SILK ROAD: FROM TRADITION TO CONTEMPORANEITY
2019.11.19
A JOINT EXHIBITION OF PROFESSORS FROM
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ART IN SOFIA AND
THE CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN BEIJING
SILK ROAD:
FROM TRADITION TO CONTEMPORANEITY
28.11.2019–26.01.2020
On the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of
Sino-Bulgarian Diplomatic Relations
Opening on Thursday, 28 November, at 6 p.m.
The Palace
Knyaz Alexander I Sq.
The exhibition features 40 Bulgarian and 51 Chinese professors, whose creative individuality is displayed in the variety of styles and themes and through a wide range of means of expression from classical painting and graphics to digital printing and mixed media.
The project is being implemented within the framework of agreements concluded between the National Academy of Art in Sofia and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In December 2018, it was displayed at Imperial Museum of Art in Beijing, meeting with great interest on the part of the Chinese public.
A delegation of five professors from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing (CAFA) arrives for the opening: Prof. Luy Pinjing, Deputy President; Prof. Yue Qianshan, Party Secretary of the School of Chinese Painting; Prof. Chen Ke, Head of the Department of Sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, Prof. Liu Shangying, Deputy Director of the Oil Painting Department at the School of Fine Arts; and Yue Jieqiong, Director of the Office for Collaborative Innovation Centre.