“艺术与和平”中国当代美术精品亮相希腊

文本刊记者 丁 薇 DING Wei

中国文联副主席李屹等中希嘉宾在展览开幕式上合影 丁薇摄LI Yi, Vice-chairman of CFLAC and other Chinese and Greek guests take group photo at opening ceremony. DING Wei/Photo

希腊当地时间5月10日晚，由中国美协主办的“艺术与和平——中国当代美术作品展”在希腊第二大城市塞萨洛尼基市马其顿当代艺术博物馆开幕，展览持续至5月27日。此次展览是中国文联、中国美协落实中国“一带一路”倡议、推动中国文化“走出去”系列重要活动之一。中国文联副主席李屹出席展览开幕式。此前，李屹还在雅典专程拜会了希腊文化与体育部部长莉蒂亚·科尼奥尔都和中国驻希腊大使邹肖力，就中国和希腊开展文学艺术领域机制性交流充分交换了意见并达成了多项共识。

受李屹委托，中国美协驻会副主席徐里在展览开幕式上致辞。他表示，第七届北京国际美术双年展曾成功举办了希腊特展。作为对希腊特展的友好回访，中国当代美术展来到希腊。希望借此展览，持续推动两国美术事业的繁荣发展，不断增进两国人民之间的友谊。希腊马其顿大区副省长萨诺斯回顾了近年来两国在文化旅游领域的密切联系和现实成果，表示将继续加强同中国相关方面的联系，力争将两个国家悠久的文化传统和灿烂的文明成果展示给全世界。

本次展览展出40余幅作品，包含中国著名画家围绕“一带一路”沿线国家风情进行的主题创作、历届北京国际美术双年展所藏优秀作品和中国中青年美术家海外研修工程成果三部分，虽然数量不多，却以小见大。展览用丰富的中国元素表现域外风土人情和当代中国精神，作品风格多样，中国画、油画、版画、雕塑等艺术形式多元，从多层面呈现中国当代主流美术的鲜活面貌，形象地诠释出中华民族“以和为贵”的价值观，以及对和平、和谐生活的美好向往与不懈追求。

此次展览主题“艺术与和平”是中国美协在审度国际热点和发展大势，经集体酝酿和策划，在“中国美术世界行”项目框架下确立的系列展主题，自2016年启动以来，已相继在丹麦菲特烈堡宫、欧盟总部布鲁塞尔、意大利罗马维托里亚诺宫、赫尔辛基芬兰地亚大厦、英国伦敦摩尔美术馆和格鲁吉亚国家历史博物馆等重要场馆成功办展，用中国当代艺术语汇在国际社会持续宣讲和平故事。

纵观此次作品，异域的自然景观富有独特的魅力，如张复兴的《拉脱维亚掠影》、石峰的《马其顿奥赫里德湖印象》、董小明的《圣托里尼·希腊》、梁时民的《罗马尼亚佩列什王宫》等山水画作品，以中西融合的笔墨色彩抒发了画家的浪漫诗情。此外中国美术家描绘外国建筑的作品，如侯耀洲的《斯洛伐克首都印象》、郑百重的《海市蜃楼》、朱道平的《遥忆布拉格》、何加林的《天空之城》、余光清的《波鲁纳鲁瓦古城》、方向的《清迈契迪龙寺》等，在外国建筑写生的基础上，把中国画的笔墨韵味与西画的明暗光影相结合，创造了当代中国表现外国建筑特别是文化遗址的“新界画”的诗化意境。《摩尔多瓦的阳光》是由此次代表团团员之一、北京画院青年画家孙震生所作，作品用小写意技法，描绘了一位摩尔多瓦少女优美动人的舞姿，表现了摩尔多瓦民族能歌善舞、热情乐观的性格。水墨工笔《今夜不回家》是由代表团团员、北京画院的青年画家王冠军所作，作品通过对现代都市青年体貌情态进行深入而细腻的刻画，展现青春期特有的青涩懵懂之美；作为工笔人物画家，他以传统画材创造出超级写实的质感表现技巧，使形象更为真实、精微，富有时尚气息。亚里士多德大学视觉应用艺术学院院长迪瓦里斯说：“在欣赏了这么多中国当代艺术作品之后，能感受到中国当代艺术家正在努力将传统与现代进行融合交织，可见美术家在绘画技艺中付出了很多努力。”展览中，徐里的油画《山高水长》颇受关注，其立足本土文化立场，借助西洋油画材料的特性和表现力，将油画融入中国山水元素的笔墨情趣和浓厚的写意精神，创新发展为独具民族文化气质的“写意油画”，开辟出中国当代油画的新径。迪瓦里斯认为，中国当代艺术之所以呈现这样的面貌，是与中国所拥有的悠久历史分不开的，中国的历史是生动丰富的，这影响了当代中国画家的创作。这不仅是中国艺术家创作的根基，对于希腊来说，也是绕不开的话题。他还建议中希两国可以开展美术家的互派驻留活动，如能成行，将为世界艺术带来更多的创造性和可能性。

