Culture Beat: Multicultural art event comes to end in Lhasa

Artworks at the exhibition Photo: Courtesy of Chakhang Art Festival

 
Multicultural art event comes to end in Lhasa

On Tuesday, All Beauties Cherished, Harmony but Not Uniformity - Exchange Exhibition of Works of Young Artists in the Tibetan-Yi Corridor came to an end in Lhasa, Southwest China's XizangAutonomous Region.

The exhibition absorbed its inspiration and connotations from well-known Chinese sociologist Fei Xiaotong and his famous two concepts: Tibetan-Yi Corridor (TYC), a concept for linking a channel for ethnic migration in Southwest China, and his idea of humanity and beauty: Cherish one's own beauty, respect others' beauty, and when both beauties are respected and cherished, the world will become one.

The exhibition displayed a total of 78 artworks related to the TYC and 35 young artists from seven ethnic groups in Southwest China across four sections. The exhibition faces the exchange and collision of different cultures and arts, highlighting the exploration of contemporary ethnic exchanges and multicultural art experiences.

Since ancient times, the TYC has been a place where many ethnic groups have frequently migrated from south to north. Xizang has never been an isolated civilization in the snow-capped mountains and plateaus. On the contrary, it has constantly absorbed and interacted with other cultures throughout history, shining brightly with the surrounding people and culture.

Accepting the diversity of art, recognizing and creating new bonds, thinking about a shared future of mankind, and providing a new possibility are exactly the themes that the exhibition focuses on.

Flower-themed display at Deji Art Museum  

Deji Art Museum's annual blockbuster exhibition, Nothing Still About Still Lifes: Three Centuries of Floral Compositions, was launched on Saturday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province.

The exhibition focuses on the development of global modern and contemporary art from the second half of the 19th century to the present, and selects more than 100 classic works about flowers created by nearly 100 Chinese and foreign masters since Impressionism was formed.

In terms of the volume and quality of the exhibited works, the Deji Art Museum shows extraordinary ambition: the artworks range include works by Monet, Pissarro, Picasso and other milestones in various schools of Western modern art, as well as works from Sanyu, Wu Guanzhong and other modern art pioneers in China and other Asian countries. More than 100 rare masterpieces by world-leading contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, and David Hockney are also presented.