Ukrainian paintings, including some with Oriental and Chinese
subjects, are on display at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition
Hall. Subjects include snowy landscapes, portraits and imperial
gatherings.
The show of contemporary art includes 150 works by 14 painters.
One painting depicts Wuxi, a southern Chinese city. Mykhaylo
Huyda paints Chinese girls and landscapes, combining the aesthetics
of Chinese paintings with traditional Russian artwork.
Huyda favors gray and black that appear in Chinese ink-wash
paintings. He says his favorite Chinese artists are Shi Tao and Qi
Baishi.
In teaching his students, Huyda emphasizes the importance of
learning ancient Chinese philosophy and literature.
"Russian art is not so familiar to the young generation," says
Cao Guangyu, a Shanghai art critic. "But it was actually the 'art
bible' in the early 1950s and 1960s in China. Some Ukrainian art,
like that by Lepin, was known to almost everybody in the art circle
at that time."
Date: through January 28 (closed on Mondays), 9am-5pm
Address: 100 People's Ave.
Admission: 40 yuan
Tel: 6318-4477
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(Shanghai Daily January 5, 2007)