Introduction
The Red Dragon is the symbol of Wales. From 5 March to 25 May 2009 in Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, an exhibition entitled Celebrating the Red Dragon gave the chance to see through the visual artwork of eight Chinese artists what inspiration was drawn from these descendents of the Golden Dragon tradition as they explored the land of Red Dragon in 2008. In addition, three renowned Welsh artists also travelled with their artwork to the land of the Golden Dragon to add their work to this cultural event. During the exhibitions in the China Three Gorges Museum, Chongqing, seminars and workshops also were held by our Welsh and Chinese artists to share with the audience their creative ideas and residential experiences in Wales in an effort to raise awareness of the richness of Welsh culture and art amongst the public in Chongqing.
Venues and Time
- Chongqing: Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum 5 - 21 March 2009
- Guangzhou: Hexi Gallery 31 March – 12 April 2009
- Shanghai: River South Art Centre 21 April – 3 May 2009
- Beijing: Wall Art Museum 14 - 25 May 2009
Artists and Artworks:
The eight Chinese artists are from Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing, all emerging artists graduated within five years, selected by the British Council and the Wales Arts International and the Welsh arts institutes that were involved in the resident project. The three Welsh artists and their artworks are selected by the British Council and the Wales Arts International.
The art works presented in this visual arts exhibition include videos, installations, paintings and photographs with a theme stretching from Wales to cross-cultural communications, environment, identity, and so on, which represents the artists’ resourceful creative ideas and close attention to and reflection of social realities.
1. Iwan Bala
2. Mary Lloyd Jones
3. Christine Mills
4. Hou Lidan
5. Wang Chuan
6. Chen Wei
7. Liu Yin
8. Chen Jiao
9. Lan Jian
10. Liu Fan
11. Yin Shuangyi
Background
This exhibition is an important part of a series of cultural exchange programmes. With financial support from the Welsh Assembly Government, it is organised by the British Council (operating in China as the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy and Consulates-General) and Welsh Arts International in association venue partners in the four Chinese cities. This exhibition is a follow-up programme of “Imagine Wales – In Search of the Red Dragon” Chinese artists resident programme in Wales. From March to May 2009, eight Chinese artists were invited to a resident project at several Welsh arts institute. Inspired by the Welsh experience, the eight Chinese artists produced visual artworks upon their return. This exhibition includes the above mentioned Chinese artworks and the artworks of three renowned Welsh artists.
For more information about the wonderful Wales, please visit www.wales.com .
Previous events:
<Activities in Beijing>
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Artist talk series in Beijing
1. Lecture: Artist In residence
Lecturer: Christine Mills
MC: Wu Jian’an, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Time: 14:00-16:00 15 May, 2009
Venue: Rm F1-109, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
2. Artist Talk: Identity and Culture
Invited artists: Christine Mills, Hou Lidan, Wang Chuan
MC: Frankie Su, CAFA Art Museum
Time：14:30-16:00 16 May, 2009
Venue: Wall Art Museum
“Colour, Place and Mark” - Celebrating the Red Dragon Welsh Visual Arts Exhibition (Guangzhou)
<Activities in Guangzhou>
From 31 March to 12 April, you are invited to an exhibition in Guangzhou entitled Celebrating the Red Dragon. This exhibition was financed by the Welsh Assembly Government. It was organised by the British Council and Welsh Arts International, in association with Arts 64 and the HeXi exhibition hall. The exhibition will give you the chance to experience the visual artwork of eight Chinese resident artists and three Welsh Artists. Welsh artist Mary Lloyd Jones will be travelling with her artworks to Guangzhou and will give talks and workshops to public audiences. These events aim to provide a mutual communication platform for both Welsh and Chinese artists, and raise awareness of the richness of Welsh culture and art amongst the public in China.
Lecture Statement:
The wild, thinly populated places, the moorlands and hillsides, provide endless ideas for paintings. However, traditional art frames cannot satisfy creating needs any more, and artists urgently call for a fresh and cliche- free way to explore and express ideas about a traditional subject. Mary will introduce her experience of getting inspiration from nature, and creating paintings by using available materials, like dyes and fabrics.
Lecture Outline:
- Brief introduction of Welsh history and culture
- Nature and inspiration
- Exploring and expressing ideas by adopting fresh and cliche-free ways
- Using dyes, fabrics, cloths, marks and words etc to create paintings
Lecture 1:
Time: 19:00-20:30 1 April 2009
Venue: No. 257, Chang Jiang East Road, Old Lecture Room of Fine Art, Education Department in the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Lecture 2:
Time: 15:00-16:30, 2nd April 2009
Venue: Audio Room, 1/F, College of Communication and Design, Sun Yat-Sen University, No.132, Waihuandong Road, University Town, Guangzhou
Lecture 3:
Time: 10:00-11:30, 3rd April 2009
Venue: College of Art, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
“Color, Place and Mark” Workshop
Artist：Mary Lloyd Jones
Time：15:00-17:00 4th April 2009
Venue：Ping Pong Bar, No.60, Xianlie Dongheng Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (behind Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Tel: 020-28296300)
The Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General Guangzhou, in partnership with ASAP (Arts Should be Also Productive) project of PingPong Art Space will organize a workshop mainly focusing on color, place and mark. Response to place is the central theme of the workshop and Mary’s works. In the beginning of the workshop, Mary will carry out a brief demonstration, using material available to show how to adopt color, clothes, marks, alphabets, invented shapes or letters to create paintings. She will also bring some small digital prints, studies on paper, and sketchbooks with responses to Guangzhou, to share with participants. Mary suggests participants come to the workshop with a drawing and recycled materials from daily life (e.g. paper, or clothes etc). She also suggests they visit her website in advance, in order to understand her approach and style, for better interaction.
*ASAP is an experimental workshop initiated by Ping Pong, which involves participation of artists from PRD and abroad. It tends to explore the emergency of productivity in a dynamic context, through means of conceptual reproduction.
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