Maria Cristina Carlini. Talk

After the Forbidden City in Beijing, the monumental sculptures by Maria Cristina Carlini continue their ‘journey’ through China and arrive in Jinan, the capital of the Shandong Province.
The solo exhibition “Maria Cristina Carlini. Talk” will be inaugurated on Thursday, July 15th and will continue until Tuesday, August 31st, housed in the Shandong University of Art and Design, which was founded in Jinan in 1973. On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition, the University will award Maria Cristina Carlini the honorific recognition for her artistic activity and promotion of the contemporary Italian culture in China.

Besides Maria Cristina Carlini herself, the inauguration will be celebrated in the presence of the following personalities: the Governor of the Shandong Province, Mr. Han Yuqun, the President of Shandong University, Mr. Pan Lusheng, the President of the National Institute of Contemporary Art, Mr. Anselmo Villata and the Director of the Italian Centre for Arts and Culture, Mr. Vincenzo Sanfo.
Maria Cristina Carlini’s contemporary art is being greeted with enthusiasm in China thanks to its high cultural content, which ‘dialogues’ with this great nation with a millenary tradition.
On Saturday, July 17th will be officially inaugurated in Tianjin – twinned with Lombardy – the monumental sculpture entitled Letteratura/Literature (2007, Corten steel, resins, 500x250x250 cm), to be installed permanently in the Italian District, which was built in the early nineteenth century, and is the only example of Renaissance architecture in China. The work is located just a few metres away from the local headquarters of the Italian Cultural Institute.
In the event will take part, besides the artist, the local authorities, including the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture, Mrs. Barbara Alighieri, Mr. Anselmo Villata and Mr. Vincenzo Sanfo.