for Example, the art Museum of Tsinghua University, prepared a digital exhibition Tour-Portrait. Despite the fact that officially the exhibition ended on March 29, it goes to the web site of the Museum and its account on WeChat where people can view the exhibition, divided into two parts.
the book contains more than 100 paintings and sculptures by 80 artists from seven member States of the Shanghai cooperation organization: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as well as India.
Contemporary artists around the world use more angles and a broader range of instruments to create his works, a portrait, pictorial or sculptural, lost its dominant position. But they continue to play an important role in the work of artists from countries represented at the exhibition, allowing them to display the mentality of its people and the constantly changing social realities.
Deputy Executive Director of the Museum Do Papa says that portraits are not just images of people from different countries. According to him, they are an incredible way to give the idea of “social climate and cultural pattern” of these countries. And the title of the exhibition, adds Du, displays the idea of a long journey in which different civilizations are constantly sharing with each other and looking for ways to learn from each other.
In the words of co-curator of the exhibition, Xu Hong, “from the entire cultural heritage of humanity is the objects that depict people’s faces, more than anything, force the spectator to wonder whether it masks, carvings, murals or clay figures, whether they paint, marble or bronze”.
She says that the expressions on the faces of the people in these art works show the General condition of happiness, anger and sadness. “Looking at these faces, we find a connection with our past.” According to her, the works also reflect the General problems of human society, which causes among the audience in discussions on how to expand relations and cooperation.
the Works in the exhibition are classified by country, for the selection of works was appointed curators from each member of the SCO. It’s either the Director of art colleges and teachers who are in good relationships with the artists, or the artists themselves.
the Second co-curator of the exhibition is a Tribute to su said that the Chinese and the Russians presented the greatest number of artists with a wide range of ages and variety of styles. In his view, it shows the influence of the roles of the two Nations to art in their countries.
In the Chinese section you can find works of art by artists such as Feng yuan and he Csain that support a realistic style and tradition of classical art of drawing with Chinese ink, as well as works of young artists.��s, such as Li Tianyuan and Peng Wei, seeking a new identity in an increasingly urbanized, internationalized country.
the Curator of the Russian section Svetlana Gracheva says that it includes paintings, lithographs and sculptures by 10 artists. They depicted all kinds of people – young and old, celebrities and lesser-known characters. “I believe that they reveal the philosophy of art, she says. Artists show in their works a journey through time and space, but also a journey through the inner world of people.”
Tribute su notes that all the famous Russian artists studied in the time-tested Saint-Petersburg Academy of painting, sculpture and architecture. Repin, systematic discipline which also constitute an aspect of the rich culture that these artists show in their works.
He adds that the artists from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan received an academic education and now continue working in art schools for the education of the young generation.
According to him, Pakistani art affects people in their dynamics. But the culture still has a huge impact on the formation of a national art, while globalization has intensified the flow of different cultures around the world.
Do Papa believes that through the eyes of famous artists the audience can start “expedition in archaeology and history” that inspires. They will feel the extraordinary diversity of Eurasia, which includes many languages, scripts, customs, religions, cultures and arts.
