Literary and musical performance of B. Vinogrodsky

Bronislav Vinogrodsky will present a performance at the Gunbi festival in Moscow

In the Central House of Artists on Krymsky Val continues its work The second festival of Chinese painting in the style of Gunby . Visitors are presented the works of contemporary Russian artists and Chinese artists.

Gunbi style is one of the oldest, it appeared almost 2000 years ago. Its features include close attention to detail, splendor, grace, decorativeness and splendor. This style is also called the “clear line style”, because the artist outlines objects and details with carefully drawn contour lines. Gunbi-style paintings look very decorative because of the durability and brightness of the colors. Artists working on interior painting of the palaces of the emperor and the nobility did this using the Gunbi style. Masters who did not own this style were not allowed to work of such complexity. Due to the high price of such paintings, only wealthy people could afford them.

On The second festival of Chinese painting in the style of Gunby Landscapes, images of flowers and birds, animals and fish, beautiful women performed by the most prominent Russian and Chinese painters are presented. And the carefully drawn mustache of moths, the delicate blush of the cheeks of beauties, the subtle color nuances of flower buds or the fur of animals, grandly presented in the works of artists, amaze everyone present.

On September 30 (16:00 - 17:30) guests of the festival will have a tasting meeting with the famous traveler, tester and blogger Sergei Shevelev and the presentation of his book “Geography of Chinese Tea”. For ten years his company “Mochay. ru ”from a small family teahouse has grown into a steadily growing business with dozens of branches throughout Russia. The program of the meeting with Sergey Shevelev tasting the best varieties of tea from his collection.

On the same day, September 30 (17:30 - 19:00) , a world-famous Chinese scholar, writer, public figure, translator of fundamental Chinese texts, artist and musician Bronislav Bronislavovich Vinogrodsky will present the literary and musical performance “Chuang Tzu Bronislav Vinogrodsky”. The event is free. Entrance to the CHA on tickets purchased at the box office. Registration is required, full name should be sent to [email protected]. The deadline for accepting applications for participation is September 29 at 15:00.

Visitors will have the opportunity to not only see the work of Chinese and Russian artists at the same time, but also plunge into the world of Chinese tea and take part in the tea ceremony from the My Tea company, as well as treat themselves to an incredible gastronomic surprise, which will be prepared by the festival partner, the Moscow restaurant of national Chinese cuisine Jimmy Li. It will not do without workshops on cooking Chinese cuisine, as well as modeling animals from rice dough from the restaurant chef Liu Fei (Liu Fei). According to chef Jimmy Li, cooking is also an art comparable to painting.

The first festival of traditional Chinese painting in the Gunbi style was successfully held in 2017, bringing together more than 10 thousand people at the Central House of Artists. The organizer of the project is the Moscow club of lovers of Chinese painting Gunbi. Club President Yulia Tolmacheva is confident that the festival contributes to an increase in interest in contemporary art, Chinese traditional culture and China as a whole. The festival runs until October 4.