Celebrated Chinese artist Hu Yongkai will exhibit a series of brand new works for the first time this November as part of DUCTAC’s Season 2011/12.  Brought to DUCTAC’s Gallery of Light by the Chinese Culture Promotion Society, this brand new exhibition is a chance to see Hu Yongkai’s “Chinese interpretation of an Arabian world”. Entitled Traverse, the exhibition will open at 7.30pm on Wednesday 16th November and will run until 23rd November.

Created over the course of one year, this series of paintings that make up Traverse depict Arabian culture in Hu Yongkai’s unique style, which fuses the form and technique of Chinese painting with the vivid colour of Western art.  The exhibition consists of

over 60 exquisitely composed works, including scenes inspired by Hu’s visits to the Middle East and the UAE, and paintings portraying his more typical subject: elegant Chinese ladies at leisure.  The works are divided into three series: Arab Theme, Chinese Theme andFaces of Muslims – a collection of delightful portraits whose subjects which will be familiar to anyone living in or visiting the UAE.

Born in Beijing in 1945, Hu Yongkai attended the prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts. From 1964 to 1985 he served as an art director at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, and then lectured at the Fine Arts College of Shanghai University before moving toHong Kong in 1988. He is now a resident of the United States and divides his time between his home in California and studio in Hong Kong.

He has exhibited and received awards in a number of national art exhibitions including the Century Chinese Painting Exhibition, China Contemporary Painting Exhibition in the British Museum, Hong Kong Art Biennale, Beijing International Fine Arts Biennale and the Shenzhen International Ink and Wash Biennale. He has held solo exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Tokyo, amongst others.

His works have been collected by organizations such as the National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Gallery, Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong Cultural Museum, Beijing Gallery, Denmark Royal Art Gallery, HSBC, Citibank, and by both domestic and international collectors.

Traverse by Hu Yongkai is part of DUCTAC’s Season 11/12, a multidisciplinary arts festival featuring a host of high-calibre artists and performers from around the globe. SEASON 2011/12 includes visual art, music, dance, drama and film events providing the community with a rich cultural programme throughout the winter.

Chinese fly the flag over national pavilion

Dubai, 6 March 2010: China is sending a massive contingency of airport ground support equipment, building material supplies providers and other key industry experts to the Airport Show 2010. For the first time, the country will collectively show its presence through a national pavilion.

The show, which runs from 25-27 April at the Airport Expo Dubai, attracts some of the world’s most influential figures in the sector, and has accounted for billions of dollars worth of contracts since its debut in 2001. More than 10 major Chinese companies have already confirmed their attendance, hoping to benefit from the Middle East and Africa airport market, which is bucking the global trend with 39 airports under construction.

The Chinese exhibitors will showcase a wide range of products and services to help in the development and maintenance of all airport facilities, including Conventional Aircraft Tractor and Towbarless Tractor, Container/Pallet Loader, Aircraft Refuller, Aircraft Conditioning Unit, Airport bus, Airport Firefighting Vehicle, Airport Security Inspection System, Passenger Boarding Bridge System and Airport Friction Measuring System.

Mr. Hongxin Qin, GM of China Civil Aviation Technology & Equipment Corporation Limited (AVITEC), the organizer of the Chinese Pavilion described the event as a great opportunity for China to demonstrate its growth and maturity in the market. “We represent some of the greatest success stories in airport management and development over the last ten years. As an industry, aviation has come into its own, and by default, new airports and new services have grown with it. China now has more than 135 civil airports in 133 cities. We’re no longer on the outside looking in, Chinese companies have a great deal to offer in their own right,” he said.

Airport Show 2010 is supported by leading aviation authorities and trade bodies including ADAC and Dubai Airports.

Mohamad Bader-Eddin, Show Director said: “The Airport Show is an extremely high profile event and is known throughout the world as one of the prime opportunities to conduct airport business. This year’s confirmation of the Chinese National Pavilion is creating even more interest. It is an amazing gathering of companies in an extremely specialized industry with an extremely large volume of business to conduct. We sincerely hope that many of those companies will have fruitful business talks during the show.”

The Airport Show has progressed rapidly to become one of the largest airport construction, operations, technology and services events in the world. The 2009 edition showcased 210 suppliers from 30 countries, over 10,500 sqm of exhibit space, and drew more than 4700 attendees.