中荷友好藝術交流活動在渝舉行

China-Netherlands Friendly Art Exchange Event Held in Chongqing

On May 20th， a China-Netherlands friendly art donation and exchange event organized by the Consulate-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chongqing was held at the TESTBED 2 Arts Center. Huub Buise， Consul-General of the Netherlands in Chongqing; Li Mingquan， Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Chongqing Municipal Government; Deng Guanghuai， Member of the CPC Standing Committee and Vice District Mayor of Chongqing Yuzhong District， and relevant artists from both countries attended the the event to unveil the Netherlands artwork of painted cows.

In his speech， Huub Buise said that this year marks the 50th anniversary of China-Netherlands diplomatic relations. The two countries have made great progress in exchanges and cooperation in science and technology， economy， logistics， sports and culture， etc. The remarkable progress is reflected profoundly in our bilateral relations. More events on the artwork of painted cows will be carried out by Netherlands embassies and consulates in China. It is hoped that Chongqing people will enjoy the artwork of painted cows， and be reminded of the friendly， innovative， constructive and creative Netherlands.

The cow models were made with 3D printings using sustainable and biodegradable material. Artists from China and the Netherlands and visitors from the TESTBED 2 Arts Center painted on the three cow models， which will be sent to Chongqing FAO， the Yuzhong District People’s Government and Eling Park as symbols of cultural exchanges.

The event invited more than 40 people of Chongqing art community to attend its interactive seminar. They exchanged their insights on art， images in the public place and urban innovation. They also shared thoughts with the curator from the Amsterdam Street Art Museum online.

5月20日，由荷蘭駐重慶總領事館主辦的中荷友好藝術捐贈和藝術交流活動在鵝嶺二廠文創公園舉行。荷蘭駐重慶總領事包適，市政府外辦副主任李明全，渝中區委常委、副區長鄧光懷，以及相關中荷藝術家出席此次活動，為荷蘭彩繪藝術牛揭幕。

包適在致辭中表示，今年是中荷建交50周年，兩國在科技、經濟、物流、體育、文化等領域交流合作進步巨大，這些變化也深刻體現在我們的雙邊關系中。彩繪藝術牛活動將在荷蘭駐中國使領館陸續開展，希望重慶人民喜歡這些彩繪藝術牛，看到它們，就能想起友好、創新、有建設性、有創造性的荷蘭。

此次彩繪牛模型是用3D打印技術和可持續生物降解材料制作而成，大小接近活體荷蘭奶牛。中荷藝術家和鵝嶺二廠文創公園游客共同彩繪三頭牛，并由荷蘭駐重慶總領事館分別贈予市政府外辦、渝中區政府和鵝嶺二廠文創公園，以此作為中荷文化友好交流象征。

本次活動還邀請了40名重慶藝術界人士參與互動研討會，雙方藝術學者們圍繞“藝術、公共圖像和城市創新”話題進行了精彩分享，并與阿姆斯特丹街頭藝術博物館館長進行在線交流。