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The Netherlands StedelijkMuseum Oosterdokskade5 1011AD +020T 5732 911 www.stedelijk.nl March9 17-June 2001 PaulChan: Lights and Drawings Soloexhibition ofvideo and digital artist Paul Chan. GroningerMuseum Museumeiland1 9700MEGroningen +31-50T 3666555 www.groninger-museum.nl/ Until30December 2007 AsianDecorative Arts Studio– Job Thisexhibition juxtaposes work byStudio Job (JobSmeets and Nynke Tynagel)with seleca tionfrom the Groninger Museum’s Chinese andJapanese porcelain, , and objectscarved from wood and ivory. MohattaPalace Museum Hatim7 Alvi Road Clifton,Karachi 75600 (92-21)+T 583 7669 www.mohattapalacemuseum.com/ Until30September 2007 ofthe Tile: Tale the Ceramic Traditionsof ­ Pakistan TheMohatta Palace Museum presents a panoramicview ofthe ceramic traditions of Pakistanfrom c.3800 BCE tothe present day. Themore than 400 historical objects consist ofarchitectural elements, tiles, and vessels fromMehrgarh, , Uch, ,Sitpur, Sehwan,Kamarro Sharif, Thatta, Hala, and Hyderabad.Highlights include stunning calli graphicpanels ofPersian verses byBahauddin Zakaria. SingaporeArt Museum 71Bras Basah Road Singapore189555 +65T 3323215 www.museum.org.sg/SAM/ Until8April 2007 Convergences:HsiChen Centennial Wen ­ Exhibition HsiChen was Wen proficient inboth tradi tionalChinese ink and western oil painting andexperimented with varietya ofstyles includingFauvismand . This exhibi tionexamines the artist’s artistic life, creative development,and profound influence onthe Singaporeart community. - - - - 21April 21-October 2007 Inthe Sign ofthe Dragon On–the Beauty of ChineseLacquer Art: Homage toLow-BeerFritz Thisexhibition presents the extensive col lectionformerly belonging toLow-BeerFritz (1906-76),who isregarded asthe pioneer of Chineselacquer art inthe The West. exhibition isintended tooffer aninsight into the tech niquesand decoration ofChinese lacquer art. Thecollection focuses oncarved lacquers and archaeologicalfinds from the WesternHan period(202 BC-9 AD). Japan FukuokaAsian Art Museum 8th&7 Floors, Riverain Center Bld. 3-1Shimokawabata-machi Hakata-ku,Fukuoka-shi +092T 7718600 http://faam.city.fukuoka.jp Until3April 2007 AsiainLove Loveinwidea variety offorms isthe focus ofAsia inLove. example, For anaffectionate personinChinesea painting welcomes you at theentrance ofthe exhibition; mothera and daughtera examine their relationship and lovefor each other inSingapore; and lovers in Indiawhisper the story oflove. MoriArt Museum 53FRoppongi Hills Mori Tower 6-10-1Roppongi, Minato-ku 106-6150 Tokyo +81T 57773 8600 www.mori.art.museum UntilMay6 2007 TheSmile inJapanese Art Thisexhibition looks at‘smiles’ inJapan’s classicalart, presenting works that range fromarcheological finds toearly 20th century ­ painting. Korea ClayarchGimhae Museum 358Songjeong-ri Jillye-myeon Gimhae-si,Gyeongsangnam-do 621-883 +82T 55340 7016 www.clayarch.org Until22April 2007 DreamingToilet Thisexhibition extends Marcel’s Duchamp’s Fountain.Itdisplays various works that are givennewa life byartists through paint ing,installation, mixed-media, sculpture, photography,and ceramics. The curator,art ists,and the related sanitary ware industry areall involved inthe process from the very ­ beginning. - - - - - vases,necklaces, mirrors, belts, and glass ware.The exhibition ismade upby finds from fourarchaeological sites: Ai-Khanoum, the necropolisofTillia-Tepe, Begram, and Fulol. Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle derBundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH MuseumsmeileBonn Friedrich-Ebert-Allee4 53113Bonn +49(0)228/T 9171-0 www.kah-bonn.de UntilApril9 2007 AngkorSacred- Heritage ofCambodia Theshow offers surveya ofCambodia´s cul ture,beginning inthe 6th century with stone sculpturesfrom the Pre-Angkor kingdoms ofandFunan Zhenla. The main focus isthe artand architecture ofthe Angkor-Period (9th13th- centuries). management, Water ricecultivation, and trade relations will also beaddressed asfactors contributing tothe wealthofthis culture. 21February 28-May 2007 Chambers Treasure Their Open Monasteries – Thisexhibition displays art from Tibet’s most importantmonasteries. Dating from the 5th tothe early 20th centuries, the masterpieces reflectthe diversity ofTibetan art which has beengreatly influenced byBuddhism.Works fromChina, , , and Kashmir illus tratethe close religious and artistic exchange betweenTibet and its neighbours. MuseumofEast Asian Art Universitätsstraße100 D-50674Cologne +49T 221 940518-0 www.museenkoeln.de/english/museum-fuer- ostasiatische-kunst/ Until22April 2007 GildedSplendor: ofTreasuresChina’s Liao Empire(907-1125) Thisexhibition highlights more than 200 recentlyexcavated objects from Inner Mon goliathat reveal the complex cultural and reli giousaslegacy,well asthe geopolitical impact ofthe Khitan and their reign over during theLiao dynasty.Using stunning works ofart anddidactic materials, the exhibition will be structuredaround four topical themes that illuminatethe complex nature ofLiao culture The– Steppe Tradition;The Chinese Tomb Tradition;Religious Life; and Luxuries and Necessities. Linden-MuseumStuttgart StateMuseum ofEthnology Hegelplatz1 D-70174Stuttgart +49-(0)711/2022-3T www.lindenmuseum.de - - - China GalerieUrs Meile 104Caochangdi Cun, Cui Gezhuang Xiang ChaoyangDistrict, Beijing +0086T 10643 333 93 www.galerieursmeile.com Until31March 2007 Xingwei Wang Thisexhibition iscomprised ofworks bycon temporaryChinese Xingwei. painter,Wang HongKong Heritage Museum Man1 Lam Road ShaTin, Hong Kong +852T 2180 8188 www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/english/ Until30July 2007 CamerasInside Out Thefirst part ofthis exhibition showcases a numberofcameras collected byDavid Chan thatdate back asfar as100 years. Italso probesthe development ofphotographic art throughworks bysenior local photographers includingKan Hing-fook, Fou-li, Leo Tchan K.K.andWong, Ngan Chun-tung. The second partofthe exhibition presents the diversity of modernphotography through the works offive contemporaryartists: Almond Chu Tak-wah, SoHing-keung, Bobby Sham Ka-ho, Lam Wai- kit,and Chow Chun-fai. TheMacau Museum ofArt MacaoCultural Xian Centre,Xing Hai,Av. s/n, NAPE Macau +853-791T 9814, 853-791 9800 www.artmuseum.gov.mo Until10June 2007 19thCentury Chinese Scenic Etchings The50etchings inthis exhibition reflect the sceneryand livelihood ofthe people ofthe PearlRiver Delta and the northern part of Chinainthe 19th century.The works depict the sceneryand traditional activities inChina dur ingthe 19th century. France NationalMuseum ofAsian Art Guimet- Place6 d’Iéna 75016Paris +01-56T 5253 0 www.museeguimet.fr Until30April 2007 :Recovered fromTreasures the Col lectionsofthe National Museum, Kabul Thisexhibition pays homage tothe history ofAfghanistan, once centre ofkingdoms and empiresthat extended toCentral Asia and NorthIndia. Over 200 Bronze Age pieces from Afghanistanwill beon display, illustrating the culturalinfluences ofIndia, Scythia, China, Greece,, and the Near East including - presents paintings and prints Austria Thyssen-BornemiszaArt Contemporary Himmelpfortgasse13/9 1010Vienna +43T 5131 9856 www.tba21.org Until30March 2007 SculpturalThis IsNot You: For Discourses Sculpturalpractices today encompass divera sityofapproaches, materials, and formats. Thisexhibition includes works byAsian artists AiWeiwei, Qiulin, and Suh Doho. Belgium NationalCardMuseum Druivenstraat18 B-2300Turnhout