Rice Xuan's works on paper on display at Florence's Palazzo Bastogi

The exhibition"Chinese Rice Paper and Painting" opened at the Sala delle Feste of Palazzo Bastogi in Florence.

It is a selection of about eighty works on paper by Rice Xuan created by thirty contemporary Chinese artists. Among them are Xu Li, Liu Weidong, Yang Guoxin, Shang Ke, Tang Chenghua, Lei Ziren, Lv Shaoqing, Li Jie, Gu Ping, Gu Ying, Shi Lan, Zhang Fuye, He Jiaying, Zhang Yonghai, Lv Xiaoping, Zhao Shengli, Zou Tao, Wang Ciao, Hu Shiping, Ma Jinghu.

The special and valuable Xuan Rice paper is known all over the world and its name comes from Xuancheng, the capital city of rice paper.
In 2006, the Xuan papermaking technique was recognized as"state-level intangible cultural heritage," and in 2009 it was included in the UN Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

There is a legend associated with this prized material: it is said that there was a papermaker named Kong Dan, a disciple of Cai Lun, China’s first papermaker. To commemorate his master, he decided to paint his portrait on a paper of the highest quality: this was how he discovered the green sandalwood tree whose bark, when immersed in water, turned very white. Kong Dan, after years and years of arduous study and experiments, then succeeded in producing Xuan paper, which is of an unparalleled whiteness.

The exhibition is on view until Oct. 18, 2018, and is organized by Anhui Polytechnic University, Xuancheng City, the Chinese Xuanzhi Spa, and produced by Zhong Art International, with the collaboration of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation and under the patronage of the Region of Tuscany, the Municipality of Florence, the Metropolitan City of Florence, and the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Florence.

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Rice Xuan's works on paper on display at Florence's Palazzo Bastogi

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