The artistic achievements of farmers' prints in Qijiang

In August, 1985, 1 12 peasant paintings with the fragrance of Qijiang soil crossed the ocean for the first time, and they were exhibited in San Francisco, USA and achieved great success. Since then, Qijiang peasant paintings have carried the mission of cultural messengers.

The exhibition of farmers' prints in Qijiang caused a sensation in the American art world, and also made more Americans eager to know the customs of Qijiang in the prints. 1September, 1985, five American friends, including Mr. Ding Wo, Chairman of Seattle Exhibition Center, made a special trip to Qijiang to inspect farmers' prints. Mr. Ding Wo and his party visited An 'an and Shijiao towns successively, and witnessed the process of farmers' printmaking. After that, they were full of praise. In June this year165438+1October, at the special invitation of Mr. Ding Wo, Qijiang farmhouse prints once again crossed the ocean and came to the exhibition center in Seattle, USA. People in American art circles praised Qijiang peasant painting as China's original ecological painting school, which is not bound by any technique, and its composition is concise, vivid and lyrical, just like an idyll floating in the field.

May-September 1986 Qijiang peasant paintings were exhibited in Japan, France and Norway as business cards for Sichuan's foreign cultural exchanges. In August this year, Li Yili, then the cultural curator of Qijiang County, visited Japan at the invitation of the Japan-China Friendship Association and held a solo exhibition. 1988 65438+ 10, in October, 68 paintings of Qijiang farmers were invited to 369 Gallery in Edinburgh, England. This exhibition not only allows British people to see Qijiang farmers' prints with their own eyes, but also gives them the opportunity to buy and collect Qijiang farmers' prints, making 3 1 Qijiang farmers' prints settled in Britain. In February this year, 10 peasant prints such as Bian and Qingxi River were invited to attend the World Folk Art Exhibition in Algeria.

1989 In May, Ms. Stahnke, Mr. Joshi and Mr. Ripp from the Federal Republic of Germany came to Qijiang to inspect farmers' prints. On August 3rd, Ms. Ripson from Britain and her party visited farmers' prints in Qijiang. Their arrival has made more than 20 outstanding Qijiang farmers' prints. As they moved to Germany and Britain, they learned more about Qijiang farmers' prints. 1990 65438+On February 9th, 40 Qijiang farmers' prints were invited to Canada to participate in the Spring Festival exhibition of the Year of the Sheep.

On July 15, 2004, the Chongqing Culture and Art Festival in Toulouse, the Sino-French Cultural Year-the Qijiang Farmers' Prints Exhibition officially opened in the Mashad Cultural Center in Toulouse, the southwestern French city. The peasant paintings in Qijiang, bearing the friendship between the Chinese and French people, are particularly charming in the city of roses in France. The French people gave great enthusiasm and high praise to this exhibition. Photographer and director of Mashad Cultural Center, Mr. Dalebesh praised: Unexpectedly, beyond imagination, I saw another China, which is really an artistic China. After watching the exhibition, Ms. Novina, a diplomat, said: Farmers in China can paint, so imaginative and so bold. Through these paintings, I saw their happy life.

In May 2006, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the sister city between Chongqing and Hiroshima, Japan, 40 Qijiang farmers' prints, as one of the cultural exchange projects of Chongqing delegation, were held in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for five days on May 2 1-25. 40 works reflecting the ethnic customs of Bayu and the style of mountain villages are representative works of farmers' prints in Qijiang. During the exhibition, Ms. Li Chengzhi, a farmer printmaker from Qijiang, went to Japan for a live painting performance. This Japanese exhibition is another overseas trip of Qijiang farmers' prints since they went to France in 2004.

According to statistics, since 1985, Qijiang farmers' paintings have been invited to be exhibited in more than 20 countries, such as the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Japan, Norway and Algeria, and more than 1000 works have been exhibited. Art groups and friendly people from 10 countries made a special trip to Qijiang to inspect farmers' prints. Nowadays, Qijiang farmers' printmaking, a wonderful work of original ecological national art, has crossed the ocean and is fragrant in the world, which has attracted the attention of the world art world.