www.turnhout.be/speelkaartmuseum/ UntilMay6 2007 GanjifaThe-of IndianWorld Playing Cards Thisexhibition covers widea variety ofcards, showinghow they flourished inMughal courts andwere adapted inmany different ways to suitHindu tastes. Also displayed are further transformationsinfluenced bywestern tastes andbythe inventive Krishnaraja WodeyarIII of Mysore.The images onthe cards were part of themainstream ofIndian culture and may be seenonanything from Mughal miniatures to religioushangings. There issectiona onhow cardsare made and onsome ofthe artists that stillpaint them, along with other examples of theirwork. Canada RoyalOntario Museum 100Queen’s Park M5SON Toronto, 2C6 +416T 586 8000 www.rom.on.ca/index.php UntilMay 2007 HeavenorHell: Images ofChinese Buddhist and DaoistDeities and Immortals HeavenorHell datingfrom the 10th to20th centuries. These worksexpress the prevailing Chinese religious andphilosophical thinking ofthe time. The exhibitionoffers vivid depictions ofdivine figuresworshipped byBuddhists and Daoists, andthe journey souls take once their earthly existenceends. - - - , the, artist’s last , his, first work directed SongofApollo PrincessKnight Australia Art Modern of Gallery / Gallery ArtQueensland StanleyPlace, South Bank Brisbane,Queensland 4101 +61T (0) 38407 7303 or+61 (0) 38407 7350 www.asiapacifictriennial.com/ Until27May 2007 The5th Asia–Pacific ofTriennialContemporary Art(APT5) Thisisthe only major series ofexhibitions to focusexclusively onthe contemporary art of Asiaand the Pacific, including Australia. APT5 willinclude around 270 works by37 individual artists,filmmakers and performers, aswell astwo multi-artist projects. Highlights will includeworks byartists such asAi Weiwei (China)and Dinh LeQ(). MelbourneMuseum 11Nicholson St Carlton,Victoria 61+T83413 7777 melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au/ 23March 22-July 2007 GreatofChina: Wall Dynasties, Dragons & Warriors Nationaltreasures tell the 2,000-year-old storyofthe building ofthe walls across China aspart ofsuccessive defensive and offen sivestrategies. Themes include the origins, construction,and function ofthe walls, the culturesofthe peoples living thenearby, introductionofBuddhism that followed the SilkRoad trade routes along the course ofthe walls,and the significance of`The Great Walls ofChina’ asnationala symbol, precious cul turalheritage, and icon. TheArt Gallery ofNew South Wales ArtGallery Road, The Domain SydneyNSW 2000 +02T 9225 1700 www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/ 23February 29-April 2007 The MarvelTezuka: ofManga Thisexhibition presents Osamu Tezuka as the artisticmaster through selectiona ofpen and inkdrawings and original colour cover designs for22individual manga, or‘comic picture’ stories.These represent the expansive scope oeuvreof Tezuka’s including children’s manga suchas atgirls and the workabout life after globala nuclear holo caust. > Arts agenda Arts agenda

3 6 IIAS Newsletter | #43 | Spring 2007 > International arts agenda ------Until29April 2007 ContainTeruya Yourself:Yuken isbest Teruya known Yuken for his intricate cut-papersalvagesart. Teruya discarded fast foodbags and carves out silhouettes oftrees. Thesecut-outs are then folded back into the spaceinside ofthe bags, the whole forming miniaturedioramas. this For exhibition Teruya willcreate newa work inspired byworka from theAsia Society’s permanent collection. TheMetropolitan Museum ofArt 1000Fifth Avenue at82nd Street 10028-0198 New NewYork York, 212+T 535 7710 www.metmuseum.org/home.asp Until26August 2007 Journeys:Mapping the Earth and Mind in ChineseArt Thisexhibition, featuring 70works dating fromthe 11th tothe 21st centuries, explores thetheme ofjourneys both