Taiwan celebrates with an exhibition of calligraphy and painting 80 years of relations with the Holy See
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the Holy See, AMMPE WORLD was present at the exhibition of calligraphy and painting organized by the Embassy of Taiwan, in Rome.
The exhibition entitled “Friendly Taiwan meets Fratelli tutti“, includes 15 religious calligraphy and 15 calligraphic ink painting works, created by the well-known Taiwanese American calligrapher: Maw Chyuan Wang and Karen Shee.
Ambassador Matthew S.M Lee and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, have renewed the deep esteem and joint commitment between Taiwan and the Holy See, to promote human rights, global well-being, democracy, freedom and environmental protection.
The President of AMMPE WORLD, Patricia Mayorga, congratulated the painter Karen Shee and signed the official parchment of the Taiwan Embassy in commemoration of this event.
In the presentation of the brochure, Ambassador Matthew S.M Lee recalled that Pope Francis has long advocated “A Culture of Encounter”, encouraging different cultural communities to become closer through exchanges and dialogues. Inspired bythe Pope, the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See is holding this exhibition to convey the Holy Word of Catholicism through the beauty of Taiwanese calligraphy, in hope to bring a non-traditional and brand new experience to the audience.
Despite the differences between Eastern and Western writing systems and art forms, both the Vatican and Taiwan maintain the cultural tradition of “transmitting the faith through artistic writing”, according to the Ambassador.
The paintings and calligraphic works contain excerpts from the Bible and the Pope’s encyclical “Fratelli tutti”, “Laudato si’,” and other inspiring phrases to highlight Taiwan’s commitment and joint efforts with the Holy See to advance global human rights, democracy and freedom, shared by both sides,” stressed Ambassador Matthew S.M. Lee.
