Xiong art network is very rich, what are your special columns?
Zhang Xiong: Zhang Xiong art and culture Limited by Share Ltd aims to build an international art electricity supplier trading platform and integrated art portal website, to create a large art database cloud search engine. Characteristic columns covers art search, Chinese English version artist official website, information, 3D online auction, online shopping, Chinese English 3D online art gallery, video, investment, collection, forum module, and focus on cultivating artists and collectors and art ecologic industrial chain.
Zhang Xiong art network also has the art online auction and offline auction, the network is arranged online auction, auction items in collection and some modules, can be held with the auction of Zhang Xiong Art Museum at the same time, and the art trading mall organic docking, the formation of professional all in one service. This is also can be numbered in the Chinese art electricity supplier market.
My goal is to "Zhang Xiong art network" as the core, business philosophy of "art electricity supplier", to create a professional art, artist search engine, online auctions, online shopping, online interview exchange platform, Zhang Xiong art network mobile phone client app synchronous online.
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