Source: CCTV.com

07-24-2007 10:14

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympics

It's an art form in which biennial gatherings are important for exchanging and debating new ideas. The gatherings help artists to keep connected and informed of new technologies, and to renew the vitality of the art. The first International Printmaking Biennial opened in Beijing on Saturday. Top contemporary printmakers from six nations were there to celebrate the rich diversity of their craft.

The historical significance of China as the origin of paper making and woodblock printmaking makes the country the concluding stop for the exhibition's world tour.

The exhibition now running at the Red Gate Gallery does not have a curatorial premise or theme, other than what appears to be a celebration of technical, artistic and cultural diversity.

Prints by artists from Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States celebrate the cultural diversity of visual art in their countries. And the interesting and provocative imagery excite, inspire or confront the viewers with an aesthetic experience of beauty and reflections on our place in the universe.