This biennial exhibition of student art works at Southwest University, which focuses on the ideological, political and aesthetic education achievements of students, invites the public to visit – Chongqing Today – Hualong.com

On the morning of November 9, the third Southwest University student art biennial exhibition “Come Together and Resonance” was held at the school museum. It is reported that the 187 works on display this time are a concentrated display of the ideological, political and aesthetic education achievements of the school’s undergraduate and graduate students, and present a dialogue and exchange of “connecting blue and blue, continuing learning from the past” in art education in the new era.

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

In 2005, the School of Fine Arts of Southwest University founded the “Annual Exhibition of Student Works of the School of Fine Arts of Southwest University”. In 2019, it was changed to the “Southwestern University Student Art Works Biennial Exhibition” and the scope was expanded to include all students in the school.

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

“The theme of this biennale, ‘Walking with the Country and Resonating with the Times,’ means ‘Walking with the country and resonating with the times.'” Duan Yundong, dean of the School of Fine Arts of Southwest University, introduced that this exhibition is open to undergraduates and graduate students across the school, and has been collected by an expert group. The judges selected 9 first prize works, 23 second prize works, 39 third prize works, and 116 excellence award works. The 187 works on display not only demonstrate the students’ artistic creation strength and academic innovation achievements, but also demonstrate the solid artistic skills, keen creative consciousness and deep feelings of the younger generation of students for their country and homeland, embodying the spirit of contemplating nature, loving the motherland, and taking root. People’s views on art and creation.

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

In the meticulous and colorful work “National Memory” by student Wu Wei, three ethnic minority girls are shown wearing silver jewelry and festive costumes, with expressions full of expectations for the future. Duan Yundong said that the structure of this work is grand, and the expression method is closer to the ontology of art. It tells the content of life through artistic expression and also reflects the humanistic nature of art.

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

At the exhibition site, the exhibited works attracted the attention of teachers and students. For example, student Yang Yi’s paper color work “Green Mountains and Green Waters” presents simplified freehand brushwork of characters through outline depiction. With seemingly just a few strokes, the characters appear vividly on the paper; student Gong Zicheng’s wood carving work “Not Myself” is a thought-provoking sculpture of a thinking figure through carving and processing of more than a dozen seemingly rough pieces of wood; student Ding Ting’s work “Looking at Thousand Waves of Rice and Rice” uses a copper plate sculpture to hollow out the figure of Yuan Longping holding rice, giving the audience a new angle to admire scientists.

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

▲On November 9th, visitors were viewing the exhibition at Southwest University Art Museum.Photo by reporter Zheng Yu/Visual Chongqing

It is reported that some of the works on display this time have been selected for national and municipal exhibitions and won awards. The exhibition will last until November 24, and citizens can visit it for free with their ID cards.

Reporter Li Zhifeng Zheng Yu intern Bu Jundan