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YAYOI KUSAMA (1929), JAPANESE PAINTER – When life is the heart of a rainbow.

Creativity? A dazzling hall of mirrors, with pumpkins inside. It’s a good base for trips into the Japanese Alps (such as the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route), but in Matsumoto – second largest city in Nagano Prefecture – you can discover one of Japan’s most beautiful original castles. Accommodations (hotels, mountain huts and camp grounds), is available along the route. From mid …

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NAOMI OKUBO (1985), JAPANESE PAINTER – The themes of adolescence, related to current society.

Painting girls while they walking to the house with the wolves. The secrets of the Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum’s success? Maybe spectacular view on the 52nd and 53rd floors of the Mori Tower. Its exhibitions are always focused on contemporary culture. It was originally the private estate of an business tycoon, and the building is typical of the work of …

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CHINA, IN FIVE SHADES OF CREATIVE ART – From Chengdu to Beijing, listening to Li Yuchun.

China. When the name makes you want to pack up. Maybe you can choose the tour to Badaling Great Wall (the symbol of China), a small group private tour available everyday. Xian Classic Tour? You will visit the greatest archaeological findings of the century, appreciate the marvelous Terracotta warriors in full battle array of Emperor Qin’s tomb. http://chinatour.net/ We offer …

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CHINA THROUGH TWENTY PICTURES – Perceiving the soul of a country through the expressions of human creativity.

When art uses brushes and words. The intellectual property of the images that appear in this blog correspond to their authors. The sole purpose of this site, is to spread the knowledge of these artists and that other people enjoy their works.

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OLD IF NOT WILD – Li Yuchun / Years like fore.

Seizing life, until you are able to do so. Chengtu it’s one of the three most populous cities in Western China. Under the Han, its brocade became fashionable, and was exported throughout China. The world’s largest building (the New Century Global Centre), is located in the city. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/china-largest-building-chengdu/index.html Here you can find not only retail outlets, but also the Paradise …

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A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS – Novel by Li Yiyun / From My Life I Write to You in Your Life.

When reading about other people’s lives it’s a comfort. Visiting Beijing you can go to the Maan Coffee, http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/venue/Food__Drink-Cafes__Teahouses/16636/Maan-Coffee.html the strangest coffee shop y’ve ever visited. Its honey toast is bathed in salted butter (and nestled within a crust that comes with three dipping sauces of maple syrup, condensed milk and berry compote). This understated dessert earns every mouthful. Here …

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CROSSING HALF OF CHINA TO SLEEP WITH YOU – Yu Xiuhua / When writing poems means facing yourself, not facing others.

Because they’re simple, and don’t have many words. Hubei is a province located in the Central China region, where was born poet Yu Xiuhua. The territory was part of the powerful State of Chu. The most celebrated element of Hubei cuisine, is the Wuchang bream (a freshwater bream that is steamed). Its Shennongjia area, is the alleged home of the …

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ZHAO KAILIN (1961), CHINESER EALIST PAINTER – When each painting evolves from personal stories.

A young girl’s elegant composure, inside a uncertain gaze. Its name means “Oyster Wharf” in Chinese. Here was born Realist painter Zhao Kailin. Bengbu is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its dishes are one of the three flavors of Anhui cuisine. Here there are beautiful and tranquil place. In the south Huaiyuan County, White Milk Spring gets the …

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ZENG CHUANXING (1974), CHINESE PAINTER – A kind of cold abstractionism for realistic paintings.

Paint feelings and attitudes towards life, through the tone of colours. Here you can admire Shengshui Temple and Zizhong Confucius Temple. In medieval times this locality was an important salt-producing area. Its geographic location puts it in southern Sichuan. Neijiang is the hometown of Zhang Daqian (one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century), such …

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BETWEEN HISTORY AND NATURE, ART AND RELIGION – Discovering India by Gogi Saroj Pal, listening to Sonu Nigam and reading Kiran Desaj

Among sanctuaries and sandal wood scent. Spirituality and India? They go hand in hand. Many people feel that India is a land of Gods, where there are powers to heal the tired mind and soul. This country, full of schools of thoughts and religious centers, has always attracted people from over the world to seek understand real meaning of our …

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