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Art Exhibition at UOB Shows Features of Chinese Nature and Culture
Art Exhibition at
UOB Shows Features of Chinese Nature and Culture
Prof. Hamzah: Our
Cooperation with China is Broad and Ongoing and We’re Holding a Joint
Conference in November
On Thursday, 26th of
September 2019, an exhibition was organized by the Confucius Institute for
Chinese Language at the University of Bahrain (UOB), in which two Chinese
artists exhibited paintings that show features of China’s nature and its beauty.
The exhibition, which portrayed
birds and fish, was attended by Professor of Arts at Shanghai University, Dr.
Khi Xi, and Associate Professor at the same University, Hu Xin Xin, and it
attracted many university professors, students and those interested in the
arts.
During the opening ceremony of
the exhibition, the President of UOB, Prof. Riyad Yousif Hamzah, valued in his
speech the great and continuous cooperation between UOB and the Chinese higher
education institutions, saying: “Cultural and scientific cooperation with the Republic
of China in general, and Shanghai University in particular, is
multidisciplinary; as a forum on renewable energy for sustainable development
shall be held on November 2019 at UOB, in which the researches of the
University of Shanghai shall be presented with research from UOB in the same
field.”
Also, the President of UOB
praised the Chinese art throughout history, the interest of Chinese artists in
portraying nature, and their high artistic abilities in their use of the color
black only in its various shades.
He added, “The role of UOB
comes through its cooperation with the Confucius Institute and the University
of Shanghai,” indicating that “This exhibition represents original
art from major artists and professors in China.”
The Confucius Institute, which
was established about five years ago at UOB, will be celebrating the Confucius
Day, which falls on the 23rd of September by holding several events
that will continue until the 29th of this month.
For his part, the representative
of the Chinese Embassy in Bahrain, Ling Xu Min, confirmed that the
establishment of the Confucius Institute at UOB in 2014 contributed to
enhancing cultural cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and China.
Furthermore, he stated that,
“The institute’s courses, in which hundreds of students and employees have
been involved, have contributed to enhancing the presence of the Chinese
language and its culture among the people of Bahrain, as the language is a
window to get acquainted with cultures and a way to achieve mutual benefit
among civilizations.” Also, he thanked UOB and its Administration for
their continuous support for the activities of the Institute.
The paintings of the Chinese
artists included many subjects, including: fish, deep sea, reptiles, turtles,
crows, flocks of birds, and bushes. Also, conceptual artists participated in
the artistic program, who are: Balqees Fakhro, Adnan Al-Ahmad, Mahdi Al-Jalawi,
Ahmed Anan and Khalifa Showaiter.
Furthermore, Artist Dr. Khi Xi
expressed his wishes that the exhibition would convey something from China’s
arts and culture, while Artist Dr. Hu Xin expressed her pleasure in giving
lectures on art, hoping that “the friendship between Bahrain and China
will continue and grow, so that we continue to learn from each other in various
fields, and especially in the sciences and culture of art. “
Also, the exhibition was attended
by the Vice President for Academic and Postgraduate Programs, Prof. Waheeb
Naser Al-Naser, and a number of Bahraini artists and those interested in conceptual
art, in addition to university students.
The activities of the Chinese Art
Fair are scheduled to continue until next Sunday, 29 September 2019, with several
lectures, workshops and dialogue sessions.
It is worth noting that the
Confucius Institute at UOB was established in April of 2014 and has been
teaching the Chinese language since its inauguration through courses for
university students and sessions for those wishing to study the language of delegated
learners from the country’s ministries and institutions.
