Island Arts Centre celebrates Chinese New Year with landmark exhibition
Following the celebration of the Chinese New Year, the Island Arts Centre, in association with The Muban Educational Trust, is hosting an exhibition of prestigious prints entitled 'Lu Xun’s Legacy: Printmaking in Modern China', which will run until April 2.
This is the first time that prints from The Muban Educational Trust have ever been shown in Northern Ireland and Ireland, marking another significant moment for the Island Arts Centre in its 25th anniversary year.
The exhibition features prints from a selection of over six thousand held by The Muban Educational Trust.
It is a celebration of the extraordinary range and versatility of style, technique and aesthetic expression in modern Chinese prints, featuring prints from every decade since The Modern Woodcut Movement, founded by Lu Xun in the 1930s. At the exhibition launch, the curator Mary Ginsberg (art historian and visiting researcher at the British Museum), was joined by Muban Educational Trust’s Rebecca von der Burg (Chairperson) and Haiyao Zheng; Nancy Wang, Deputy Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Belfast and Consul Hui Zuo; and Danny Wong, MBE, President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
The evening also marked Chinese Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse), with traditional Chinese dance, music and Kung Fu.
Councillor Alan Givan, Vice-Chair of Communities and Wellbeing Committee, who was also in attendance of the event said: ‘This is a most inspirational and exciting exhibition that we are proud to host at Island Arts Centre.
"The range of prints is not only impressively created but also tells many stories that will captivate all those who come to visit’.