China opens exhibition of sketches focusing on Xinjiang
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An exhibition of sketches displaying landscapes and life in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region opened in Beijing on Saturday.
The exhibition, entitled "Sunshine in Xinjiang", includes more than 260 oil paintings, traditional Chinese paintings, watercolors and prints by over 80 artists, including famous Chinese painters Ye Qianyu, Huang Zhou, Quan Shanshi, Zhan Jianjun and Hazi Ahmad.
The China Artists Association (CAA), sponsor of the exhibition, invited more than 70 artists to visit Xinjiang in June and August, and the exhibition also displayed those artists' works which were created while visiting Xinjiang, Wu Changjiang, executive vice-president of the CAA, said at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
"Although there are many art works about Xinjiang, people in other parts of China still know little about this region, and I hope more artists will visit Xinjiang and paint the scenery, the customs, the people and the development in Xinjiang, helping to make it better known to people both around China and around the world," said Zheng Wenhui, widow of the late renowned painter Huang Zhou.
Hopefully, the exhibition will bring more images about Xinjiang to the world to make the region better understood by the world, said Li Yi, a local official in Xinjiang.
The CAA is planning to hold another exhibition about Xinjiang next year to display even more art works, Wu said.
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