Toronto hosts 'Emergence' contemporary Chinese art exhibition
- By Guo Xiaohong
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E-mail China.org.cn, August 18, 2018
Emergence - a contemporary Chinese art exhibition opened on August 11 at the Toronto Center for the Arts in Toronto, Canada. The exhibition will run till August 21.
Co-organized by the Toronto-based Emerging Young Artists and Beijing International Hanwei Art Center, the exhibition was supported by both the Canadian and Chinese governments. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Zhuang Yaodong, acting consul general of the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto, sent a welcome statement to the event.
The exhibition displays 20 art pieces in various forms including oil painting, soft carving and image art by eight renowned Chinese artists; Zhang Chunhua, Zhou Song, Li Hongbo, Wang Fei, Li Wang, Jia Shanguo, Jia Xinyu and Yang Shuwen, who in their artwork explore the relationships between the part and the whole. It also highlights a complex dialogue between visual form, perception, content and interpretation.
Dr. Alan McNairn, a former curator at the National Gallery of Canada and director of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and Dr. Wu Hongbin from Renmin University of China act as academic hosts for the exhibition. Art Director Zhang Siyong of the Beijing International Hanwei Art Center serves as curator of the exhibition together with EYA.
The exhibition aims to fill the gap in Western understandings of Chinese contemporary art by showcasing the latest trends and developments of new art forms in China, said Curator Zhang Siyong.
Officials from the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto, Jean Yip, member of Parliament for House of Commons, and Michael Parsa and Shaun Chen from Legislative Assembly of Ontario attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
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