Chinese artists present comic art

October 24, 2013

A series of comic artworks by Chinese artists are on display at Tashkent House of Photography as part of Style.Uz Art Week 2013. The opening ceremony of the art show drew scores of professional artists, designers, photographers and comic art enthusiasts.

The exhibition offers comics by six Chinese artists Lu Ming, Nie Chongrui, Pang Bangben, Wang Kewei, Xia Ji An and Zhang Xiaoyu. Known as manhua, Chinese comics have enjoyed increasing popularity throughout the world. These comic artists have won numerous awards and prizes while their works have been published as separate books.

Asror Mahmudov, a student at Tashkent Economics Institute:
“I am a big fan of comics and I can say they have inspired me all my life. My favorite pieces are ‘Superman’ by Charlie Brown and ‘Spiderman’ by Garfield. But today I have seen that Chinese comics are as good as American works and I enjoyed them big time.”