Works of arts and crafts masters displayed at ICIF

An exhibition featuring over 200 pieces of representative works of 128 Chinese arts and crafts masters from around the country is staged at the 18th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (ICIF), which opens today.

The works cover 10 categories including sculpture, artistic ceramics, embroidery, glass craft, printing and dyeing, lacquerware, metal craft, “Neihua” or painting inside a small bottle, thangka or Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting on cotton or silk with mineral and organic pigments, and craft painting.

The masters come from 21 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and most of them also attended the ICIF last year, according to the fair’s organizing committee office.

The beaded screen work titled “Flowers in Clusters” by Huang Weixiong, a master of Chinese arts and crafts in Shenzhen. Shenzhen Evening News

Huang Weixiong is the first local master of Chinese arts and crafts in Shenzhen. At the exhibition, he brought his award-winning beaded screen work titled “Hundred Cranes,” which is 9.4 meters long, 0.83 meters wide and 2.48 meters high. Huang’s other masterpiece, the beaded screen work titled “Flowers in Clusters,” depicts a peaceful and idyllic scene, expressing harmony in nature and yearning for a better life.

The exhibition, themed “inheritance, integration and innovation,” aims to offer a platform for cooperation on high-end resources and projects in the cultural industry, and gather such resources for the development of Shenzhen’s cultural and creative industries.

As one of the highlights of the ICIF, the exhibition has been successfully held for eight years. Through the exhibition, Shenzhen Arts and Crafts Cultural Creativity Institute had signed 168 Chinese arts and crafts masters as senior researchers by the end of October 2022.