STORY: Exhibition of Chinese Fauvism-Expressionism painter held in Spain
DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:37
LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHUN, Chinese painter
3. various of the exhibition
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JOSE ENRIQUE GONZALEZ, Director of European Museum of Modern Art
5. various of the exhibition

STORYLINE:

Barcelona's European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) currently hosts contemporary Chinese painter Liu Chun's first exhibition outside her home country.

The title of the event described her as a "pioneer of Chinese Fauvism-Expressionism."
   
Running until Sept. 30, the exhibition examines Liu's works through a series of comparisons with Chinese and Western masters to show how she has fused elements of traditional Chinese and Western painting in a bold and expressionistic artistic style.

"Through cultural exchanges, we can promote friendship between the Chinese and Spanish peoples and deepen their mutual understanding," she told Xinhua on Wednesday at the opening of the exhibition.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU CHUN, Chinese painter
"Art has no national borders and can communicate people's souls and incorporate their values. Through cultural exchanges, we can promote friendship between the two peoples and deepen their mutual understanding."
   
Since she began her artistic career in 2000, Liu has won a number of awards in China.
   
SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JOSE ENRIQUE GONZALEZ, Director of European Museum of Modern Art
"We like to have quality artists and quality paintings, and we think Liu Chun, through her style and her work, produces paintings of significant quality and with great projection. We know that in the future, we're going to hear her name a lot in the world of art and painting."
   
A self-taught artist, Liu's lack of formal artistic training means that she has developed her own personal style based on an expressionistic use of color to depict the beauty and purity of nature.
   
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Spain, and the China-Spain Year of Culture and Tourism, the MEAM said that the exhibition aims to inspire artists to explore the fusing of Eastern and Western artistic traditions.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Barcelona, Spain.
(XHTV)