The opening ceremony of "Heart Mirror: Zhao Kai's Works Exhibition" was successfully held at Rui Art Space

On the afternoon of December 24, 2023, the "Heart Mirror - Zhao Kai Works Exhibition" was officially opened at Beijing Rui Art Space, with the famous sculpture artist Mr. Cai Zhisong as the academic director of the exhibition, and many well-known sculpture artists, theorists, curators, and collectors attended the opening ceremony.

This exhibition "Heart Mirror - Zhao Kai's Works Exhibition" presents two series of works created by Mr. Zhao Kai since 2015, "Freedom" and "Travel", the "Freedom" series of works as his early creations, with "human" as the main element, combined with animals, presenting a balanced state of "humans and animals". In the "Wandering" series, the element of human beings as the subject gradually disappears, replaced by the combination of birds and animals in different states of small size, for example, he believes that the relationship between animals is more pure and simple. It is worth mentioning that a considerable number of the works are presented for the first time in this exhibition.

Mr. Huang Tao, President of Century Jinyuan Group, Mr. Huang Shiying, Executive Vice President of Century Jinyuan Group, Ms. Zhang Haiyan, Vice President of Century Jinyuan Group and Secretary of the Party Committee of Century Jinyuan, Ms. Wu Zhaoxia, Vice Chairman of Beijing Overseas Chinese Building Co., Ltd., Ms. Huang Yueting, General Manager of Rui Art Space and Producer of the Exhibition, relevant friends of Century Jinyuan Group, Mr. Cai Zhisong, a famous sculpture artist, Vice President of China Cultural Industry Promotion Association, Mr. Qin Pu, Vice President of the Sculpture Professional Committee of China Arts and Crafts Association, Professor Shen Hongbiao, Associate Professor Mu Baiyan and Associate Professor Liu Qing of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Mr. Su Zhipeng, Associate Researcher, Doctor and Famous Sculptor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Professor of the School of Art of North China University of Technology and Editor-in-Chief of the "Contemporary Public Art" Series, Mr. Cai Meng, Director of the Image Art Center of the CAFA Art Museum and Famous Curator, Mr. Cao Yue and Mr. Bao Cheng, Famous Collectors, Mr. Luo Tianshu, Chairman of Beijing Yuanta Investment Co., Ltd., was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

Ms. Wu Zhaoxia, Vice Chairman of Beijing Overseas Chinese Building Co., Ltd., delivered a speech

Ms. Wu Zhaoxia, Vice Chairman of Beijing Overseas Chinese Building Co., Ltd., first delivered an opening speech to the guests on behalf of Empark Plaza Beijing. Beijing Overseas Chinese Building, one of the top ten buildings in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was renovated in the autumn of 2022 as a luxury humanities and arts hotel brand under Century Golden Resources Hotel Group. Ruishi Hotel mainly promotes Chinese contemporary humanities and arts, and has specially set up Rui Art Space. Since the debut of Rui Art Space, many heavyweight art exhibitions have been held here, allowing visitors from all over the world to not only experience the Chinese design style of the hotel and oriental hospitality, but also enjoy the high-level Chinese contemporary art exhibitions here, forming a beautiful living experience. The works in the exhibition "Heart Mirror - Zhao Kai's Works" not only show the subtle and restrained oriental aesthetics, but also highlight the avant-garde determination of contemporary art.

Huang Yueting, the general manager of Rui Art Space and the producer of the exhibition

Ms. Huang Yueting, the chief manager of Rui Art Space and the producer of the exhibition, said that she was honored to invite the artist Mr. Zhao Kai to collaborate in this exhibition. Mr. Zhao Kai has created a quiet, serene, and far-reaching artistic conception through his works, and each work appropriately expresses the subtle and restrained oriental aesthetics, and I look forward to everyone enjoying this exhibition.

Mr. Cai Zhisong, a famous sculpture artist, delivered a speech

Mr. Cai Zhisong, a famous sculpture artist, said that he was very happy to be able to gather with you at the end of the year in the "Heart Mirror - Zhao Kai Works Exhibition", Zhao Kai in the creative career after graduation continued to explore and enrich, as an artist to express his feelings, pay attention to personal feelings, this exhibition especially reflects his inner thoughts and his person, Zhao Kai's works present tranquility, love and peace is a portrayal of his heart, such an artist will always have true humanistic care. "The times are constantly advancing, there is always a generation of new people replacing the old people in the world, and the back waves push the front waves, and Zhao Kai is undoubtedly the backbone of the back waves, his peak is undoubtedly coming, please wait and see!"

Mr. Zhao Kai, the artist of this exhibition, delivered a speech

In his opening speech, Mr. Zhao Kai, the artist of this exhibition, thanked many teachers and friends for their presence, and he talked about the concept of carrying each other, achieving each other, and moving forward together as reflected in the works of this exhibition.

In the Christmas Eve music party after the opening ceremony, harpist Li Yingni and cellist Wang Yifan from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, violin player Li Shu and pianist Cao Yang Shangjing from the Central Conservatory of Music collaborated to perform an artistic feast combining sculpture and music.

Opening scene

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Created in: 2023