real and imag ined.Depictions ofreal journeys range from intimatescenes togrand imperially commis sionedpanoramas. But Chinese artists have moreoften been inspired byjourneys ofthe mind:roaming through the mountains or escapingtowilderness retreats orutopian paradisesthat can provide refuge, ifonly vicar fromiously, challenging realities. TheRubin Museum ofArt 17th150 West Street 10011NY New York, +212T 620 5000 www.rmanyc.org/ Until16April 2007 Mongolia:Beyond Chinggis Khan Thisexhibition celebrates the 800th anniver saryofthe founding ofthe by ChinggisKhan in1206. selectionA ofMongo liansculptures, paintings, manuscripts, and otherritual objects will becomplemented by imagesofMongolia made bythe contempo raryphotographers Builder Levy and Elaine Ling.Highlights include collectionthe RMA’s ofMongolian dance masks. GalleryFreer ofArt Until10June 2007 Daoisminthe Arts ofChina Sinceits inception more than 2,000 years ago,Daoism has permeated every aspect of Chineselife and culture, from politics, phi losophy,literature, and music tochemistry, medicine,and the martial arts. This exhibition looksatfour aspects ofDaoism: its founda tionsasschoola ofthought based onDaojia; imagesofDaoist immortals and paradises; waystoachieve immortality; and Daoist gods andthe influence offolklore, Confucianism, andBuddhism onDaoism. - - - - history. From the From historicalhistory. woman warrior tothe fictional Tomoe sorceress Takiyasha, fromancient empresses topresent-day crimi nals,Kuniyoshi’s dynamic portrayals show womenwho were not just passive beauties but strong,courageous, talented, and sometimes evenwicked. ArthurM.Sackler Museum, Harvard University 485Broadway Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 +617T 495-9400 www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sackler/ Until8April 2007 CultivatingVirtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols inEast Asian Art Inspiredbythe beauty and resilience of nature’sflora, East Asian poets and artists haveimbued varietya ofplants and flowers withauspicious, literary resonances, and moralovertones. This exhibition presents a selectionofworks that feature popular botani calthemes and symbols astheir principal subjects. PeabodyEssex Museum EastIndia Square Salem,MA01970-3783 +978T 745 9500, 866 745 1876 www.pem.org/ Until25March 2007 TheEmperor Looks West courtA painting from the 18th century shows ceremonya inthe Forbidden City marking the Qianlongemperor’s military victory inregiona ofwestern China. Other objects including a European-styleclock, Mughala bowl, ceramics,enamels, and cloisonné reflect the rangeofinternational influences that help to shapeimperial art during the Qianlong era. Until3June 2007 EpicIndia: Paintings byM. F. Husain Thisexhibition features contemporarya art ist’svisions ofone ofIndia’s oldest stories. Husainfirst painted seriesa ofseven major canvasesabout the Mahabharata epic for the 1971Sao Paolo Biennale. Husain, For the cen tralparadox ofthe epic, and ofhuman nature, isthe competition and jealousies that divide membersofforcingfamily,a them tochoose sidesand moving them all inexorably towards anArmageddon. AsiaSociety and Museum 725Park Avenue (at 70th Street) NY10021 New York, +212T 288 6400 www.asiasociety.org - - -

