Focus on the research and creation of nude art. After Chen Zui graduated from graduate school in 1981, he devoted himself to research on nude art, which was still a "forbidden area" at the time. After seven years of research, he published "On Nude Art" in 1987, which immediately caused a sensation. National media such as Xinhua News Agency, "People's Daily", "Guangming Daily", "Literary News" and other professional newspapers and periodicals such as "Literary Research", "Art History" and "China Art News" took the lead in publishing long comments by authoritative experts. China The Art Institute held an academic seminar for this purpose. The academic community highly affirmed and praised it, pointing out that this is the first relevant academic monograph in my country. It is a "milestone research result that fills gaps and opens up the field" and "has special significance in the history of modern Chinese art and even cultural history." . Foreign scholars, on the other hand, pay more attention to the social significance of the monograph and regard it as a symbol of China's reform and opening up in the academic field. It is the most typical example of China's move towards academic freedom and has a great influence at home and abroad. The monograph sold 200,000 copies within one year, and won the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award, the National Book Golden Key Award, and the 1988 National Ten Outstanding Best-Seller Awards, creating a miracle in the history of publishing that an academic monograph became a best-seller. The publication of monographs has had a wide impact on literature, art, psychology, medicine, natural sciences and other research fields. In 1988, it was hailed as the "Chen Zui Year" by public opinion circles; in 1999, the media listed the publication of the monograph as one of the major cultural achievements of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The monograph has been published in five editions by six publishing houses and the sixth edition is about to be published. At every critical moment in history, important media at home and abroad will mention "On Nude Art" again. In September 2004, CCTV, "China Youth Daily" in May 2008, and Phoenix TV in December 2008, respectively, broadcast and published important columns to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up. A special program and long interview reviewing the writing, publication and social impact of "On Nude Art". Phoenix TV said: "This is a book that almost changed the concept of art for an entire generation." In 2006, the manuscript of "On Nude Art" was donated to the Chinese Museum of Modern Literature. At the donation ceremony, participating writers spoke and said that the publication of the book twenty years ago "opened many doors for young people's creations and taught young people who have been closed in that state an enlightened understanding of life, lust and love." , giving people nutrition and enlightenment..."
Another representative work is the collection of essays "The Goddess's Waist", which was first published in 2011 and second edition in 2015. This is a companion volume to "On Nude Art". The paper "Comprehensive Grasp of the Aesthetic Characteristics of Chinese and Western Art" won the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award of the China Academy of Arts. "The Goddess's Waist" and "The Future Masters Are Among Us" successively won the 3. The Fourth China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Outstanding Literary Theory Award. His major works include "Aspects of Venus", "History of Human Models" (also a third version) and more than ten books. He is known as a senior scholar in this field.
Scientific research and creation are two important components of Chen Zui’s artistic life, and they complement each other. His paintings have distinctive personalities, timeless and grand style, full of scholarly style, and reflect profound cultural heritage. His works, whether Chinese or Western, pay attention to the integration of traditional spirit and modern concepts. Oil paintings give full play to the thick and full characteristics of Western paintings, focusing on the shaping of colors and the management of composition, so the works have subtle tones and unique images. Chinese painting uses concise brushwork, focuses on the depiction of character dynamics and charm, strives for novel artistic conception, and often composes poems by itself, achieving the perfect unity of poetry, calligraphy, painting and sealing. Calligraphers from Huai Su and Huang Tingjian are particularly good at large-format cursive calligraphy. They are done in one go, free and easy, yet clumsy and dignified. His representative works include the oil painting "Fire Sacrifice", the Chinese painting "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and the calligraphy "Sweet Rain Field Mulberry", etc. There are several collections of paintings published, including "Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting", "Beautiful Spring Waves" and "Chen Zui on Nude Paintings, Nude Paintings and Others".