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Arts Agenda ‘Existence,’ and Reveal Both How Human Lan- Guages Are Constructed and How Spaces Are Defined 38 ative possibilities of these three colours in rela- standing paintings and woodblock illustrations selves the dignity of the activities of everyday Singapore 179555 ‘existence,’ and reveal both how human lan- tion to local cultural and social issues. Works from the museum’s own collection. life; to understand more deeply the relevance T +65-6332 7798 guages are constructed and how spaces are > Arts agenda by twenty local creative talents from different of preserving and adapting their cultural her- www.nhb.gov.sg/ACM developed and defined. generations and a diversity of professions - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum für Völkerkunde itage to the challenges they face in the 21st cen- including graphic/visual design, architecture, Ubierring 45 tury; and to build the capacity for transforming Until 20th April 2005 Until 1 May 2005 photography, installation and others - are fea- 50678 Cologne their lives for the better by harnessing the Chinese Export Silver Ecstasy: The Visible and Invisible Exhibition tured in the show. T +221-33694 35 undertapped power of the creative spirit. The Asian Civilisations Museum presents This exhibition was chiefly designed for the IIAS Newsletter | #36 | March 2005 www.museenkoeln.de Chinese Export Silver, a decorative art that devel- visually impaired, but the needs of the general Until 10 June 2005 Netherlands oped during the mid Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911) public were also taken into consideration. The From Eastern Han to High Tang : A Journey of Until 2 October 2005 Groninger Museum when European merchants commissioned Chi- exhibit creates an environment of contempo- Australia Transculturation Buddhist, Jains and Hindus in Search of the Museumeiland 1 nese copies of European silverware for their rary art in which viewers must use all of their The National Gallery of Victoria -International To explore the artistic and cultural changes that Divine Image 9700 ME Groningen home markets. The collection ranges from senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste. 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne took place in China in this period, the National The Marianne and Viktor Langen Collection T +31-50 3666555 small and intricately fashioned covered boxes Through this unique design, the visually T +61-3 8620 2222 Administration for Cultural Heritage has consists of 60 bronze and stone sculptures www.groninger-museum.nl/ and tea caddies to sophisticated large presen- impaired can experience the beauty of art in a [email protected] assembled someagenda 200 cultural relics from near- from India, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar, Thailand, tation trophies. place that requires them to use all their senses, www.ngv.vic.gov.au ly 50 cultural institutions in 14 provinces, Cambodia, China, and Korea dating from the Until 5 June 2005 while other viewers are given the opportunity to municipalities and autonomous regions, many 2nd to 18th century. The sculptures show the Ceramics from Ming to Memphis: Asian Civilisations Museum - Armenian Street experience arts using senses other than vision. Until 5 April 2005 of them important national treasures. The relics diversity of the divine image in human form. East meets West 39 Armenian Street It includes work by artists Junjie Wang, Deyu Rajput: Sons of Kings include gold and silver ware, glass ware, burial This diversity of pictorial representation in his- In this exhibition, antique cabinet porcelain, tea Singapore 179941 Wang, Mali Wu, Jengcai Chen and Kaihuang Approximately 80 paintings and drawings figures in pottery and wood, Buddhist sculp- tory is a continual “search for the divine image”. and coffee services and other tableware from T +65-6332 3015 Chen. depicting Rajput courtly life from the 17th to the ture, and rarely-seen wall painting and textiles. This exhibition starts with the sculpture of a East Asia is compared and contrasted with www.nhb.gov.sg/ACM 19th centuries demonstrate the stylistic varia- Kapardin Buddha dated year 31 of the Kanishka post-modern ceramics from the end of the Until 5 June 2005 tions between paintings from different Rajput Until 27 June 2005 era. twentieth century, created by designers such as Until 9th May 2005 A Retrospective of Weibor Chu’s Works courts. Created in the princely states of Visual Dynamic - Hong Kong International Andrea Branzi, Alessandro Mendini, and Ettore Over One Billion Served: Conceptual Photo- Chu is viewed as a pioneer of the contemporary Rajasthan, the paintings capture the vitality of Poster Triennial 2004 Japan Sottsass Jr from the Italian design studio Mem- graphy from China painting movement in the post-war era of Tai- life at the Maharaja’s court. The role and the visual representation of Mori Art Museum phis. The exhibition appears to cover two entire- This collection of over 55 photographs docu- wan and continues his innovations today. posters have changed continuously over