Holliday said the art works being displayed in the exhibit are powerful examples of the role the artists as cultural diplomats.
"Moreover, the exhibition highlights a number of global trends which the United States and China face together, including globalization and urbanization," he said.
"Our center is honored to take this opportunity to mark 30 years of friendship between the two countries and to experience the power that the exchange of art has in building mutual understanding," said Holliday.
Fan Di'an, director of National Art Museum of China, said aside from being the first contemporary Chinese art exhibition in Washington D.C., the event is also the first joint cultural program that builds on joint conception, joint planning and joint execution of the art institutions between the two countries.
"The event will bring us together not only physically, but also psychologically," he added.
The exhibition will run for four months at the Meridian International Center,a nonprofit organization for cultural exchange with the support of the US government.
Founded in 1960, the center's members are mainly former US diplomats and it is viewed as a bridge for foreign art to enter the mainstream US society.
Edited by Zhang Xinjie
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