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Little time to enjoy Chinese paper art
10:00 (GMT+2), Fri, 17 August 2012
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KNYSNA NEWS - Time is running out to see the Paper Cuttings from Shaanxi exhibition at the Knysna Art Gallery, Queen Street, which ends on Saturday, August 18.
The South African National Association for the Visual Arts (SANAVA) and the Knysna Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Embassy of the People's Republic of China is hosting the exhibition, funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.
Paper-cutting entails a picture cut out on a paper with scissors.
The picture patterns are often pasted on lintels, windows or lanterns to express the feelings of joy and the perception life. Hence, scissors-cut is also known as 'scissors-picture' or 'paper-cut for window decoration'. The patterns are often designed from events in jubilant festivals, bumper harvests of cereals, stories of the folk opera, children or animals and others.
They are beautiful and interesting and are widely popular among Chinese people. The art of paper-cutting can be traced back to a period as early as the ancient South and North dynasties. It appeared at the time of discovery of Chinese papermaking and is still prosperous across China.
The paper-cuts of the south are delicate and beautiful, and those of the north are robust and energetic. Paper-cut art has become one of the magnificent and beautiful flowers in the Chinese national artistic treasures.
For more information contact knysnaartgallery@uninet.co.za
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