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| Title: | NYC: Exhibit Talk China Institute WANG WUSHENG
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| Description: | For the following announcement in Chinese, Mr. Wang's photos of the Yellow Mountain and photos of Mr. Wang with Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife, please visit
http://chineselectures.org/011406.html
As part of a year-long series of commemorative events marking the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, a major photographic and art exhibition entitled "Spirit of the East: Beauty of the Landscape" opened with a formal ceremony and reception on Monday, 19 December 2005 in the Main Gallery of the
Visitors' Center at the U.N. The exhibit features two prominent Asian artists, the Chinese fine art photographer Wang Wusheng and the Japanese master painter Kaii Higashiyama. Both artists express the soul of the Orient while encompassing the
spiritual beauty which lives in both the eastern and western aesthetic. Secretary General Kofi Annan remarked at the opening that this was the most important exhibition that he could remember ever held at the U.N.
At the invitation of the Learned (Renwen) Society of China Institute, Mr. Wang Wusheng will discuss his work with Photographer and Calligrapher Jim (Jiaxuan) Zhang in a bi-lingual illustrated talk on Saturday, January 14, 2006. A book signing event will take place after the discussion.
Saturday, January 14, 2006, 2-4 pm
Admission: Free for members and $5 for non-members.
Location: China Institute
125 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10021
(between Lexington & Park Avenues)
Limited Seating
RSVP Required
To RSVP, please call 212-744-8181 ext. 142 or online at http://chineselectures.org/011406.html
Please direct inquiries to
renwen@chinainstitute.org
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