Chinese artist Liu Youju's works in Florence 2-7/7

(ANSA) - Florence, June 30 - Works by the Chinese artist Liu Youju will be at Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence from July 2 to July 7. The exhibition, entitled 'Demolition vs Construction', was curated by Enrico Sartoni.
    Liu Youju was born in Guangzhou - the capital of the Guangdong Province of China and one of the largest coastal cities in southern China - in 1955.
    He has been the chairman of the China Calligraphy Research Artist Association, President of International Chinese Calligraphy Research Association, the Dean of Guangdong Chinese Calligraphy Institute, Dean of Yangcheng Evening News Academy of Arts and the visiting Professor of the Open University of China, including several other noted universities in Beijing.
    The artist has already had several exhibitions abroad, including in November 2014, when he was invited to present his works at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California. In August 2015, an exhibition of his works was held at Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and another in October 2015 at London's British Museum.