The Conceptual Photography Chinese Artist Fu Wenjun at the Triennial of Contemporary Art in Verona

Verona, Italy, June 6, 2016 (Newswire.com) - ​The conceptual works by the artist Chinese Fu Wenjun will be the backdrop to the 1st Contemporary Art Triennale to be held in Verona June 9 to 12 in 2016.

The Veronafiere is preparing to welcome some of the most illustrious artists of the last decades, the international event that promises to be one of the most important artistic events of 2016.

In Palaexpo the Fair Verona, will be exhibited, among others, the masterpieces of the "master" Fu Wenjun, an emblematic representative of the current conceptual art. Interpreter of conceptual photography, Wenjun tackles strictly cultural issues such as the Eastern and Western history, the heritage of traditional Chinese culture in a rapidly changing society, the relationship between different cultures in the age of globalization, industrialization and urbanization in Chinese cities. "The conceptual photography is an independent and unique way of painting," said the Chinese artist. "Its main difference from other forms of photography lies in the expression of the artist's subjective state of mind. The latter - says Wenjun - uses photography as a means to extract the meaning of the theme, and push to focus more deeply on it. Conceptual photography is the channel through which the artist communicates his vision. "

An experience that is even more significant when you consider the location, Verona UNESCO World Heritage Site; tribute to one of the most beautiful cities in the world with this innovative Triennale, whose artistic director is the critic and essayist Sandro Serradifalco.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, June 9 16:00 is entrusted to Vittorio Sgarbi, who will preside over the opening of the Triennale. To him the selection of some of the artists who will be able to take part in a major exhibition to be held at a famous art gallery in Rome.

The scientific committees of the Triennale is made by critics and art consultants Paolo Levi, Serena Carlino, Francesco Saverio Russo and Salvatore Russo.

The Judicial Panel of Italian Triennale of Creativity Prize, the President Luca Beatrice, the journalist Angelo Crespi and gallery owner and curator Estemio Serri.

Fu Wenjun, a creative genius who received the 1st Prize of Digital Art at the 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Argentina, the "prize for best artist in the world" to the Great Universal Exhibition in Paris, the award "Lorenzo il Magnifico” " at the Florence Biennale and the 55th Venice Biennale has been the invited artist of the collateral exhibition titled Voice of the Unseen Chinese Independent Art 1979 / Today.

His works are exhibited among the great collections of the Today Art Museum in Beijing, the Summer Palace, the Old Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art in Tokyo, the Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Center, the Aldo Castillo Gallery, the Chongqing Art Museum , the Dazu Grotto Museum, the Office of the United Nations in New York, the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN) etc.

For more information about Fu Wenjun, please visit http://www.fuwenjun.com/.

Source: Fu Wenjun Studio