中外嘉宾参观展览 丁薇摄Chinese and foreign guests to visit the exhibition. DING Wei/Photo

希腊艺术家维特洛克曾到访中央美院等高校讲学，对中国画有较为深入的研究，他认为中国与希腊都是拥有绘画传统的国家，但在表现空间上却都没有实现甚至摒弃了主流的焦点透视法，这其中的原因值得研究，如侯耀洲的《雅典风情》便抛弃这一法则，而采用散点透视，这种艺术创作思维可以作为艺术发展的新方向和新趋势。

观众从展览中不难发现国际社会普遍关注的创作主题。王福顺的油画《即将消失的风景》、彭伟的版画《围城之居》、李立宏的陶艺《麦当劳-CHINA》、谭旭的雕塑《有奶油的油条》等，揭示了城市化迅猛推进中的多元人文景观；自北京奥运会成功举办十年来，奥林匹克精神已深入民众内心，付作栋的雕塑《马球》塑造了传统体育的当代形态，展现了艺术与运动竞技的审美关联；还有的关注生态家园，如罗志楠的油画《筷子树》等，用艺术的形式呼吁人们保护生态环境，维护和建设人类赖以生存的共同家园。正如中国美协副秘书长陶勤所说，今天的中国美术已不再仅仅是对传统的坚守，同时也在突破造型语言的藩篱，跨越艺术观念的隔阂，以一种强有力的方式介入当下，参与建构人类命运共同体，为全球议题贡献中国智慧和中国方案。“艺术与和平”这一宏大主题，反映了属于我们民族心性的家国情怀，也饱含了实现和平、和睦、和谐的大同理想的美好愿景。此次展览正是最好的注解。

On the evening of May 10th, local time in Greece, the"Arts and Peace - Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art Works",organized by the China Artists Association has been held in the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. The exhibition shall last until May 27th. which is one of the serial important events of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Chinese Art Works committed to implementing the Belt and Road initiative and advancing the Going-out of Chinese culture of the central government. CFLAC vice-chairman LI Yi has attended the opening ceremony.Earlier, he also made a special trip to Athens to pay a courtesy call to Lydia Koniordou, Minister of Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and ZOU Xiaoli and Chinese Ambassador to Greece, fully exchanging opinions and reaching consensus in various fields on the institutional exchanges between China and Greece in the field of literature and arts.

Entrusted by LI Yi, XU Li, Vice-chairman of the China Artists Association to the event, has addressed the opening ceremony,during which he said that a special Greek exhibition had been successfully held during the 7thBeijing International Art Biennale. As a friendly return visit to this activity, China Contemporary Art Exhibition now came to Greece, hoping that this event will continue to promote the development of the fine arts in the two countries and enhance the friendship between the two peoples.AlexandrosThanos, Central Macedonia Vice-Governor of Tourism and Culture has recalled the close ties and practical results of the two countries in the field of cultural tourism in recent years, expressing that they will continue to strengthen relationship with relevant parties in China and endeavor to display the two-country long cultural traditions and splendid achievements of civilization to the world.

巴厘之舞（中国画）李鼎成Dance of Bali (Chinese painting) LI Dingcheng

阿联酋扎耶德清真寺（中国画）李青稞Zayed Grand Mosque, UAE (Chinese painting) LI Qingke

展览现场 张雪摄Onsite Exhibition ZHANG Xue/Photo

More than 40 works are displayed in this exhibition, including three parts as the famous Chinese artists' themed creations based on the different national styles along the "Belt and Road"initiative, the outstanding works of the successive Beijing International Art Biennial Exhibition and the achievements of the Chinese young artists’ overseas research training project,featuring multum in parvo.The exhibition employs abundant Chinese elements to represent the exotic customs and the spirit of contemporary China. The varied style of the works includes the Chinese art, oil paintings, prints, sculptures and other art forms, presenting the lively appearance of contemporary Chinese mainstream art from multiple levels while vividly interpreting the concept of "harmony comes first"of the Chinese nation and the its longing for the peaceful and harmonious life and unremitting pursuit.

The "Arts and Peace",as the serial exhibition theme established by the Chinese Artists Association,is determined under the framework of the "China Art World Tour" project in the process of reviewing international hotspots and development trends through collective deliberation and planning.Since its launch in 2016, it has been successfully held in important venues globally,such as Frederiksborg Slot in Denmark, the EU headquarters in Brussels, Vittoriano Palace in Rome of Italy, Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, Mall Galleries in London, and the National Museum of History in Georgia, applying the languages of the Chinese contemporary art to continue to tell the story of peace in the international community.

