The Prague Summer exhibition will present Prague in summer, the Czech landscape and Czech women’s charm through the eyes of an extraordinary Chinese artist, Wu Yi, from 28 November 2013 to 5 January 2014. The PPF Group, which systematically promotes valuable projects in culture and art, will organise the exhibition at the Václav Špála Gallery. The Zdeněk Sklenář Gallery is the co-organiser of the event.

In the Václav Špála Gallery, Wu Yi, a master of Chinese ink painting, will display some 50 cabinet pictures that he painted during his sojourn in the Czech Republic last summer. “I believe that the Czechs and the Chinese have a certain kind of shared proximity, intimacy,” says the artist, whose name means Art Warrior in Chinese. He himself describes his tranquil works, infused with humour and kindness, as “a quiet pilgrimage of a gentle practising of Zen”.

According to Zdeněk Sklenář, the curator and co-organiser of the exhibition, Wu Yi is “an absolute painter”. The reason is that only a few of occidental visual artists are able to paint with ink on paper – a traditional Chinese technique requiring a consonance between thinking and motion. By the same token, only a few Chinese are able to use oil or water colours on canvas. “Wu Yi is one of the very few artists in the world who have a brilliant command of both. His paintings are inspirational, true, and gentle,” says Zdeněk Sklenář.

Following his creative stays in Germany, France and Japan, the Czech Republic is the fourth country that will have the good fortune of meeting with the views of a Master of the world’s oldest culture.

About the exhibition

Duration: 28 November, 2013 - 5 January, 2014

Venue: Václav Špála Gallery

Introduction to the works: 26 November, 19:00

Press Conference: 27 November, 17:00

Opening: 27 November, 18:00

Courtesy of the artist and Václav Špála Gallery.