李伟和刘中是艺术上的一对好朋友,他们都在美协机关工作。李伟是《美术》杂志的编辑,刘中是外联部的外事干部。大家都知道,美协机关和《美术》杂志社都是为全国美术家服务的部门,它们和所有的机关、编辑部一样,工作是紧张而繁忙的。李伟和刘中正值青春年华,充满上进心和朝气,两人都是本单位的骨干力量,工作勤勉,为人诚恳,深得美术界各方的好评。在繁忙的工作之余,两个年轻人从来没有忘记自己还是一个画家,他们始终沿有停止过自己的艺术创作实践。这次在中国紫檀博物馆展出的作品,只是他们近年来创作的一小部分。 Li Wei and Liu Zhong are good friends in art and they all work in the U.S. agencies. Li Wei is the editor of Fine Arts magazine, and Liu is the foreign affairs cadre of the Outreach Department. As we all know, the United States Association and the “Art” magazine are serving the national artists department, they and all agencies, editorial department, the work is tense and busy. Li Wei and Liu are being young and energetic, full of ambition and vitality, both of whom are the backbone of the unit, hardworking, sincere, won the praise of all sectors of the arts. During their busy work, the two young people never forget that they are still painters, and they have always stopped practicing their own artistic creation. The works on display at the China Red Sandalwood Museum are only a small part of their creation in recent years.