On June 3rd 2008, the opening ceremony of“The Inward Image and Colorful Poem”——Painting Exhibition of Chai Zushun was held in Liu Haisu Art Museum. This exhibition was hosted by Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.

On the ceremony, Mr. Shen Genlin, Executive Director of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation, Mr.Zhang Peicheng, Director of Liu Haisu Art Museum and famous painter Mr. Chai Zushun addressed speeches. Mr. Li Lei, Executive Director of Shanghai Art Museum, Mr. Li Xiangyang, Executive Director of Shanghai Oil Paintings and Sculpture Institute and Mr. Ye Enguo, Vice Director of Material Management Center of Shanghai Charity Foundation attended the ceremony.

On the ceremony, Chai Zushun donated two grant paintings,“Commemoration”and“Charm of Water Lily in Puissant Era”, to Shanghai Charity Foundation and Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation respectively.“Commemoration”is painted for the victims in“5·12”Wenchuan earthquake disaster. This panting will be donated to the disaster area by Shanghai Charity Foundation after auction. The donating of“Charm of Water Lily in Puissant Era”expressed Mr. Chai’s support to the public benefit culture of Shanghai.

“The Inward Image and Colorful Poem”——Painting Exhibition of Chai Zushun exhibited 60 paintings on“Golden Mountains and Rivers”that were created in recent years. In this period, Chai Zushun has made tremendous progress in the process of studying international contemporary art and working over new artistic conception. Under his pens, the traditional Chinese mountains and rivers demonstrated incomparable power and grandeur.

As an artist insisting his aesthetics, Mr. Chai would never change his pursuit, in spite of all kinds of setbacks. From realism oil painting to“Dragon and Tiger”style and“Golden Mountains and Rivers”, it is a reflection of Mr. Chai’s maturing and innovating.

The exhibition of Chai Zushun’s works held at Liu Haisu Art Museum by SHCDF will give the audience an introduction of the complete experience and achievements of this new Shanghai style artist with various thinking of life and art transformation in different time background.

The exhibition will last till June 15th (except Monday) and open to public freely.