Cultural Exhibition Activities of Guocuiyuan

The 6th China Arts and Crafts Masters Exhibition was held from March 6th to March 3rd, 206543814th Floor, Guo Cui Art Building, Guocui Garden, Beijing, 20 12! By then, more than 200 quasi-national masters of arts and crafts who have been shortlisted for this exhibition will bring nearly 800 fine works of art to Beijing to take the exam and make a collective appearance at the National Food Garden. China Arts and Crafts Masters Exhibition is held once every five years, which is called the Olympic Games in China arts and crafts circles!

The selection of China arts and crafts masters is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the China National Light Industry Federation and the China Jewelry Industry Association. It is understood that the selection time is tentatively scheduled for March, 20 12. The traditional arts and crafts participating in the selection include: craft carving, craft ceramics, craft printing and dyeing, craft embroidery, craft weaving, craft carpet, lacquer craft, craft furniture, metal craft, jewelry craft and other crafts, with a total of eleven categories. It is estimated that there are about 260 artists recommended to participate in the competition all over the country, with nearly 800 entries, with excellent works gathered and unprecedented activities. This selection activity is not only the inheritance and protection of China traditional art, but also a feast of national quintessence art.

China arts and crafts represent the cultural essence created and passed down by the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years. Therefore, the members of the 6th China Arts and Crafts Masters Appraisal Leading Group plan to hold an exhibition of outstanding works of previous masters, which can let us appreciate the artistic style of previous masters!

As far as cultural value is concerned, China's arts and crafts works combine the essence of China culture and reach the top level of similar works of art; In terms of economic value, some of them are priceless and even regarded as "national treasures". Many works were selected as "national gifts" for state leaders when they visited China, and presented to heads of state and government all over the world. Many works are widely welcomed by powerful collectors from all over the world and have become assets with great appreciation potential. Therefore, China arts and crafts will greatly promote the development of cultural and creative industries in China in terms of cultural value and commercial value. Since its establishment, Beijing Guocui Garden has been adhering to the founding purpose of "promoting the quintessence of Chinese art and gathering global creativity" and taking it as its own responsibility to promote the development of cultural and creative industries. Therefore, it is no accident that the exhibition of China's arts and crafts masters settled in the national garden.

Guo Cuihua Garden (2km east of Guo Mao, 500m east of Sihui Bridge, south bank of Tonghui River) brings together China's national quintessence and global creativity. With the concept of "Strong Creativity, Strong China", it has held nearly 100 large-scale art activities integrating art exhibition, appreciation, collection and investment in the past two years. Guo Cui Garden gathers the quintessence of Chinese culture and strives to build the highest-end China art trading platform in China (Guo Cui Garden has a large collection of works, and its business fields involve mahogany classical furniture, wood carving, bamboo carving, gold and silver jewelry, jadeite jade, antique collection, famous porcelain, masterpieces and other works), which truly realizes the perfect integration of artistic wealth and economic wealth, and provides conditions for the development of emerging cultural industries and the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. In order to show the unique charm of the original works of Chinese quintessence art, the National Chinese quintessence Garden Photography Taobao Competition specially invited famous photographers from the China Women Photographers Association to fully display the treasures in the museum with their professional shooting techniques and women's unique delicate perspectives, so that more people can fully see the value of Chinese quintessence art.

The competition started on August 9th, 2065438 and ended on September 5th, 2065438. Professionals and ordinary people can participate. Participants only need to log on to the special page of the event and choose the three works of art that they think are the most expensive from the many works of art taken by professional photographers. The contestant who chooses the most expensive artwork will receive the "Best Taobao Award" and a cash prize of 1 10,000 yuan. In addition to selecting photos of artworks on the website, participants can also play the role of professional photographers, witness the real contents of the sky-high collection in the exhibition hall of the National Cuiyuan, and take photos of the artworks they think are the most expensive, and upload them to the special page of the photo Taobao competition. If the photos taken are consistent with the most expensive artworks in the National Cuiyuan, they will win the "Best Photographer Award" and the 1 10,000 yuan cash prize, which will be announced on September 25th of that year.

