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At the National Museum of World Cultures
Opening of the exhibition Intermediate. Indian Ink in Contemporary Artworks
April 26, 2018The exhibition Intermediate. Indian ink in contemporary artworks, which brings together 44 proposals from 11 contemporary Chinese artists, most of them born in the 1960s and 1970s, was opened on Wednesday night, April 25, at the National Museum of World Cultures as part of the 10th International Fair of Friendly Cultures 2018.
The opening ceremony was attended by: Gloria Artís, director of the National Museum of World Cultures; Zhuang Lixiao, cultural advisor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Mexico; Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, coordinator of International Affairs of the Mexico City government; Luo Jun, director of the China Cultural Center in Mexico, as well as curator Silvia Seligson and artists Jiang Heng and Shi Lei.
Gloria Artís celebrated the inter-institutional collaboration to carry out this exhibition with the Guangdong Museum of Art, as part of the 45th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Mexico.
She recalled the success of this exhibition during its previous presentation in San Luis Potosi, thanks to the participation of Sun Xiaofeng, chief curator of the Guangdong Art Museum, which is enriched by the exhibition at the National Museum of World Cultures with the participation of specialist Silvia Seligson.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas celebrated that this exhibition renews the bonds of friendship between two countries that have historically had a common dialogue through culture. He said that the Mexican public will be able to appreciate the way in which contemporary Mexican artists have inherited the meticulous art of Indian ink as a unique material in artistic composition.
He said that this proposal from the National Museum of World Cultures also enriches the options of the cultural circuit of the Historic Center, where some of the most attractive museums in the world converge with proposals not only of Mexican art but also of several countries.
For her part, Zhuang Lixiao, Cultural Advisor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Mexico, pointed out that the use of Indian ink has been present in the culture of her country for thousands of years without a border between art and calligraphy, which merge as a single esthetic and intellectual universe.
She explained that Gongbi, Mogu and Xieyì are the three ancient techniques that have accompanied the art of Indian ink and range from delicate lines with very fine lines to abstract drawings and works that show very vivid colors.
She celebrated that in addition to the talent of the artists who visit Mexico, Jiang Heng and Shi Lei, the public will be able to enjoy the detailed pieces of other creators who have made of Indian ink a way of symbolic expression such as Cai Guangbin, Chen Tong, Han Dong, Lei Ziren Ban Wei, Wei Qingji, Wu Yi, Zhou Yong and Wang Shaoqiang.
During the opening tour, the public was able to enjoy works that show the mastery of this technique such as Dreams, Eclipse and Nine Suns, by Lei Ziren; as well as A High Mountain and the Duet Pine 1 and 2, by Wei Qingji; also Anecdotes from a Jungle by Shi Lei and Three Portraits and my Old Shoes by Cai Guangbin.
Other highly commented works included the series Revive and Wither of Flowers, by Jian Heng who celebrated his stay in Mexico, a country he compared to China's thousand-year-old tradition for its profound artistic proposals. "We are honored to show in this land a feature of our most traditional art," she added.
Mexico,Distrito Federal
