Chongqing-Flowing Light: Italian Art, Vision, and Creation" art exhibition hosted by the Italian Contemporary Art Association opened at Chongqing Yangtze River Contemporary Art Museum on the 9th. Chongqing is the second stop around the world after Seoul, South Korea. This exhibition displays the interesting combination between art and industry, with the theme “We Love Art”.

Dialogue and interaction between industry and contemporary art brought eight Italian cutting-edge young artists together, they put eyes on the modern industrial activity of an equal number of Italian companies. From the inspiration for their own imagination from the companies’ production process, they use their talent to link transformative processes of a conceptual nature through diverse expressive languages and forms: from painting to sculpture and photography.

Through exhibits, such as paintings and sculptures, the audience, no matter their jobs or ages, can all intuitively and clearly understand the most cutting-edge cultural trends and artistic concepts in Italy, especially the sincere reflection of the new generation of Italian artists on contemporary society and their artistic life. Bi Lanqi, Consul General of the Italian Consulate-General in Chongqing, said that the works in this exhibition provide a new concept of cultural and artistic funding, showing the excellence of Italy in all aspects, from the fields of art, culture, and creativity, to the fields of industry and innovation.

 

It is worth noting that neither the artists nor the companies before have conducted a dialogue like this before, giving rise to a new style in the modern art world. The paintings and sculptures on show impressed people with a novel expression that rooted deeply in modern society but had never been brought up before.

This exhibit is one of the series of cultural activities in the "Road to 2022-China-Italy Year of Cultural Tourism", we shall see more corporation in the field of art and culture between China and Italy in the future.