The exhibition takes place in the China Museum of Art, Shanghai (Shanghai Art Museum) featuring the works of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Kathe Kollwitz from around the world. Running from March 26 to May 20, Print Silk Road is the first comprehensive survey of the history of printmaking around the world since the development of the ancient Silk Road. Traditional Chinese woodblock prints were sent to the corners of the world along China’s Silk Road, greatly influencing the development of printing art and technology. According to curator Lu Zhiping, the exhibition also shows how modern printing technology was introduced to China from the West and new developments in printing. More than 170 works of art are displayed at home and abroad. “Viewers will see how Chinese printmaking influenced Ukiyo-e art in Japan and inspired the Impressionists in the West,” said Wang Yichuan, executive director of the Shanghai Museum of Chinese Art. Lu said China’s global printing journey is in line with the Belt and Road Initiative. From woodblock printing, copper engraving, lithography and silk screen printing to digital prints in China today, viewers can experience works of art in color instead of just black and white, he said.
