Autistic children's art on display
- By Zhang Rui
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| Autistic children's artwork is displayed at "Blank Lattice," an exhibit that is part of the Love under the Sky Painting Exhibition series, at 798 Art District in Beijing on April 2, 2015. [China.org.cn] |
Dozens of autistic children have created paintings and other works of art for World Autism Awareness Day exhibitions that opened in Beijing and in several other Chinese cities on Thursday.
The 8th Love under the Sky Painting Exhibition, co-organized by the Beijing Association for Rehabilitation of Autistic Children and China's National Social Welfare Fund, opened on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day.
The series of exhibitions focuses on the inner world of the "innocents" (which is what the organizers call autistic children). Organizers intend for the exhibit to help the public develop a better understanding of autistic children and get to know these children through their art.
Beijing and Chengdu will be the flagship venues for a trilogy of exhibits in the 8th Love under the Sky Painitng Exhibition. Other exhibition venues include Nanjing, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Zunyi, Shenyang, Guangzhou and cities in Japan.
"Blank Lattice," one of Love under the Sky’s three exhibits, is curated by Chinese artist Qin Shuyi. The exhibit opened on Thursday afternoon with a painting workshop in Beijing's 798 Art District. The exhibition will last until May 9.
Qin displayed the 20 paintings in the exhibition in 20 blank lighted lattices and strung black wires at the foot of the pedestals so that people have to carefully walk among the obstacles to view the children's work.
"I hope the public can explore the reality of the world of the innocents in this way. In this exhibition, regular people, rather than those special kids, are treated differently. This way, the public can view the art and reflect on themselves, and understand autistic children's pure understanding of the world," Qin said.
The second exhibit in Love under the Sky, "Door to the Innocents," which is being held through May 12 at the National Aquatics Center (a.k.a. Water Cube), features more than 100 works of art by autistic children. A concert for children was also held there on Thursday.
The third exhibit is "The Secret Garden of the Innocents," which is being held in Chengdu, Sichuan, from April 2 to May 12.
Each exhibition probes into the mysterious world of the "innocents" from a different perspective.
On Nov. 1, 2007, the United Nations called for one day each year to be designated as World Autism Day. On Dec. 18, 2007, the U.N. General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day.
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