Bulletin Number Three 1986

E xh ib ition and Symposium on Contemporary Chinese Painting The University held an Exhibition o f Contemporary Chinese Paintings at Hong Kong City Hall from 9th to 14th May, inviting some fifty overseas and local artists to participate. In the meantime, from 10th to 13th May, a symposium w ith the same theme was also held at the University, at which prominent scholars and renowned Chinese painters from all parts o f the world gathered to explore issues in the theoretical and creative aspects o f contemporary Chinese painting. The exhibition and the symposium, sponsored by the Ming Pao Daily News Ltd., aimed to encourage research on and to inspire the creative spirit in Chinese painting, as well as to promote international cultural exchanges. Preparation for the exhibition and the sympo sium began early this year, w ith an organizing com mittee headed by Dr. Ng Lee Ming, Dean o f the Faculty o f Arts. The painters and scholars were invited in their personal capacity. The exhibition, after months o f hard work by the organizing committee, commenced on 9th May. Professor C.N. Yang, Distinguished Professor-at-Large o f the University, officiated at the opening ceremony. Professor Yang, Dr. Ma Lin, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Louis Cha, Director o f Ming Pao Daily News Ltd. and Professor Tseng Yuho, representative o f the painters, addressed the guests at the ceremony. The Chinese painters from the four comers o f the world represented in this major exhibition included Zhu Qizhan, Liu Haisu, Dong Shouping, Li Keran, Ye Qianyu, Wu Zuoren, Lu Yanshao, Li Xiongcai, Tang Yun, Xie Zhiliu, Guan Shanyue, Sun Ying, Wu Guanzhong, Cheng Shifa, Huang Yongyu, Huang Zhou, Chen Peiqiu from the Chinese mainland; Wong Chun- pei, Chen Chi-kwan, Wu Cheng-yen, Hsu Shu-hsiu, Kuan Chih-chung, Li Chi-mao, Yuan Te-hsing, Au H o nien, Lee Chu-yuan, Hwang Chur-hwu, Ho Huai-shuo, Hong Keng-sheng from Taiwan; Luis Chan, Chao Shao- an, Yang Shen-sum, Jao Tsung-i, Irene Chou, Liu Kuo- sung, Chong ling-ling, Chui Tze-hung, Lee Yun-woon, Kan Tai-keung, Kwok Hon-sum, Cheng Ming, Lau Wai-ki from Hong Kong;WangChi-ch'ien, TsengYuho, Fong Chung-ray, Chen Sui-kang, Wucius Wong from the United States, Koo Mei from Canada, Chu Teh- chun, Zao Wou-ki from France, Hsiao Chin from Italy, Fang Zhaoling from the United Kingdom, Chen Wen- hsi from Singapore and Chung Chen-sun from Malaysia. On display at the exhibition were about 200 paintings, showing a great variety o f subject matters Jao Tsung-i ， Cave a t Izum o NEWS 1