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An Olympic Facelift for 798

 

Silk-screen printing or serigraphy, first appeared in its recognizable form in China during the Song Dynasty. It is a printmaking technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. A screen print or serigraph is an image created using this technique.

 "Two beauties in the Qing Dynasty" by Wang Huaiqing

The serigraphy artworks on show managed to come up with a perfect combination of sports and art, such as Wu Guanzhong's “Earth Fire”, and his artistic depiction of the “Bird's Nest”, “Woman in blue” by Luo Erchun, “Wrestling” by Li Fuyuan, “Two Beauties in the Qing Dynasty” by Wang Huaiqing, and “Waterside Village” by Wang Yifu.

In "Art for Humanity World Tour 2005-2010" exhibition, Chen Jinfang presented several artworks featuring Olympic spirits, such as peace, tolerance and love.

Dr. Chen Jinfang and his artwork

In 2001, the Friends of the United Nations honored Dr. Chen with a Global Tolerance Award and designated him a "Cultural Ambassador for Tolerance and Peace", to honor his "art of multiculturalism and a lifetime of work dedicated to peace, tolerance and love and for creating a body of work expressing a shared vision of humanity." With their blessing, Dr. Chen initiated the “Art for Humanity World Tour” and this year has brought the Tour to China.

 "Woman in blue" by Luo Erchun

During the Olympic Games, heads of 50 to 60 countries visited the district. The district's famous visitors have included United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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