This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and the Sino-French Year of Culture and Tourism. In order to strengthen Sino-French friendly exchanges and show Chinese culture to the world, the "Silk Road Danqing - Mural Painting Exhibition along the Silk Road", sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Arts and the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, and undertaken by the Gongbi Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, opened at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, France on the morning of September 18, local time. More than 120 Chinese and French art personalities attended the opening event, including Zhou Qingfu, President of the Chinese Academy of Arts, Liu Hongge, Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, Didier · Benem, Corresponding Member of the Académie de France, and Thierry Provost, President of the France Family Association.
Poster of "Silk Road Danqing - Mural Copying Exhibition along the Silk Road".
The ancient Silk Road culture is closely linked between China and the world, and ancient murals are not only a cultural heritage with a long history, but also an artistic language widely used around the world, and its protection, copying, and inheritance system is particularly important. This exhibition brings together 23 pieces of grotto temple mural replicas with great historical and artistic value, which are a small part of the grotto temple murals copied by the Chinese Academy of Arts since 2016 in Xinjiang, Gansu and other regions of China, showing the important cultural heritage of the ancient Silk Road between China and the West.
Exhibition hall scene
Traditional Chinese murals, an ancient form of painting, are a wonderful chapter in the world's ancient painting art. Over the years, the Gongbi Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts has focused on the study of ancient Chinese murals, with the copying of works as the core, and the theoretical research and the exhibition of achievements at the same time. On the one hand, it is committed to dismantling and restoring the unique way of traditional mural production, tracing and recording history, paying tribute to the "beauty of art" and "beauty of culture" of ancient murals, and exploring its "beauty of craftsmanship" and "craftsman spirit". On the other hand, from an interdisciplinary perspective, it deeply explores the development and inheritance of ancient Chinese mural paintings, which not only provides unique cultural support and historical memory for the progress of the times, but also provides nourishment for artistic innovation and explores the contemporary significance of ancient Chinese murals.
Visitors go to the exhibition
Since 2016, the Gongbi Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts has carried out in-depth scientific research projects around the "Ancient Silk Road". The project team visited more than 10 countries along the ancient Silk Road and more than 20 cities and regions in China. For 8 consecutive years, the "Mural Painting and Promotion Project along the Ancient Silk Road" has been carried out; During this period, he also completed the cultivation of talents for copying ancient Chinese murals and the combing of ancient mural images. At present, the project team has completed the academic copying of more than 30 grottoes, temples and tomb murals, including the whole masterpiece and the fragments of the footage, which is the world's widest, longitudinal and largest mud murals in the world. The results of the project have been exhibited at home and abroad for many times, and its value in academic, artistic, intangible cultural heritage and public service has been widely praised by the public and the academic field.
This exhibition showcases more than 20 mural copying works from Qiuci, Gaochang, Yanqi, Khotan and Dunhuang in Gansu, which is part of the phased results of the "Mural Copying and Promotion Project along the Ancient Silk Road". Through this event, the Chinese Academy of Arts hopes to strengthen the friendly exchanges between China and France, show Chinese culture to the world, build a global cultural and artistic exchange platform that brings together diverse cultures and perspectives, promote mutual learning between different civilizations, and jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Lecture scene
In addition, two academic events will be held in conjunction with the exhibition, focusing on mural art along the ancient Silk Road and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. On September 17th, an academic lecture entitled "Traffic on Two Roads - Mural and Scroll Art" was held at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris. On September 18, relevant scholars carried out academic lectures and dialogues with the theme of "Silk Road Danqing: Copying and Promotion of Murals along the Silk Road".
The exhibition will run until September 24 local time.
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