Feature: French artist displays giant dragon sculptures in Paris


PARIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- A pair of giant Chinese dragon sculptures, along with a 1,000-square-meter canvas, are being exhibited in La Place du Pantheon (Pantheon Square) in central Paris between June 1 and June 7 as part of the "Journey of the Dragon" exhibition that will arrive at Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall North of Beijing in China next year after its tour of France.

Gwendoline Finez de Villena, the French artist who created the pair of origami-style Chinese dragon sculptures and the canvas, explained to Xinhua on the opening day that she was very fond of the art of Chinese paper folding, and her inspiration was children's origami game, which is full of poetry and innocence.

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