CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Colorful oil paintings, highly realistic installation artworks, and creative video works... These amazing artworks are waiting for you at the Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. Symphony of Coexistence - Chinese and Southeast Asian Art Invitational Exhibition started on March 19, displaying nearly 100 pieces of artwork of 41 well-known contemporary artists from China and Southeast Asia.

People-to-people exchanges are the eternal spiritual bond between China and ASEAN countries, spanning the long river of history and laying a profound foundation for China and ASEAN to shape the future and move ahead together, said He Guiyan, Director of the Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. This exhibition is one of the key academic projects to celebrate the China-ASEAN Year (2024) of People-To-People Exchanges, he added.

He Guiyan believes the Symphony of Coexistence - Chinese and Southeast Asian Art Invitational Exhibition is about cultural identity, artistic innovation, and people-to-people exchanges. It showcases the diversity of art, and more importantly, tells us that cultural exchange and integration are significant cornerstones for the harmonious coexistence between humans and society.

Our reporter saw many amazing artworks at the exhibition.

The work ‘Ideal International Finance Corporation’, created by Jiao Xingtao, Vice President of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, is impressive, with the remnants of sculptures and colorful Marine balls forming a visually stunning picture.

The artwork ‘The Last Schomburgk’s Deer’ consists of the lifelike head of a Schomburgk’s deer, a Thailand landscape painting created in the 20th Century, and a video of the artist interviewing passers-by about the legend of the Schomburgk’s deer. The creator of this work is Sakarin Kruang, the head of the Department of Fine Arts at Thailand's highest art institution, Silpakorn University. The Schomburgk’s deer has long been extinct. The work examines the contrast between the intentions of inventions and the consequences they have brought.

41 artists displayed nearly 100 artworks at the exhibition, which showcased the different aspects of culture in China and Southeast Asia and the artists' reflections and concerns about past, present, and future development. The free exhibition will run until May 5 at the Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. (Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)