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On May 12, 2008 a devastating quake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, and swept across a dozen cities in the province, and another dozen provinces and municipalities nationwide, causing the loss tens of thousands of lives and tremendous devastation. Confronted with such a unexpected disastrous calamity, people from all social circles have taken urgent action to help the quake victims. In immediate response, the website www.ionly.com.cn and the China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. have joined forces to sponsor the “Together We Pull Through—Chinese Contemporary Art Community Disaster Relief Charity Auction,” calling on the contemporary artists at home and abroad to donate art works for auction. Nearly 200 internationally renowned contemporary artists have responded enthusiastically, and have donated masterpieces and valuable works for this charity auction with great enthusiasm and deep love. China Guardian will hold this auction from May 25 to 27 at the Beijing Kerry Center with all proceeds to be donated to the victims of the earthquake-hit areas. The program is listed as the China Auction Association’s Quake-relief Charity Auction Series.

“The Wenchuan quake has affected every Chinese person. Every one of us working in the culture and art fields shares the same feeling. We are all traumatized and feel the heavy weight on our shoulders. We look forward to this event because it will bring together the entire arts community. We want to send love and support to our brothers and sisters in Sichuan” ,said Ms. Wang Yannan, Director and President of China Guardian.

The contemporary art section will include some 200 works of over 150 contemporary Chinese artists ranging from oil paintings to sculpture, photography to installation art. Many contemporary Chinese artists of international renown responded wholeheartedly and gave their full support by donating choice works for this auction. Their participation can be claimed as unprecedented in terms of scale and enthusiasm in the field of contemporary Chinese art.

Upon learning of the auction, Mr. Cai Guoqiang and Mr. Wang Du—both famous Chinese artists living abroad—immediately and directly communicated with the sponsors to coordinate transportation from the USA and France respectively to Beijing in order to send their carefully selected auction works. Artist Mr. Sui Jianguo further bolstered the donation effort by unhesitatingly presenting his own important masterpiece—the well-known sculpture, the Alms Bowl. Mr. Zhan Wang also donated his important sculpture Rescue Stone---Rockery No.22. Meanwhile, many other famous contemporary artists unreservedly decided to contribute to the effort such as Xu Bing, Li Xianting, Huang Yongping, Liu Xiaodong, Yu Hong, Qiu Zhijie, Wang Qingsong, Yang Fudong, Wang Xingwei, Xie Nanxing, Sun Yuan, Peng Yu, Zheng Guogu, Xu Zhen, Yang Zhenzhong, Xiao Yu, Liu Jianhua, Shen Shaomin, and Li Hui (names arranged in no particular order).The event also registers support from Fan Di’an, Gao Minglu, Fei Dawei, Shu Kewen, Liao Wen, Fang Zhenning, Yin Jinan, Zhu Qi, Qiu Zhijie and other noted figures in the arts circles. In addtion, many art and media institutions have made great contributionsl, namely the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, the China Entrepreneurs Forum, the Today Art Museum, Artrade.com, Artron.com, Beijing News, Youth Weekly, Beijing Youth Daily, Art Map, Beijing Morning Post, Art China, Art Now, Shanghai Security News, etc..

This disaster relief event brings together not only large numbers of contemporary Chinese artists, but also several renowned realist artists and professors from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, who spontaneously organized their own donation activities and offered their works to the China Guardian for this charity auction.

Another important part of this charity auction is the single collective work by renown Chinese realist painters. After the earthquake, the painters held an urgent meeting and unanimously decided to create a collective oil painting regarding the theme of quake rescue and relief in support of the quake-ravaged areas. They then decided to auction their work off through the China Guardian for charity. Nearly 30 famous realist painters wielded their brush for the sake of disaster rescue and relief and collectively created a giant work measuring 2 meters high and 20 meters long for donation. Led by Ai Xuan, Yang Feiyun and Wang Yidong, centering on the theme of quake-rescue, the artists’ gigantic work portrays a heroic scenario of a collective people’s Herculean effort against the disaster. Their activities also won participation and support of the Times Gallery who is hosting the effort.

Many artists from all corners of the country are going to the site, including many who made a special trip from abroad. At present, the work is still in creation and artists painting day and night on a rotation basis. They are even pitching tents and beds to work on site. It is evident that the work will be a treasure, a deep and powerful treasure full of the artists enthusiasm and deep love for their people. The entire creative process is also being filmed and will be played during auction preview area so as to expose to the guests the artist’s painstaking creative process. Meanwhile, the Times Gallery--the site of creation—will also be open to the public on May 27, the viewers will have the opportunity to watch the whole process of artistic creation on the spot.The Gallery’s address is 31st floor, Building D, Central International Trade Center, Jianguomenwai, Beijing.

The third part of this auction includes the outstanding works donated by professors from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts to China Guardian for auction. The China Central Academy of Fine Arts is one of the best art institutes for higher learning in the country. Their contributions represent the profound love of this institution’s outstanding teachers to the quake victims.

The charity auction preview will be on May 25 to 27 at the Tennis Center of Beijing Kerry Center Hotel. The auction will start at the Banquet Hall ,at 8:00 pm on May 27, 2008. The preview and auction will be broadcast online at www.artrade.com.