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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 24 /Xinhua/ — On the evening of December 22, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) held the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Time and Space" by contemporary Chinese artist Mu Ke, who is an honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAA) and director of the International Art Institute at Harbin Normal University.
This exhibition is organized by MMOMA in collaboration with the International Art Institute of Harbin Normal University. The exhibition explores how painting becomes a means of understanding time and space, as well as the meeting of two cultural traditions.
According to the artist, he brought 40 works from China to the exhibition, including his own pieces and those by faculty members at the institute he heads. The exhibition also includes works from the MMOMA collection.
"I want this exhibition to showcase the cultural interplay between China and Russia. Many of my works feature quotes from Dostoevsky written in Russian. I also selected works by young faculty members at our institute that depict contemporary life in China, so that viewers can better understand it," Mu Ke told Xinhua.
"We're showcasing the Great Silk Road, a dialogue between art and culture. The entire history of Russian art can be traced through Mu Ke's work," Vasily Tsereteli, President of the Russian Academy of Arts and Director of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, remarked at the opening ceremony.
"The exhibition is a remarkable project by amazing artists. The wisdom of Chinese art, its emotionality, and energy are embodied in Mu Ke's paintings. They are stunningly energetic, devoid of indifference; I would even compare this flow of color to musical preludes," emphasized Anatoly Lyubavin, Rector of the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute (MSAAI) under the Russian Academy of Arts and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
Mu Ke received a classical art education in China, and in 2013 he came to Russia, where he studied creative experience and the foundations of the Russian school of painting at the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute.
The exhibition will run until March 1, 2026. –0–
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