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London

Travelling to the Wonderland– Xu Bing Solo Exhibition

November 2， 2013 – February 2， 2014

Victoria and Albert Museum

Xu Bing， vice president of China Central Academy of Fine Arts， was invited to show his work in the John Madejski Garden at Londons Victoria and Albert Museum. One of his largest works in recent years， a landscape titled Travelling to the Wonderland utilizes plants， water and pottery houses to create a utopia with traditional Chinese painting style. Juxtaposing classical Western architecture in the Made-

Guangzhou

Visions & Imagery– The Abstract Art Collection of Guangdong Museum of Art

October 15 – November 3， 2013

Guangdong Museum of Art

Originating in the West， abstract art crept into early Chinese oil paintings as far back as the 1920s. Nevertheless， due to ideological disparities and mainstream artistic education， abstract art was not encouraged in China. Not until Chinas reform and opening up to the outside world did Chinese abstract art crawl out of the shadows to become a distinct artistic school with strong individuality. The works in this

exhibition combine Western abstract elements with Chinese imagery， showing strong domestic influence and traditional aesthetics.

Beijing

Return to Homeland in Dream – Exhibition of Shao Feis Donation

October 13 – October 26， 2013

National Art Museum of China

The exhibition included 45 pieces of the oil painting series Return to Homeland in Dream that Shao Fei donated to the museum along with 50 color-ink paintings. Born in Beijing in 1954， Shao Fei is a professional painter at the Beijing Fine Arts Academy. Her work is flavored with fantasy as well as a mysterious style of hyper-realism. Created during her stay in the U.S.， the Return to Homeland in Dream series features oil paintings depicting a traditional Chinese garden– a manifestation of her longing for her homeland as well as an integration of the painters passion for traditional Chinese culture and her personality.

Beijing

Phantasm · Retained– Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Ten Chinese Contemporary Realist Artists

September 29 – October 17， 2013

Meilidao International Art Institution

Ten artists who have inherited the classical style of oil painting are merging their painting skills with transparency techniques popular in 17thCentury Europe. The expressionism of Chinese realism oil painting becomes enhanced by shadows and volume of the subjects. From different angles， the works demonstrate recognition of space and time by the painters.

Shanghai

Multimedia Show“Along the River during Qingming Festival”

China Art Palace Shanghai

Beginning October 1st

The timeless five-meter-long scroll painting Along the River during Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan （1085-1145） depicts social life in the busy and prosperous capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty （960-1127）. Nicknamed the encyclopedia of the Northern Song， the work depicts more than 800 figures ranging from high-ranking officials and nobles to commoners. In a size of 128 meters by 6.5 meters， the multimedia version blows up the original as large as 30 times bigger， and alternates between day and night scenes every four minutes. Twelve projectors display 691 figures in daytime and 377 figures at night along with sound and lighting effects. The work was once a highlight of the China Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010.