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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
RIGA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — The International Chinese-Latvian Watercolor Exhibition "The World of Watercolor" opened at the China Cultural Center in Riga on Saturday. This is the second joint exhibition of Chinese and Latvian watercolorists, the first one was held in 2024 with great success.
The exhibition features works by more than 100 artists from China, Latvia and other countries and regions.
Director of the Chinese Cultural Center Zhou Bin is delighted with the works on display: “Latvian artists have a special, very interesting view. Culture is a great heritage, and talent gives artists from both countries a chance to change the world and its thinking, to raise culture to unprecedented heights.”
“You have to be Chinese to time this outstanding exhibition to Riga Days! Cultural events certainly unite the peoples of both our countries. Ahead of us is the Baltic International Ballet Festival, where students from the Beijing Dance Academy will perform,” said Latvian Ambassador to China Karlis Eichenbaums.
“We live in difficult times, but culture should unite the world. I am always surprised how such simple materials can be used to create such masterpieces. Next year, we can hold such an exhibition in Beijing, especially since the one that took place last year in Riga was a great success. Let’s continue to work in the field of joint creativity!” he added.
The exhibition shows not only the works of professional artists, but also their students. For example, one work by Maria Matveeva, the head of the art studio for children and adults “Dance of Colors”, and two works by her students, as well as works by three students of the studio of the famous watercolourist Valery Makovyi and several students of the studio of Alexander Neberekutin, the head of the Latvian Association of Watercolourists.
"My work is called "Sunny Day in Old Riga", I wrote it just recently. The glass in the window of one building sparkled in the rays of the sun, and I thought it would be interesting to depict these reflections. In addition to mine, the exhibition includes one work each by my students Snezhana Volynets, Elena Lvova and Natalia Makarova," says Valery Makovoy.
Chinese artist Hua Jianfeng said he chose the works with the idea that they would be of interest to Western watercolor painting enthusiasts.
The opening of the exhibition featured a performance by the famous singer Lydia Breska, who performed two popular songs in Chinese.
Participants of the ArtAndFashionRiga project, who paint leather dresses with images of paintings by contemporary Latvian artists, also showed new examples of “artistic” outfits. “We have three Chinese artists in our project. Three artists from Latvia went to China and as a result painted their paintings about China, including on dresses,” said designer and author of the idea Elena Mihailova. –0–
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