The premise of Taobao is that there are many valuable treasures to choose from. It is reported that there are many artistic treasures in the National Cuiyuan, some of which are the highest in the world and rare in the world. Among them, the most noteworthy are "Mazu Jade Carving" and "Feilong".

The theme of "Mazu Jade Carving" is to reflect Mazu's life story. It is 2 meters high and 30 meters long. It consists of 50 screens and weighs about 5 tons. It is the largest Mazu jade carving in the world. The figures, buildings, landscapes, flowers and plants on the screen are all made of extremely precious natural jade, precious stones, pearls, agates, emeralds and fine carvings, which have been carefully made by more than 65,438+000 craftsmen for 8 years. * * * consumes 40 tons of jadeite raw materials, and the expert's appraisal is priceless. It is the jade carving handed down from ancient times with the most cultural background and artistic influence in the world.

Flying Dragon is an excellent woodcarving masterpiece dedicated to celebrating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and welcoming the 60th anniversary of the motherland. The main body of wood carving is a rare Millennium camphor tree log, which is 5 meters high, 3 meters in diameter and weighs 5 tons. It was carved by more than 50 outstanding craft carving masters for more than a year. "Flying Dragon" takes the totem of the Chinese nation "Dragon" as the theme, carving nine upward spiraling dragons, which has profound meaning and great momentum. 20 1 1 in may, guocuiyuan was invited to participate in the China traditional art exhibition of China culture year of Italian Confucius institute. Lin Han, deputy general manager of Guo Cuiyuan, led a team to have in-depth cultural exchanges with Confucius Institute of Padua University, Confucius Institute of Naples, Confucius Institute of Bologna, Confucius Institute of Venice and Confucius Institute of Sacred Heart of Milan with famous calligrapher Wang of Guo Cuiyuan, artist Zhang, image calligrapher Sun Feng He, calligrapher, master of folk dough sculpture Zhang Junxian, paper-cutting artist Fu, master of bamboo carving Wang and artist Zheng Jing.

The Italian Culture Year was held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy. It has strengthened exchanges, consolidated Sino-Italian friendship and deepened mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples. National Cuiyuan was invited to participate in the China Culture Year, and let more Italians know about China culture and China traditional art through the platform of Confucius Institute.

In this year of China culture, the artists of National Cuiyuan presented an artistic feast with unique oriental characteristics for Italian students, teachers and citizens. Let the Italian people feel the essence of China traditional art face to face. At the activity site, under the guidance of artists, the Italian people were very excited and proud to learn how to cut paper and knead dough and hold their own works. Many people said that they had only heard of the rich and colorful culture in China before, but they didn't expect what they saw with their own eyes to be so magical and charming. While the artists performed, the photo exhibition of the second anniversary of the establishment of the Confucius Institute in Padua also attracted the attention of many audiences. The mysterious oriental traditional art has ignited the Italian people's strong interest in China culture.

Guo Cuiyuan's participation in the China Cultural Year of the Confucius Institute in Italy not only showed the profoundness of China's traditional crafts, but also spread China's traditional culture, thus building a bridge of friendship between China and Italy. This is just in line with Confucius' Confucian thought. All the people in the four seas are brothers and different. A gentleman makes friends with literature and helps others with kindness.

With the drastic changes in China's social, economic, cultural and commercial environment in recent decades, China fever is heating up day by day. Foreigners are increasingly yearning for this ancient oriental country with a population of 65.438+0.3 billion. However, the Confucius Institute was established to develop friendly relations between China and other countries, enhance people's understanding of China's language, art and culture, and build a convenient and excellent learning platform. At present, the footprint of Confucius Institute has spread to more than 90 countries on five continents. As a leader in the field of cultural creativity in China, Guo Cuiyuan will also actively participate in the promotion of culture and art in China, so as to achieve the same goal of * * * serving the world's art and culture.

