中华人民共和国驻瑞典大使陈育明前言

　　值斯德哥尔摩中国文化中心正式揭牌之际，我向各位来宾隆重推介“中国意象油画作品展”。中国当代老中青三代写意油画家的优秀作品在这里展出，给瑞典各界朋友提供了一个近距离了解中国意象油画代表性艺术家的作品及艺术家对生活独特感知的机会。可以说，意象油画是中国传统哲学、美学精神在油画艺术的创造性再现。意象油画鲜明地表达了意象和油画东西方文化交融的特点，是中华民族透析自然意象的思维方式和用油画语言叙述人生经验的审美结构。中国意象油画的最大特征是其蕴含的中国人特有的东方文化精神以及人与自然相通相融、“天人合一”的宇宙观。相信中国意象油画作品展将给观众带来别具一格的审美感受和情感体验，推动中瑞两国以传统及创新艺术为出发点开展学术对话，促进文化艺术交流与合作。

　陈育明

中华人民共和国驻瑞典大使

　　On the occasion of the inauguration of the China Cultural Center in Stockholm, I am pleased to welcome you to the exhibition “Beyond Image: The Oil Paintings from China”. The exhibition showcases contemporary imagism oil paintings by senior, middle-aged, and young Chinese artists, offering a closer look at the works of these representative artists as well as their unique perception of life. These imagism oil paintings are a creative interpretation of traditional Chinese philosophy and aesthetics through oil paintings. These, as a combination of oriental and occidental imagism and oil painting styles, feature Chinese people’s traditional perception of nature and narrating stories with oil painting techniques. The most outstanding feature of imagism oil painting is the inclusion of oriental cultural elements and China’s ancient outlook of universe “tianren heyi”, or the harmony between human and nature. We believe this exhibition will bring audiences a unique aesthetic and emotional tour. And such renovation of traditional art will initiate further communications in art between China and Sweden.

　　CHEN Yuming

　　Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Sweden