To let visitors better understand artists and art in France, the show establishes a space to illustrate important periods in France's art history and gives a special introduction to the art movement in the 1990s in France.

At the conclusion, the exhibition presents some videos showing artists who attended Viallat's 1999 show in Kunming narrating the French artist's influence on them. Chinese artist Liu Jianhua said in a video that such an important French artist holding a show in a distant Chinese city in 1999 did have a profound impact both on the city and Chinese contemporary art.

Viallat's show will run till the end of September. This is not the first exhibition at Contemporary Gallery Kunming to introduce the works of foreign artists to audiences in Southwestern China. Established in 2019, the gallery, dedicated to contemporary art, has previously hosted exhibitions featuring artists from Europe and America.

Considering Yunnan's geographical characteristics and rich biodiversity, Nie says future gallery exhibitions will focus more on themes of environmental protection and biodiversity but at the same time also continue to contribute to cultural exchanges between Chinese and foreign artists.

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