The Federation of literary and Art Circles of Jilin province and Department of Culture of Jilin province, an oil painting exhibition is currently on display at Hall 7 since Mar. 20 until Mar. 30. The exhibition comprises a total of nearly 40 oil paintings by Wang Jianguo over the past three years. Most of the exhibits are focused on the local people and the local landscape in Northeast China. Among them, a number of his works are well reputed in the national artistic circle, such as Red roof, Early autumn and Cornfield.
Wang Jianguo is currently member of the Chinese Artists Association, vice chair of the Artists Association of Jilin province, chair of the Artists Association of Changchun city and dean of Modern Media and Communications Department of Jilin College of Fine Arts. His works have been displayed in various countries, such as France, Italy, Russia and Japan. The artist once said, as great changes have taken place in the past few years, the transformation from aesthetic appeal to expressive manifestation aroused interest of the masses with the theme about Northeast China.
The exhibition will go on a tour since April in such cities as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang.
