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Artists Wang Du and An Xiaotong present their interpretation of Chinese landscape paintings at Beijing’s Tang Contemporary Art gallery. The exhibition, entitled Paysage, the French word for “landscape”, features Jessie J, a singer from Wang’s glass works of mountains based Britain, now has a strong on three classic ancient Chinese land fan base in China. scape paintings, including Wang Xim PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY eng’s One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains; and a landscape scroll by An that is about 60 meters long. While Wang’s glass works are crystal green, the simple patterns of An’s paint ings are more like black and white pho tos. The show runs through Aug 23. R.O.S.E. BLOOMS IN CHINA Painting after painting What is an image in a British pop diva and star of the Singer reality show, Jessie J is preparing to embark on her painting? A show at the 12stop concert tour all across the nation, Zhang Kun and Chen Nan report. Guangdong Museum of ust two months after being as someone “with big hair, singing some of the songs that she sang (Empowerment) on May 25. Art in crowned champion of songs that no one had ever heard”. If you go during the show in her performan Jessie J wrote the entire album Guangzhou Hunan TV’s reality show, During the contest, she per ces, though. herself, making this her most per featuring four Singer, and hot on the formed classic hits by Michael Jack “In my head, every time I am on sonal statement ever. accomplished heels of her first studio release in J son, Whitney Houston and Prince. Jessie J’s concerts will include: the stage, I sing it like a proper per “It’s crazy that it’s been four midcareer four years, British pop star Jessie J Music critics in China praised her Aug 30, Optical Valley Interna formance. I care about the begin years since I released new music,” German is all set to embark on a 12city Chi singing as a “textbook interpreta tional Tennis Center in Wuhan; ning, the middle and the end. I Jessie J says about the new album. painters tries nese tour. tion” and “impeccable”, while Chi Sept 1, Zhengzhou Internation want to sing one song after anoth “I have done so much growing in to offer an answer. Running from August to Sep nese fans created jokes about her al Convention & Exhibition er. … I can’t wait.” the last few years. You can hear it Just like the show’s name, Painting After tember, the tour will see her deliv “teaching others to sing”. Since Center; Sept 3, Cadillac Arena Originally named Jessica Ellen in the music; the songs on R.O.S.E. Painting After Painting After: Image er performances in Beijing, appearing on the show, her Sina in Beijing; Sept 5, Wuliangye Cornish, Jessie J rose to promi are simply me singing my diary in making in Contemporary Germany, it Shanghai and Tianjin. Weibo social media account has Chengdu Performing Arts Cen nence in 2011 with songs such as a melody. I am so grateful and hap introduces stateoftheart develop The 30yearold singersong attracted 580,000 followers. ter; Sept 7, Hunan Internation Do It Like a Dude and Price Tag. In py that anyone who has been wait ments in German postpainting scene writer was the first foreign artist to Jessie J toured China in 2014, al Convention & Exhibition 2012 Jessie J performed at Queen ing for this record in full will to Chinese audiences, discussing the win the annual reality show, which and in the past few years has per Center in Changsha; Sept 9, Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee finally have it.” relationship between color and space. sees established singers’ perform formed a series of gala shows and Wuxi Sports Center Gymnasi Concert, as well as the closing cere The title of the album, as the Franz Ackermann, Benjamin Appel, ances ranked and rated each week special events, but it was Singer um; Sept 12, Shenzhen Bay mony of the 2012 Olympic Games singersongwriter says, is an acro Thomas Scheibitz and Katja Strunz by audiences and judges until a that kept her in China the longest Sports Center Arena; Sept 16, in London. nym for realizations, obsessions, demonstrate how painting can sur winner is decided. The show is one — threeandahalf months in total. Tianjin Gymnasium, and Sept Jessie J’s music style is a mixture sex and empowerment — all topics vive in a world dominated by new of China’s most popular. “It really would be a waste of 18, MercedesBenz Arena in of soulful vocals with contempo that will be explored in song. But media. “To be honest, I was the first hard work — for myself and my Shanghai. 