Kunying Straková & Jiří Straka
Czech Republic – China
Contribution to the dialogue of national culture
Czech sinologist and his wife, Kunying Straková, a Chinese painter and curator, opened CCC – Czech China Contemporary in Beijing in 2012. The aim of the successful project is to form a bridge between two philosophies – West and East, European and Asian, Czech and Chinese. Ever since he was a child the Czech native has been attracted to everything Chinese, and he dedicated his studies to ink and wash painting and sinology. He attends to modern ink and wash paintings, which are based on ancient Far Eastern techniques such as “meticulous ink” and “boneless”. His wife, Kunying Straková, conceived of building a Czech-Chinese modern art gallery and selected the largest art community in Beijing, Songzhuang. The gallery’s mission vision is to foster dialogue, meetings, comparative exhibitions,
and the intersection, blending and mutual influence of two and more worlds of culture.
