National Art Fund Project "Horse Culture on Fur Paintings" National Tour Exhibition Opens in Shanghai

On December 9, the first national tour of the National Art Fund project "Horse Culture in Fur Paintings: Arts and Crafts Works Exhibition" opened at the EMI Museum of Art in Shanghai. The exhibition took three years to prepare and will be toured in five cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Yining and Urumqi.

At the opening ceremony, the national intangible cultural heritage Twelve Muqam-Dolang Dance was performed live

As the 2022 communication and exchange promotion funding project of the National Art Fund, the exhibition mainly uses fiber art fur paintings as the creative carrier, the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign horse culture stories as the creative theme, and the excavation and protection of horse culture and art as the main creative line. More than 120 pieces are on display. While integrating excellent traditional culture, the work also absorbs modern artistic concepts and exclusive research results, creating a unique artistic expression that is both ancient and young.

The first stop of the tour was held at Shanghai Art EMI Museum of Art in Songjiang, Shanghai. At the opening ceremony, Liu Zihui, director of EMI Museum of Art in Shanghai, said that the cooperation between the two parties will present a magnificent and colorful feast of horse culture to the Shanghai audience. In the future, the museum will further cooperate with more National Art Fund projects to build a platform for the transformation and dissemination of research results for more outstanding art projects.

Zhang Guoqiang, deputy director of the Shanghai Songjiang District Culture and Tourism Bureau, said that promoting and popularizing Chinese horse culture is of great significance for reviving traditional Chinese culture, developing and strengthening the mind and body of the Chinese nation, and enriching the cultural content of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.

Hong Hewen, director of China International Cultural Exchange Center and International Cultural Exchange Art Museum, said that this exhibition promotes the interaction between traditional culture and modern art, profoundly and vividly interprets the rich connotation and spiritual outlook of Ma culture, and embodies the harmony between man and nature. The in-depth thinking of symbiosis and interdependence has important artistic value.

The exhibition is divided into four units: "Qiji's Leap", "Thousands of Miles Galloping", "Jiujie Daily Innovation" and "Cheng Huaiyoumu". The work not only demonstrates the important position of horse culture in the field of art, but also shows the audience the profound understanding and unique interpretation of horse culture contained in fiber art fur paintings. Through touring exhibitions, we tell beautiful horse culture stories to audiences in different regions, disseminate Chinese traditional culture to the public, enhance national cultural confidence, stimulate the audience's interest and love for fiber art and horse culture, and pay attention to the unique value and aesthetics of fur paintings as a traditional culture. feature.

Wu Ma, deputy director of the China Horse Culture and Art Research Institute and member of the Xu Beihong Art Committee, said that the creator of this exhibition, Azigul Wufur, and his returning team expressed their love for horses in the form of art. This exhibition is a presentation of their staged achievements. In the future, their creations still have a lot of room for development in terms of the breadth, breadth and depth of the cultural theme of fur painting horses.

Fiber artists represented by Aziguli Wufuer deeply combine resources such as Chinese horse culture, Silk Road horse culture, nomadic culture, and ethnic cultures in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, explore unique literary and artistic materials, and innovate painting content, from subject matter, Through multi-dimensional analysis of the use of colors, three-dimensionality, expression techniques and work styles, further research and prospects for the future have gradually formed this new exploration and promotion of Ma culture and art, which will also promote the continuation of his creations. development and inheritance.

Asadul Maklov, a famous Bulgarian educator, curator, and professor of the Department of Fiber Art at the China Academy of Art, said from the perspective of creation that the founder Aziguli has been exploring for a long time, overcoming difficulties, and creating fiber art with unique charm. , inherit and innovate through reconstruction of intangible cultural heritage.

Aziguli Wufuer, project leader of the "Horse Culture on Fur Paintings" project and founder of Guiji Art, said: "Through the reconstruction of intangible cultural heritage, we have enriched the carrier of fur paintings and made fur paintings a living art. . This tour is a new opportunity for our team, and we will continue to work hard to live up to the expectations of the National Arts Fund.”

After the opening ceremony, a seminar on the theme of "Inheritance and Development of Horse Culture and Art" was held. This seminar invited guests from different fields such as art, culture, journalism, universities and other fields to discuss the three major areas of "the significance of research on traditional Chinese horse culture", "horse culture in fur paintings" and "horse culture intangible cultural heritage". Topics will be discussed and suggestions will be made for fiber art creation and the inheritance and development of horse culture.

The scene of the theme seminar "Inheritance and Development of Horse Culture and Art"

The touring exhibition is guided by the National Art Fund Management Center, academically guided by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Working Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, the Fiber and Design Committee of the China Arts and Crafts Society, China International Cultural Exchange Center, the Horse Culture and Art Research Institute of the China Horse Industry Association, Xinjiang Arts and Crafts Association, Supported by Urumqi Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau. It is reported that this Shanghai tour is hosted by EMI Museum of Art in Shanghai and will last until December 18.