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One couple, both artists, have been inspired differently by the
borderland where they live.
The works of Shi Hong and Wu Yiying, depicting Northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, will be
shown at the National Art Museum of China till Sunday.
Featured art includes spectacular landscape paintings capturing
the area, bringing deserts, rivers, deserted temples, mountain
ranges and the ancient Silk Road to life in paint.
The weeklong exhibition "Wind of the Borderland" has been
highlighted as one important part of the Xinjiang government's
regional image promotion work in 2006.
Shi and Wu have been living in Xinjiang for over 40 years since
they graduated in 1963 from Shanghai Academy of Drama.
Both have a strong passion for the borderland but approach it at
different angles. The pair's respective painting characteristics
have evolved and grown while living and working together for nearly
four decades.
Shi uses the color green to express his fondness of nature and
the strong local landscapes. His works are passionate and deliver
messages of peace and happiness.
Wu shows her interest in historical sites, using the ruined
sections of the ancient Great Wall, towers, cities, religious
relics and ancient remnants as objects of her artistic
language.
"I cannot help but arouse my romantic passion and imagination
whenever I see the broken ancient constructions and sites," said
Wu.
In the past 40 years, the couple has traveled many times to the
riversides, desert edges and patches of grasslands to get a real
taste of the sceneries before they represented them in their
paintings.
(China Daily June 29, 2006)
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