3801,280 yuan rary R&B, pop and hiphop beats. the meaning behind that title goes The show runs through Aug 14 as part international person ever to be team — if we didn’t continue to be ($56191). Ticketing hotline: Aside from winning various even deeper. of a series featuring art from overseas. asked,” Jessie J told China Daily in here,” she said. “I feel like this is 10103721 awards for her music in the United “It didn’t come to me straight an exclusive interview shortly aft just the tip of the iceberg. Kingdom, she has served as a away. The more I started writing, Art for children er winning the competition. “I love being here. I love being coach and mentor on the TV the more I kept repeating the “Everything happened so fast: around a new energy, a new cul shows The Voice UK and The Voice words, and then one day I realized the interviews, the meetings, the ture and a completely different na, she says, but once she won it, it Australia. those words spelt ROSE. My mum’s photo shoots, the rehearsals,” she way of life to anything that I have felt like the whole country was The announcement of Jessie J’s name is Rose. They have always recalled. “All of a sudden there was ever seen before.” showing their appreciation and concert tour closely follows the been my favorite flower, so beauti the finale, and it was me, Huahua There are 1.4 billion people in respect — and even welcoming for release of her fourth studio ful but when handled badly, they (nickname of Chinese singer Hua China, and she was glad to learn — international artists. album, helmed by American can fall apart, so delicate but so Chenyu), Wang Feng and Tengri.” that a great many Chinese viewers “We have so much hope now. … record producer, songwriter and very strong. I just started seeing Until then, she explained, she were said to have watched the Chinese music can be heard by the twotime Grammy nominee DJ roses everywhere; it was so weird never expected to win because show. The sheer amount of people, rest of the world, and vice versa.” Camper. but I knew it was for a reason. “from what I’ve been told, the and just how much impact China Jessie J built great relationships Entitled R.O.S.E., the album “I was definitely paying atten audiences haven’t experienced has on the rest of the world, has with her fellow contestants on was released via an epic fourpart tion to a deeper and higher ener Western music that closely for brought “a whole new understand Singer, but she didn’t reveal rollout: R.O.S.E. (Realizations) gy,” she concluded. The 4th iStart Children’s Art Festival at such a long time”. ing of the world” to the star. whether any of them will be a came out on May 22, R.O.S.E the A4 Art Museum in Chengdu, Sich Obviously Chinese audiences It was hard being up against guest performer at her concerts in (Obsessions) on May 23, R.O.S.E. Contact the writers through uan province, will turn the museum didn’t — like she worried — see her some of the biggest singers in Chi China. She did promise to include (Sex) on May 24, and R.O.S.E. [email protected] into a temporary “sanatorium” follow ing their adaptation by artists, archi tects and educators. the Poke Ball Plus. This controller Artists will each become a game maker, was specially designed to enhance in charge of a room to share their child Four new Pokemon games on the way the gameplay experience for aspir hood secrets with visitors as a form of ing Pokemon Trainers by replicat psychological therapy. ing the look and feel of an actual A parallel exhibition, Little Bang, will Nintendo, The Pokemon Com Tumblecube Island in search of made with collected ingredients or tendo Switch in midNovember. Poke Ball. Alongside motion con invite 1,000 children, from 2 to 14, to pany, Game Freak and Niantic loot. Players can modify their even decorate their base camp Taking place in the diverse and trols, Poke Ball Plus also lights up plan the project with the artists. have new Pokemon experiences Pokemon buddies with discovered with fun items that provide helpful vibrant Kanto region, the games with a variety of colors, vibrates A diverse range of art forms including coming to mobile devices and the Power Stones to make their expe bonuses that make their expedi let players partner up with either and plays sounds. The games fea paintings, animations, designs, per Nintendo Switch system. One of dition team. Afterward, they can tions more beneficial. This game Pikachu or Eevee and embark on ture cooperative play on a single formances, photos and installations them, Pokemon Quest, is available head back to base camp and use introduces a new cubeshaped art an adventure where they will system, too. made by children will be presented at now for free on Switch and is com the loot they found during their style that’s unlike any previous catch and battle Pokemon, meet Nintendo is connecting its the museum, giving audiences an ing soon to iOS and Android devi adventure to befriend more Poke Pokemon title. other Trainers and discover the Switch and mobile Pokemon expe insight into a child’s world. The show ces. mon. Players can attract various Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! region of Kanto. riences in a number of ways. will run from Aug 18 to Oct 13. In Pokemon Quest, gamers can Kanto Region Pokemon to their and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! is There’s also a new way to play venture out on expeditions across base camp by cooking up dishes scheduled to be launched on Nin these games on Switch through TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE DENG ZHANGYU