The birth of Guocuiyuan Art Park (located 3 kilometers east of Guo Mao, 500 meters east of Sihui Bridge and south of Tonghui River) is not only the contribution of Chaoyang District to Beijing, but also Beijing's contribution to China. Undoubtedly, the future potential of Beijing as the cultural capital of the world will surely become a new round of China's contribution to world cultural history. Guocuiyuan Art Zone builds an art exchange platform, an art exhibition platform, an art trading platform and an art capital platform for traditional and contemporary artists, relevant art management institutions and evaluation institutions. And innovatively put forward the core idea of strengthening creativity and China, aiming at promoting the quintessence of Chinese art and gathering global creativity, positioning itself as a leader of cultural consumption, a master of ideas and creativity, and a provider of cultural public service platform, and exploring to build a quintessence of Chinese art bank integrating art and finance. The establishment of China Sculpture Trading Center will become the brightest star of art capital in the quintessence art bank.

Guocuiyuan Cultural Fund, jointly sponsored by Guocuiyuan Art District and China Red Cross Foundation, takes the mission of supporting the protection, inheritance and dissemination of China's national quintessence culture and promoting the development of cultural and creative industries, with the goal of leading the cultural and creative industries in China. Since its establishment, the Fund has provided a large number of positive and beneficial directional grants to support original, innovative, exploratory and experimental cultural projects, promote cultural innovation, promote the cultivation and introduction of new cultural talents, and sponsor cultural exchange projects at home and abroad that are conducive to improving the overall level of China's culture and expanding China's cultural influence. The quintessence cultural fund will surely escort the capitalization process of China Sculpture Exchange Center.

In addition, Guo Cuiyuan is also committed to promoting interaction and exchanges in the field of culture and art at home and abroad; In order to promote the quintessence of Chinese art, Guo Cuiyuan and Zhonglian Guoxing jointly established the Artists Art Museum, which specializes in collecting paintings and calligraphy works of famous contemporary artists. At the same time, the National Cuiyuan also gathered the proud works of famous handicraft manufacturers from all over the country. His works cover jade, porcelain, Huang Huali wood, cast copper, strange stones, calligraphy and painting, etc. , rich in connotation, all-encompassing. 2011On June 25th, the opening exhibition of Guocuiyuan International Art Festival, the highest art exchange event in China, was grandly held in Beijing Guocuiyuan Art Zone, which opened the curtain of this international art festival.

This painting and calligraphy exhibition is sponsored by Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China Committee for the Care of the Next Generation, China Friendship and Peace Development Foundation, China Local Art Association, Beijing Zhonglian Guoxing Painting and Calligraphy Institute and Beijing Guo Cuiyuan. The exhibition brought together 500 paintings and calligraphy works by generals, ministers and artists. At the event site, General Xing Shizhong, Zhang Zhijian, Zhou Keyu, Yang Guoping, Zhou Kunren, Wan Haifeng, Qian Guoliang and the Republic of China attended the opening ceremony of this painting and calligraphy exhibition. Dong Qing, a famous host of CCTV, acted as the host of this activity. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Party, this painting and calligraphy exhibition is held to pay tribute to the birthday of the Party in the name of art, and to make due contributions to the construction of a harmonious society while promoting the great development and prosperity of cultural undertakings.

