China-Sweden Visual Arts Festival
China Cultural Center in Stockholm will present “The Diverse Image – Chinese & Swedish Printmaking Exhibition” from March 22 to April 20, 2024.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 – 16:00
Curator’s Foreword
Humans have always had a need to convey themselves through images. When the possibility of reproducing the image was discovered, it was a major breakthrough. Now it was possible to spread pictures to a wider audience. The oldest surviving print in China is on silk (before 220 A.D.). Today, printmaking still has a strong position as a means of graphic art expression in China, despite the fact that many new graphic techniques have been added since then. In this exhibition, the Chinese graphic art works are mainly woodcuts. In Europe, the discovery of the art of printing in the 15th century was a turning point and many artists were hired to make illustrations for books, as well as artistic images for a growing market of collectors. In Sweden, a number of associations have played a very important role in keeping printmaking alive: Föreningen för grafisk Konst / The Swedish Fine Art Print Society (1887), Grafiska sällskapet / The Swedish Printmakers´ Association (1910), Konstfrämjandet / The People´s Movements for Art Promotion (1947) and later Grafikens Hus (1996). All of them have contributed to disseminating the original graphic art and craftsmanship to a large audience all over the world. Today, artists have a variety of techniques at their disposal, and mixing them is not uncommon to achieve the desired result.
Anders Nyhlén
Curator
王炜 Wang Wei
山村的旋律 Mountain Village Melodies
套色木刻 Woodcut
28 cm × 18 cm
1963
汪刃锋 Wang Renfeng
农民像 Portrait of a Farmer
黑白木刻 Woodcut
22 cm × 17.5 cm
1940
李树勤 Li Shuqin
春满人间 Spring Vibes
套色木刻 Woodcut
52 cm × 46 cm
1962
张地茂 Zhang Dimao
盼 Hope
黑白木刻 Woodcut
45.5 cm × 33.5 cm
1980
卢西林 Lu Xilin
满山红 Mountains in Red
水印木刻 Waterprint Woodcut
49 cm × 42 cm
1980
范竟达 Fan Jingda
织 Weave
黑白木刻 Woodcut
38 cm × 41 cm
1979
安百里 An Baili
鸟岛 Bird Island
油印套色 Mimeograph
58.5 cm × 85.2 cm
1979
彦涵 Yan Han
浪花 Spindrift
黑白木刻 Woodcut
30.5 cm × 39.5 cm
1980
胡抗 Hu Kang
山菊花 Mountain Chrysanthemums
水印木刻 Waterprint Woodcut
44 cm × 47 cm
1984
沈邦富 Shen Bangfu
边塞奇观 Wonders of the Border
套色木刻 Woodcut
42.5 cm × 61 cm
1989
蒲国昌 Pu Guochang
春江水暖 Spring Warms the Stream
黑白木刻 Woodcut
26 cm × 29 cm
1979
古元 Gu Yuan
给人民甜蜜 Bring People Sweetness
套色木刻 Woodcut
30 cm × 22 cm
1979
徐匡 Xu Kuang
老同学 Old Classmates
黑白木刻 Woodcut
35 cm × 25 cm
1978
力群 Li Qun
春到洞庭湖 Dongting Lake in Spring
套色木刻 Woodcut
34 cm × 36 cm
1981
刘京 Liu Jing
阳光 – 大理午后 Sunshine – Afternoon in Dali
木版套色 Woodcut
156 cm × 90 cm
2022
唐承华 Tang Chenghua
南方韵情 No.90 Southern Charm No.90
综合媒材 Mixed Media
85 cm × 60 cm
2009
苏新平 Su Xinping
被困的马 Trapped Horse
石版 Lithograph
21 cm × 29.5 cm
1989
古元 Gu Yuan
送肥 Delivering Fertilizer
套色木刻 Woodcut
13 cm × 27 cm
1954
肖映川 Xiao Yingchuan
潮汕人家 Residence in the Chaozhou-Shantou Region
丝网版 Silkscreen
57 cm × 64 cm
1989
古元 Gu Yuan
一湾解冻的湖水 Thawing Lake
套色木刻 Woodcut
31 cm × 45 cm
1985
应天齐 Ying Tianqi
西递村系列之一 Xidi Ancient Village Series No.1
水印木刻 Waterprint Woodcut
40 cm × 50 cm
1987
涂稚华 Tu Zhihua
静 Tranquility
套色木刻 Woodcut
59 cm × 57 cm
1992
吴家华 Wu Jiahua
侗乡三月 Dong Ethnic Township in March
水印木刻 Waterprint Woodcut
44cm×59cm
1976
彦冰 Yan Bing
林中鸟 Forest Birds
黑白木刻 Woodcut
40 cm × 40 cm
1979
王明月 Wang Mingyue
晨 Morning
套色木刻 Woodcut
32cm×38.8cm
1981
周新如 Zhou Xinru
菩提树系列 Bodhi Tree Series
套色木刻 Woodcut
60 cm × 61 cm
1997
李树勤 Li Shuqin
寒林晨曲 Morning Melodies of Icy Forest
套色木刻 Woodcut
38 cm × 45 cm
1989
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