The world of the heart and imagination

The exhibition offers an insight into contemporary painting that carries forward and reinterprets the two-thousand-year tradition of Chinese art, opening a path towards understanding Chinese perspectives, thought and philosophy of art. Its title itself provides a key to this understanding: the heart (xin) is the centre of reason, emotion and consciousness, receptive to every vibration of the world, while imagination captures the essence of nature—the Tao—through the response it awakens in the soul. Artistic creation is more than representation: it forms a connection between humanity and nature, the inner world and the universe. Where brush meets paper, thought, emotion and movement become one, while tradition is not a closed legacy but a living source of inspiration, born anew time and again.

Five artists guide Hungarian audiences along this inward artistic journey: Li Xian, Chen Mengxin, Li Chuanzhen, Yang Wensen and Zhan Sisi. These leading figures of Chinese painting represent different generations and artistic perspectives, yet their works enter into dialogue with one another, presenting a diverse picture of the aspirations of contemporary Chinese painting.

Curator: Norbert Tóth