SZ posters shown in Warsaw

POSTERS designed by Shenzhen artists are now being exhibited at the International Poster Biennale (IPB) in Warsaw, featuring Chinese characters and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Following the “China Design Now” exhibition at Victoria and Albert Museum in London between March and July this year, this is the second time graphic works from Shenzhen are on show abroad, and the exhibition will close Sept. 7, according to Shenzhen Graphic Design Association.

“Character Sports,” a theme of the 21st IPB in Warsaw in Poland, uses Chinese characters to depict the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Well-known French designer Thierry Sarfis, an IPB judge, was the person who encouraged Shenzhen designers to hold a poster exhibition on “Character Sports” around the world two years ago.

Sarfis said he was amazed by the structure of Chinese characters, which showed the imagination of the Chinese people, and said the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games would draw the world’s attention to China. Therefore, he believed it was a good idea to create artistic works that combine Chinese characters and the Olympic Games.

“Character Sports” was one of the themes of the “Graphic Design in China” exhibition held in Shenzhen at the end of last year.

The organizers received more than 400 posters from China and abroad, of which around 100 works were selected by international judges and shown at Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen last year.

Sponsored by Shenzhen Graphic Design Association, the “Character Sports” exhibition at the IPB has been co-organized by international design organizations, including a graphic design center in France, and the IPB and REAGA European graphic design networks.

A total of 30 posters were selected by the judges of the IPB from the more than 400 graphic designs in “Graphic Design in China,” and 23 famous designers from Shenzhen, including Bi Xuefeng, Han Jiaying and Kong Sen, exhibited their works at the IPB.