Flower-themed print art on exhibition at Guanlan museum

A print art exhibition themed on flowers is on display at the Guanlan Printmaking Museum in Longhua District through Oct. 8.

Titled “Floral Realms,” the show seeks to stage a cross‑cultural dialogue, inviting visitors to explore the many ways printmaking has interpreted floral motifs across time, geography and technique.

Flower-themed prints on display at the exhibition. Photos from WeChat account “龙华文体云”

The exhibition assembles works by masters from Eastern and Western traditions alongside pieces by contemporary artists, creating a layered conversation between historical practice and present‑day experimentation.

On view are Pau Guiramand’s deconstructed and reassembled abstract florals, which interrogate form and negative space; Henri Rousseau’s poetic garden scenes imbued with childlike fantasy; Bernard Cathelin’s passionate blooms rendered in dense, expressive color; and André Brasilier’s dreamlike, romantic landscapes that evoke a quiet, lyrical aura. From the East come the exquisite woodcuts of Kiyoshi Saitō and Kayama Matazō’s modernist pieces that employ gold foil to introduce shimmering surfaces — works that reflect an Eastern aesthetic of elegance and mystery.

Flower-themed prints on display at the exhibition.

Contemporary Chinese printmakers such as Guang Jun, Li Hongren, Hao Boyi, Zheng Shuang and Ban Ling are also featured, each negotiating a meeting point between traditional printmaking methods (woodcut, intaglio, lithography and other relief techniques) and a contemporary visual language. Their works demonstrate how age‑old processes can be reimagined to speak to present concerns — identity, memory and the materiality of nature.

Flower-themed prints on display at the exhibition.

Curated in three chapters, the exhibition guides visitors through distinct perspectives: “Classic Blossoms” brings together canonical works from East and West to trace enduring themes and shared visual vocabularies; “Rooted Symbiosis” highlights individual artists whose styles are deeply informed by their cultural and technical roots; and “Emerging Talent” showcases younger practitioners experimenting with new processes, materials and hybrid approaches, pointing to possible futures for printmaking.

Dates: Through Oct. 8

Venue: Hall 2, Guanlan Printmaking Museum, Longhua District (观澜版画美术馆)

Metro: Line 4 to Mission Hills Station (观澜湖站), Exit A, then take a taxi