Across all the works, exotic natural landscapes possess unique charms, such as ZHANG Fuxing'sGlimpses of Latvia,SHI Feng’sImpressions of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, DONG Xiaoming’sSantorini·Greece, LIANG Shimin’sRomania Peles Castleand other paintings of landscape,presenting the romantic poetry of the painters with the blend of Chinese and Western ink brushwork.In addition, the Chinese artists depict works of foreign architecture, based upon which combining the Chinese ink painting with the light and dark shadows of Western paintings, creating the "New Territories Painting"that expresses foreign architecture, especially cultural sites in contemporary China, including HOU Yaozhou’sImpressions of Slovakia’s Capital, ZHENG Baizhong’sMirage of the Sea,ZHU Daoping’sRemembrance of Prague, HE Jialin’sCity of the Sky, YU Guangqing’sAncient City of Polonnaruwa,FANG Xiang’sChediLuang temple of Chiang Mai.Moldova's Sunshinewas created by SUN Zhensheng, a young painter of the Beijing Academy of Painting, one of the members of the delegation.The work employs a technique of light freehand brushwork to depict the beautiful and moving dance of a Moldovan girl,showcasing that the Moldovan people can sing and dance, and be optimistic. The Ink paintingNo Return Tonightwas made by the delegation's member and the young painter from the Beijing Academy of Painting, WANG Guanjun, showcasing the adolescent's unique sentimental and ignorant beauty through portraying the physique of the modern urban youth through in-depth and exquisite depictions.As a painter of meticulous figure painting, he used traditional painting materials to create super realistic textures to make the image more realistic, subtle and stylish.George Divaris, President of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said: "After admiring so many contemporary Chinese works of art, we can feel that Chinese contemporary artists are trying to blend tradition with modernity, showing that they have made great efforts in arts of painting." During the exhibition, XU Li’s oil paintingShan Gao Shui Changhas received much attention.Based on the stance of local culture, he used the characteristics and expressive power of Western oil painting materials to integrate the pen and ink taste of Chinese landscape elements and strong freehand spirit into oil paintings, developing it into a unique national cultural temperament "freehand oil painting"with innovation and opening up a brand-new trail of Chinese contemporary oil painting.According to Divaris, the reason why Chinese contemporary art has such an appearance is inseparable from the long history of the country, showcasing vividness and abundance which have influenced the creation of contemporary Chinese painters. This is not only the foundation for the creation of Chinese artists, but for Greece, it is also a topic that cannot be ignored.He also suggested that China and Greece could carry out the activities of the artist's mutual residency,which would bring more creativity and possibility to the world art if it works.

捷克克鲁姆洛夫小镇（中国画）张亮Czech Cesky Krumlov Town (Chinese painting) ZHANG Liang

Greek artist Richard Whitlock had visited universities such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts to give lectures with a more in-depth study of Chinese paintings. He thought that both China and Greece had traditions in painting, but they have not realized or even abandoned the mainstream of focus perspectives in the performance space, the reasons for which are worth studying, for example, HOU Yaozhou'sAthenian Style, whichhas abandoned this rule, has used the scattered perspective, this type of artistic creation thinking can be used as a new direction and trend of art development.

It is easily found by the audiences the creative topics that are of universal concern to the international community in the exhibition. WANG Fushun's oil paintingScenery That Will Disappear, PENG Wei’s printsThe Besieged City, LI Lihong's potteryMcDonald's - CHINA, and TAN Xu's sculptureThe Creamy Chinese Donutall reveals the multi-cultural landscapein the rapid progress of urbanization. Since the successful holding of the Beijing Olympic Games a decade ago, the Olympic spirit has gone deep into people's hearts. FU Zuodong's sculpturePolohas shaped the contemporary form of traditional sports, demonstrating the aesthetic relevance of art and sports competitions; there are also works concerning ecological homes, such as LUO Zhinan's oil paintingChopsticks Treeand others employ art forms to appeal for people to protect the ecological environment, maintain and build the common homes on which human beings are relying.As the deputy secretary-general of the China Artists Association, TAO Qin said that today's Chinese art is no longer merely a commitment to tradition,it is also breaking through the barriers of modeling language, striding across the barriers of artistic conceptions, intervening in a powerful way at present,participating in building a community of shared future and contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to global issues. The grand theme of "Art and Peace" reflects the feelings of the nation and homeland that belong to our nation's heart, also containing a beautiful vision of realizing the ideal of peace, amity and harmony. This exhibition is the best comment accordingly.

花·物语（雕塑）刘玉庭Flower·Story (Sculpture) LIU Yuting