With the holding of this painting and calligraphy exhibition, the National Cuiyuan International Art Festival with the theme of "* * * celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Party and * * * spreading the cultural feelings of China's flourishing age" will also be grandly opened. In addition to a series of foreign cultural exchange activities, such as the exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by a hundred painters, the 20th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Sculpture Professional Committee of China Arts and Crafts Society, the 201China Sculpture Yearbook Exhibition, the establishment ceremony of the Guocuiyuan Art Museum, the establishment of the China Sculpture Trading Center and the exhibition of outstanding works of Chinese and foreign universities, the China Red Cross Foundation's "Public Welfare Auction of Chinese Cuiyuan Culture", the Fujian Fine Arts Exhibition and the Guocuiyuan International Collectors' Treasures Museum were opened. The eight theme activities that bring together many masters of art will make this festival climax again and again, attracting more people to pay attention to and like art 2011110/On October 9th, a grand and warm opening ceremony was held at the branch of the National Cuiyuan Art Exchange Center of the 6th Cultural and Creative Industries Expo. ICIF, a large-scale international cultural and economic exchange activity with the theme of cultural creativity, has been strongly supported by the government and relevant departments. It is reported that as the sub-venue of the 6th ICIF, a series of exhibitions have been launched at the sub-venue of the 6th ICIF National Cuiyuan Art Exchange Center in Beijing since 165438+ 10. Among them, the "Pakistan Cultural Exhibition on the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and Pakistan" co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the Pakistani Embassy in China exhibited 65438 precious pictures, artworks and hands since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan.

The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period is an important period for the country to develop cultural and creative industries, and it is also an important strategic opportunity period for fully implementing the development strategy of Humanities Beijing. Nowadays, the investment in modern art in China will usher in the "100 million yuan era", and the investment in contemporary sculpture and installation art is becoming a "blue chip" that has attracted much attention in the international art investment field, especially in China. In order to release the artistic value of the capital market to the maximum extent and lead Beijing's cultural and creative industries, Beijing Guocuiyuan and the Sculpture Professional Committee of China Arts and Crafts Society jointly established the "China Sculpture Trading Center" in Beijing Guocuiyuan.

On the opening day, China Development Bank Beijing Branch, Agricultural Bank of China Beijing Branch, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Beijing Branch, China Construction Bank Beijing Branch, Bank of Beijing, Bank of Communications Beijing Branch, Beijing Rural Commercial Bank and other financial institutions, as well as more than 10 cultural and creative enterprises such as Beijing Starlight Film and Television Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Baiyaxuan Culture and Art Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony on the fourth floor of the Central Exhibition Hall of the National Cuiyuan, and signed credit support agreements, with a total of 6,500 signed projects. 2012 5438+00 in June, the 13th China Arts and Crafts Masters Works and International Art Fair (hereinafter referred to as the 13th Arts and Crafts Masters Exhibition) ended successfully in Nanchang, Jiangxi. The National Academy of Quintessence organized representative famous enterprises to participate in the 13th China Masters Exhibition and the awarding activities of the Confucian Hundred Flowers Cup. The mahogany furniture "Ten Lotus Pieces" of Guocuiyuan won the gold medal in mahogany furniture category at this year's China International Import Expo(CIIE) on behalf of the merchant Confucian National Cuisine Art Museum; Zhong Cuiya's "Zen Master" won the gold medal in jade carving; Maotai Platinum Wine Culture Concept Pavilion "National Color Tianxiang" won the Excellence Award ... * * * won 9 awards, including gold, silver, bronze and Excellence Award. Starlight Glimmer, the outstanding achievement of National Cuiyuan, bloomed in every corner of the exhibition, and was worthy of the honorary title of National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base.

China Arts and Crafts Master Exhibition is the most authoritative event in the industry. This fair is sponsored by Nanchang Municipal People's Government, China Arts and Crafts Association and China Arts and Crafts (Group) Company, and assisted by arts and crafts associations of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. In the same period, the 20 12 "Confucian Scholar-Confucianism Hundred Flowers Cup" China Arts and Crafts Excellence Award was held, which was exclusively named by Confucian Scholar-Confucianism Food and Art Museum. The Art Museum of Confucian Classics and National Cuisine aims to better display the brand concept and operation mode through the excellent platform of Master Exhibition, and communicate, exchange and interact with artists and art institutions. The exhibits in China International Import Expo(CIIE) are dazzling, covering all arts and crafts categories, with thousands of categories and tens of thousands of products. At the same time, this exhibition will continue to open up special exhibition areas such as "achievements in the protection of ivory traditional skills", "works of young and middle-aged talents in arts and crafts industry" and "characteristic areas".