New art center's inaugural show a salute to Chinese expressionism

A painting by Yin Chaoyang. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A highly expressive manner has been essential to the Chinese art tradition of which great artists in history always looked to present such a style to express their true identity and views on the world affairs.

These days, the principle is still at the heart of artists' work, no matter they work with the style of Chinese painting or oil paintings, or other forms of fine arts.

A painting by Tan Ping on show. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Expression of China, an exhibition to open the Lidu International Art Center in Beijing, teams up six artists of repute who have, in their career spanning decades, created distinctive approach to reinterpret the expressionist spirit.

Some of them are focusing to expand the presentation of the semiabstract style of Chinese painting, some have given Chinese landscape painting a new look by reinforcing its spirituality with highly saturated colors, and others seek to accentuate the poetic atmosphere of ink art.

The exhibition runs until March 1.

Quietude and Heavenly Utterance, by Ma Lu. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Works by Su Xinping on show. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A painting by Xu Jiang. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A painting by Zhang Fangbai. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Song Mount, by Yin Chaoyang. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Untitled, by Tan Ping. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Paintings by Ma Lu on show. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Walking Man, by Su Xinping. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A painting by Xu Jiang. [Photo provided to China Daily]

White Stones, by Zhang Fangbai. [Photo provided to China Daily]