On February 2, 2024, on the occasion of the upcoming Spring Festival, the first National Youth Oil Painting Invitational Exhibition of "The Appointment of Paintings" opened at the Qian'an Art Museum in Hebei Province, which was highly appreciated by the guests and attracted the active participation of local people, student groups and art lovers. He Aijun, Director of Qian'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Li Baojin, Deputy Director of Qian'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Li Aiwen, Chairman of Qian'an Artists Association, Du Zhiqiang, Vice Chairman of Qian'an Artists Association, Song Xiaohua, Director of Qian'an Art Museum, Tao Shengye, Deputy Director of Qian'an Art Museum, Yang Jilu, Curator of the exhibition, and a number of participating young artists attended the opening ceremony.
The scene of the opening ceremony.
Director Li Baojin made a speech.
The opening ceremony was presided over by the curator Song Xiaohua, and the deputy director Li Baojin delivered a speech on behalf of the Qian'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism to thank the participating artists for their arrival, and spoke highly of and affirmed the artistic attainments of this exhibition. As the opening exhibition of Qian'an Art Museum, this exhibition not only provides an opportunity for Qian'an citizens to enter art, but also makes a good start for the further development of Qian'an cultural tourism in art in the future.
Han Dinghu, the representative of the participating artists, made a speech.
In addition, as a representative of the participating artists, Han Dinghu said that there are as many as 15 ethnic groups in Qian'an, which means that its cultural exchanges must be diverse and rich. This exhibition brings together more than 100 works by more than 40 young artists from all over the country, with a wide range of themes and different styles, which further reflects the inclusiveness of Qian'an. The exchange and collision of different artistic languages will bring different experiences to the viewers, and will also bring some enlightenment and artistic thinking to those who love painting. He also thanked the leaders at all levels of Qian'an City for their strong support for the exhibition and the invitation of the curators, wished the exhibition a complete success, and wished Qian'an better and better.
Curator Yang Jilu made a speech.
Curator Yang Jilu said that as a native of Qian'an, he organized and planned this exhibition with a strong sense of hometown, which lasted a year, experienced many difficulties and setbacks in the process, and was able to open smoothly today. It is hoped that this exhibition will be used as a link between artists and the public, and that art will be used to promote emotional exchanges between people.
At the end of the opening ceremony, He Aijun, director of the Qian'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, announced the official launch.
Chen Xuefei, a representative of the participating artists, explained.
Han Dinghu, the representative of the participating artists, explained.
Curator Yang Jilu explains.
This exhibition invited 45 outstanding young artists from all over the country, who came from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts, ** Academy of Fine Arts, China Academy of Arts, China Academy of Art and many other top domestic art institutions, a total of more than 100 masterpieces were exhibited, painting themes include landscapes, figures, still lifes and other categories, focusing on the works and painting talents of contemporary Chinese young artists, hoping to promote in-depth exchanges between local artists and participating artists in Qian'an through this exhibition. At the event, the participating young artists explained the meaning and connotation behind the works, and many students and art lovers who came to the exhibition were amazed and admired.
Exhibition view. After the opening ceremony, an artist symposium was held simultaneously. The symposium was chaired by curator Yang Jilu, and Chairman Li Aiwen, Vice Chairman Du Zhiqiang, Director Song Xiaohua, and participating artists Liu Tao, Han Dinghu, Chen Xuefei and Zhang Yu made wonderful speeches in the seminar, expressed their opinions, and conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges with the experts and art lovers present. The guests at the meeting praised the excellent work achievements of the Qian'an Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism in the past year, and in 2023, it has comprehensively created a new situation of cultural and tourism integration in Qian'an City. Second, in terms of the integration of culture and tourism, it has won the top 100 counties in the country in terms of comprehensive strength of county tourism, and there are only two in the province; At the same time, in order to expand the development channels of the city empowered by literature and art, so as to open a new chapter in the high-quality development of Qian'an, everyone has made suggestions and suggestions, inquired about the development of Qian'an's cultural tourism, aesthetic education, and art.
The scene of the symposium.
This exhibition has built a good platform for humanities and art exchanges and cooperation, further promoted the cultural and artistic prosperity of our charming water city, and helped the vigorous development of Qian'an's cultural and tourism industry. (Yang Qing).