On May 18th, 2013, Mr. Yitong Liu was invited by the EU China Economic and Cultural Committee to perform his unique “ink-and-water fantasy” works exhibition during the Cannes Film Festival. Among the honored guests were the special envoys of President Barack Obama and the Chairman of the Asian-African International Committee and more than 200 international friends and artists from various countries attending the Cannes Film Festival. Yitong Liu, born in 1950 in Shishi, Fujian province, is a geographer of feng shui. He inherited his ancestral heritage and is the 21st generation descendant. He loved fine arts since he was a child. After the "Cultural Revolution", he was taught by famous teachers after he died. After 40 years of arts, he has been adept at ink paintings, paintings, and woodcuts. His works have participated in many national art exhibitions and issued by national publishing houses. Many works have been entered into dozens of books and periodicals of newspapers, pictures, and books. In the past 20 years, he pursued his own path in art, focusing on the Chinese ink painting innovation and combining traditional Chinese painting techniques. Huaiyuan source and family education, interpretation of the integration of man and nature, teacher and method originated from nature, techniques originate from life, the two wonderful cooperation, splashed with ink, impetuous and ethereal, artistic conception of emptiness, ink and water illusion, natural, style, unique charm Since he became a self-employed family, most of his works were made without pens, and he has a unique style in the Chinese painting industry. Yitong Liu inherited the Chinese ink and wash painting's composition method, and created a unique brushless ink painting technique and abstract style. It was a unique event for guests participating in the exhibition. They also had a new understanding of Chinese ink painting. That is, this abstract style is consistent with Western art and has been recognized and loved by the guests participating in the exhibition. The Cannes solo exhibition in France was of far-reaching significance. It received media attention at home and abroad, and was interviewed on site by the French television. The Xinhua News Agency was even published and many domestic mainstream media such as Xinhua.com, People.com, Sohu.com and NetEase.com all republished reports. Mr. Yitong Liu took the ink-and-water illusion onto the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival in France, which is a fusion of art and a fusion of Chinese and Western cultures. This exchange has added a strong touch to the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. It has also used cultural exchanges to increase the friendship between China and France. |
