當(dāng)巴黎遇上溫州

周進(jìn)

5月13日上午，“當(dāng)巴黎遇上溫州——中法藝術(shù)家溫州寫生與展覽”活動在溫州市永嘉縣石桅巖景區(qū)的楠溪書院啟幕。本次活動分為主題展覽、學(xué)術(shù)論壇、寫生創(chuàng)作三個部分。此次中法藝術(shù)交流活動也是楠溪書院成立后的首個項目。

“當(dāng)巴黎遇上溫州——中法藝術(shù)家溫州寫生與展覽”共計展出包括雷米艾融、安德烈·布布奈爾、讓-達(dá)尼埃爾·布瓦爾、劉曦林、程大利、尹舒拉等22位中法藝術(shù)家的近60件作品。

法國是永嘉僑胞的主要僑居國之一。2017年，永嘉與法國巴尼奧萊市建立了友好城市關(guān)系，為雙方的友好交流與合作打下了堅實基礎(chǔ)。楠溪江作為永嘉的母親河，就像塞納河之于巴黎。永嘉還有歷史悠久、底蘊豐厚的古村落，具有獨特的、東方的中國鄉(xiāng)村文明之美，有別于時尚之都巴黎的城市之美。

所以，以“當(dāng)巴黎遇上溫州”為主題的中法藝術(shù)家交流活動自2018年2月啟動以來，就得到了兩地政府和社會各界的大力支持。在2月份的啟動儀式上，巴黎凡爾賽市市長法朗斯瓦表示愿意推動和溫州結(jié)為文化友好城市。

法國浙江商會名譽會長、本次活動發(fā)起人之一吳志平也提到：“投入到浙南地區(qū)大自然的懷抱進(jìn)行對話，這對中法兩國文化藝術(shù)交流來講應(yīng)該是首例。”

法國藝術(shù)家協(xié)會主席雷米·艾融在致辭中表示：“我們中法畫家來到這里，是為了參加這個前所未有的分享、對話、友誼的寫生交流活動。我們站在大自然中去描繪大自然，帶著我們本真的心，我們每天都將投入到繪畫的探險中去。我們純樸的心靈和真誠的努力推動著活動前行，也必將在分享中產(chǎn)生對話，和諧的情景也將在我們的畫筆中呈現(xiàn)出來。中法兩國的畫家們，在這新的文明即將開始的時代，應(yīng)當(dāng)積極建設(shè)我們的藝術(shù)和人性向前持久發(fā)展的橋梁。”

本次活動的發(fā)起人之一周建朋透露，今年秋天將在凡爾賽市政廳舉辦中法藝術(shù)家溫州寫生作品展，“期待能在這個系列活動中碰撞出更多思想的火花，兩種截然不同文化背景下的藝術(shù)家能夠在中國這片被青山綠水縈繞的土地上享受天人合一的快樂，并用大家的畫筆把永嘉山水展現(xiàn)給世界人民?！?/p>

5月14日，為期一天的“當(dāng)巴黎遇上溫州——中國山水畫與西方風(fēng)景畫理論研討會”在永嘉縣巖頭鎮(zhèn)麗水街一座建于明代的“琴山書院”中舉行，多位中法藝術(shù)家和專家學(xué)者與會。大家圍繞“中國山水畫與西方風(fēng)景畫的哲學(xué)和文化背景”“不同的地理環(huán)境對中西方繪畫藝術(shù)的影響”“詩境與畫境的結(jié)合”等議題展開研討。

5月15日到5月24日，中法藝術(shù)家在江心嶼、雁蕩山、嶼北古村、大若巖、獅子巖、箬溪藝術(shù)村等地展開寫生與創(chuàng)作活動。在“一帶一路”的主旋律下，畫家以藝術(shù)的形式將溫州人文歷史景觀傳播到海內(nèi)外，把優(yōu)美且極具中國歷史文化內(nèi)涵的人文溫州、自然溫州帶給更多的人。

When Paris Meets Wenzhou

By Zhou Jin

On the morning of May 13， 2018， an exhibition was unveiled at Nanxi Academy situated at a scenic zone in Yongjia County， Wenzhou in southeastern Zhejiang. This was part of a Sino-French cultural exchanges program. It consisted of three parts： an exhibition， an academic forum， and a sketching tour around Wenzhou. It was the first cultural exchange program held at the academy since its inception.

The exhibition was called “When Paris Meets Wenzhou” and on display were about 60 artworks by 22 Chinese and French artists.

France boasts a large community of Chinese from Yongjia. In 2017， Yongjia and Bagnolet， a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris， France， tied knots as twin cities， laying a solid foundation for cooperation and exchanges. Yongjia is well known for its picturesque rural beauty and well preserved lifestyle of the past whereas Bagnolet presents every inch of an ultra modernity. That was why the launching in February 2018 of “When Paris Meets Wenzhou”， a cultural exchange program， caused such a sensation and won wide-range support in both Bagnolet and Yongjia.

“A dialogue in the natural beauty of southern Zhejiang is unprecedented in the history of cultural and art exchanges between China and France，” said Wu Zhiping， one of the sponsors of the program， at the launching ceremony in February.

The French artist Remy Aron spoke at the launching ceremony. “We Chinese and French artists are in this unprecedented exchange program in order to share， communicate， sketch， and promote friendship. We are in nature to portray nature with our authenticity. We will take adventures in the sketch tours. We will push the program ahead with our pure heart and sincerity and hard work. We will share and communicate. Harmony will appear under our brushes. Artists of China and France should build a bridge for art and humanity to go forward at the beginning of a civilization，” said the French artist.

From May 11 to 24， 2018， a delegation of 14 French visited Wenzhou for the exchange program. Of the fourteen， nine were artists. The paintings on display at the exhibition unveiled on May 13 were previous artworks by both Chinese and French artists who participated in the exchange program and would later go on a sketch tour around Wenzhou together.

On May 14， a forum was held at Qinshan Academy， founded in the Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）， in Yantou Town， Yongjia. The forum was about Chinese landscape painting and western-styled landscape painting. Present at the forum were the French and Chinese artists and other relevant people.

From May 15 to May 24， Chinese and French artists visited many tourist attractions around Wenzhou and sketched.

In autumn 2018， sketches， created by both Chinese and French artists in May in Wenzhou， are scheduled to be exhibited at the town hall of Versailles， revealed Zhou Jianpeng， one of the program sponsors. “We expect to see sparkling results emerging out of this series of cultural exchange activities. We expect that artists with totally different cultural backgrounds can enjoy the harmony of nature and man in this part of China. We expect to see how the landscape of Yongjia looks like under the brush of Chinese and French artists.”

At the launching ceremony in February， the mayor of Versailles said he was interested to have Versailles twin with Yongjia to further promote relations with China.