the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1, ly different worlds, but it demonstrates just how ments China‘s shifting social landscape fol- Inspired by the environment around him, he uti- Canada past century to meet the changing needs of Roppongi, Minato-ku closely related these worlds actually are. An lowing the impact of ideas from the West. lizes Western styles to create works with Asian MacKenzie Art Gallery society. Over 400 outstanding international Tokyo unorthodox presentation of post-modern and These include intriguing personal interpreta- flavor. This solo exhibit traces the tracks of T.C. Douglas Building, 3475 Albert Street poster works are showcased in the exhibition T +03-5777 8600 traditional oriental ceramics ensures unex- tions by several key photographers, who explore Chu’s creations and delves deeply into his phi- Regina, Saskatchewan illustrating how poster art has successfully www.moriartscenter.org/ pected combinations that will not only chal- the underlying realities of rapid social and cul- losophy of art. T +306-584 4273 evolved despite the onslaught of computer and lenge and stimulate visitors but also surprise tural change that are taking place amidst www.mackenzieartgallery.sk.ca/index.shtml internet as a revolutionized and an effective way 29 March - 19 June 2005 them. China’s dramatic economic growth. United Kingdom of communication in the 21st century. The Elegance of Silence The Museum of East Asian Art Until 15 May 2005 An exhibition which considers the influence of Gone Fishing Cafe 12 Bennett Street Ceramics of Asia France traditional East Asian aesthetics on the current 15 Chu Lin Road Bath BA1 2QJ This exhibition contains over 200 works select- National Museum of Asian Art - Guimet generation of Asian artists. It features works by T +6762-9901 T +44-1225 464 640 ed from the Asian Art at the Art Gallery of 6 Place d’Iéna approximately thirty artists from Japan, China, [email protected] www.bath.co.uk/museumeastasianart Greater Victoria’s Asian ceramic collection. 75016 Paris Korea and Taiwan including Mariko Mori, www.gonefishing.com.sg Focusing on Chinese, Korean and Japanese T +01-56 52 53 0 Yoshitomo Nara, Do-Ho Suh, Xu Bing and Until 17 April 2005 ceramics, the exhibition also includes works www.museeguimet.fr Michael Lin. The works (including paintings, Until 30 June 2005 Trade: Silk, Spices and Ceramics from Southeast Asia and the Islamic world. sculpture, installation art, photography, and Artfields Dating from the Zhou Dynasty to the present 22 June - 14 September 2005 video) illustrate the differences between the This art festival of sorts asserts that art can no day, this exhibition introduces a variety of The Royal Ontario Museum Rabindranath Tagore (to be confirmed) artists’ national identities, histories, and tradi- longer be contained in museums and galleries; objects which reflect the complex history of 100 Queen’s Park This exhibition, as part of the season called “the tions. it must be lived. Its goal is to breakdown the commerce within East Asia. Retracing the foot- Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 summers of modernity,” is a retrospective of separation between art and life by placing art in steps of trade in China, Japan, Vietnam, Thai- T +416-586 5549 Rabindranath Tagore’s (1861-1941) paintings. Laos a living space. Through a true interplay of art land, and other East Asian countries, it explores and life; the cafe’s activity becomes part of the the history of the Silk Road, spice trade and www.rom.on.ca Tagore was an Indian poet who wrote over a Luang Prabang Leeuw de Marten Photo: thousand poems, novels, plays and songs that Lao People’s Democratic Republic Part of cabinet service, porcelain with the emblem of art and vice versa. maritime routes, which all played significant Until 10 April 2005 were a great influence on modern Indian Enquiry: France Morin Sichterman, China, Qianlong, approx. 1750, combined roles in the growth of international trade. Touched by Indigo: Chinese Blue and White literature. One Fifth Avenue, Suite 10A with vases by Alessandro Mendini, Title: Ambra Dolce April - June 2005 Textiles and Embroidery New York, NY 10003 and Alchemilla, 1993. Artfields four: The Fourth Cube: a grain, Until 17 April 2005 Featuring over 100 objects, this exhibition Germany T +212-505 1353 a blade & a drop Chinese Whispers: New works by Rebecca Yue explores the function and aesthetics of blue- Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst [email protected] Kunsthal Peng-Ean Khoo’s work will bring the viewer into New work by local Chinese artist Rebecca Yue and-white textiles and embroidery of China. Universitätsstraße 100 Museumpark, Westzeedijk 341, a three-dimensional chapbook to demonstrate includes intricate papercuts, brush paintings Drawn from the ROM’s permanent collections D-50674 Cologne Until 10 January 2006 3015 AA Rotterdam that human activity dotting space is like writing and examples of calligraphy, based on popular and loans from the Textile Museum of Canada T +49-221 940518 0 The Quiet in the Land: Art, Spirituality, and T+31-10 4400301 text on paper.
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