On February 12, 2017, a solo exhibition of the famous sculptor Li Xiangqun, the "realm of no-self" of the new humanistic art of contemporary China, opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bonn, Germany. It is reported that this is also the Forbidden City exhibition after the tour of the German Bonn exhibition part, the next exhibition will be in the northern German art district. The exhibition is hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art Bonn, Germany, co-organized by the Asian Art Center in Paris, and the exhibition opened at the same time with the solo exhibition of painter Mr. Wang Yigang.
Mr. Ren Rong, Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Bonn, Germany, gave a speech for the opening ceremony. He was confident that the two artists' works would give European audiences a fresh feeling, a visual impact and a spiritual shock.
The curator of the exhibition, Mr. Beate Eichardt, director of the Ludwig Museum of Art in Koblenz, Germany, who curated the exhibition, gave a speech at the opening ceremony. Professor Beate Eichardt, the director of the Ludwig Museum in Koblenz, gave an enthusiastic introduction and in-depth analysis of the works of the two artists from Northeast China at the opening ceremony.
Mr. Li Xiangqun, the artist of this exhibition, is the president of Luxun Academy of Fine Arts and one of the advocates and leaders of Chinese contemporary New Humanism; he uses his works to recreate history, the sculptor makes good use of different styles and forms to express his thoughts and emotions, viewing his works not only has the shock of looking up at the sky and horses, but also produces a delicate and warm touch.
Another exhibiting artist, Mr. Wang Yigang, is one of the most representative artists in the field of contemporary Chinese abstract painting. In terms of the development trajectory and inner thread of his painting, abstraction has always been a main line, from the pursuit of independence of formal language - combining modernist abstraction with oriental Zen - and then moving towards conceptual abstraction. The artist moves from the pursuit of independence in formal language - combining modernist abstraction with Eastern Zen - to conceptual abstraction, leaving freedom and imagination to the viewer.
