Art into soul

Xu Li and Andrey Kovalchuk both juggle with several roles: artist, administrator of a national association and cultural ambassador. The two are presenting an exhibition at Shanghai's New Art Museum, through to July 30. Xu, vice-chairman of the China Artists Association, is showing dozens of his oil paintings in which he has employed the vertical composition of classic landscape painting, delivering a sense of naturalism and extensiveness. Kovalchuk, who chairs the Russian artists association, brings 24 sculptures. The show compares the cultural traditions, aesthetic views and individual concerns of the two cultures.

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