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New centre

The exhibition "Operation Free Ink: Paintings by Wang Jinsong" is on show at the newly established 25000 Cultural Transmission Centre at the Dashanzi Arts Territory in northeastern Beijing. It lasts until May 8.

This exhibition is organized by the centre as its first major art exhibition after it was established by the New York-based Long March Foundation in February.

"The fact that the first exhibition in our space is an ink exhibition is not surprising at all. In this 7-metre high, 250-square-metre art space, I have invited the artist to use ink in an aesthetic adventure," said Lu Jie, director of the centre and president of the foundation, who focuses on promoting Chinese contemporary art.

Artist Wang Jinsong was born in 1963 in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and graduated from the Chinese painting department of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (currently known as the China National Academy of Fine Arts) in 1987.

Now an art teacher in Beijing, Wang is recognized internationally as a Chinese contemporary artist for his experimental art works using oil paintings, conceptual photographs, installations and videos. This is his first major solo exhibition of ink painting.

One of the most spectacular works in the exhibition is a huge figure painting painted directly on a 7 metre high, 10-metre wide wall, vividly portraying a soldier with a gun and ready to shoot. The painting provokes thoughts on war and artistic freedom.

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