- - - exhibits works bythree lens- Chain Ten Thousand Ten Liup Riverthe Yangtze 13April 17-June 2007 Chain ‘Chain’implies notiona ofconfinement and restraint.However,it can also beunderstood simplyasconnectiona ofseriesa ofthings whichare linked together bysomething in common. basedartists: HeChengya, Annie Hsiao-Ching and Wang, Amy Cham. Using their personal storieswith their mothers, and the experi enceofbeing mothers themselves, they aim toillustrate anaspect ofthe reality offamily intimacy. TheHarley Gallery WelbeckWorksop NottinghamshireS80 3LW 01909+T 501700 www.harleygallery.co.uk/home.htm 19May 15-July 2007 Beyondthe Page: Contemporary Art from Paki stan Sixcontemporary Pakistani artists transform miniaturepaintings beyond the limitations of medium,technique, and tradition. This exhibi tionofnew work taken from the simultaneous 2006shows inLondon’s Asia House and theManchester Art Gallery includes works byHamra Abbas, Aisha Khalid, Mohammed ImranQureshi, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Hasnat Mahmood,and Usman Saeed. United States MuseumofFine Arts Avenueofthe Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue Boston,Massachusetts +1-617T 267 9300 [email protected] www.mfa.org Until1August 2007 ThroughSix Generations: CollectionThe Weng of ChinesePainting and Calligraphy Thisexhibition presents 30rarely seen mas terworksofChinese painting and calligraphy fromCollection.the Weng Among them isa handscrollbySouthern Song artist Liang Kai (13thcentury), the only known example ofhis courtlystyle. Also onview isthe handscroll painting Hui (1632-1717)byWang and personala scroll ofletters Zhengmingfrom Wen (1470-1559) tohis sons. Intandem with these works, thehistory offamilythe Weng itself istold throughhistorical photographs, manuscripts, andartworks created bygenerations offamily members. Until8October 2007 ofRenown:Women Female Heroes and Villains inthe Prints ofUtagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) ArtistUtagawa Kuniyoshi combined the popu lartheme ofbeautiful women with his person alspecialty, warrior prints showing legendary heroicfigures from Japanese and Chinese

------, - - Collec shufa CollectiveIdentity ) during) the found Tiananmen ofMao’s people. ).Deeply concerned with the psycho shufa Fine ArtsTaipei Museum 181ZhongShan N.Road, Sec. 3 10461 Taipei +02T 2595 7656 www.tfam.gov.tw UntilMay7 2007 CommemoratingExhibition Marking the 100th AnniversaryofLi Shin-Chiao Thisexhibition marks the 100th anniversary ofthe birth ofLi Shin-Chiao. His painting not onlyestablishes his personal style but also reflectsthe trend and features ofart develop ment inTaiwan. United Kingdom TheMuseum ofEast Asian Art 12Bennett Street BathBA1 2QJ +44-1225T 464 640 www.bath.co.uk/museumeastasianart Until15April 2007 Chasingthe Unseen: Chinese Calligraphy Withselectiona ofnew and recent works ina varietyofmedia including ink, oil, and water thiscolour, exhibition explores Zhao Yizhou’s livelyinterpretation ofliteral meaning and aes theticbeauty inherent inChinese calligraphy ( logicaland philosophical potential of manyofZhao’s pieces challenge the viewer’s perceptionofwhat they are seeing. Until15April 2007 WelcometoChina Thisshow aims tointroduce and uncover someofthe defining historical, cultural and contemporarycharacteristics ofthe country hostingthe 2008 Olympics. Illustrating tradi tionaland contemporary aspects ofChinese culturewith historical and modern artefacts, thisexhibition gives snapshota ofChina’s ever-changingsociety. ChineseArts Centre MarketBuildings, Thomas Street Manchester,M41EU +44T (0)161 832 7271 www.chinese-arts-centre.org UntilApril1 2007 CollectiveIdentity Theappearance ofMao onthe Gate ofHeav enlyPeace ( ingofthe People’s Republic ofChina added newa political dimension tothe imperial building,symbolising the beginning ofnewa era.However,this project does not focus on Maoexclusively; itturns the lens back onthe massesthemselves, inother words, the tiveIdentity featuresthe work ofHu Jieming, Liu Dahong, MiaoXiaochun, Qui Zhijie, Shao Yinong and Muchen,Chuan, Jinsong,Wang Wang and Wu Yiming. - - e Bookse r d View:d Painting, Calligraphy and JuWare UntilApril9 2007 Kannon:Divine Compassion WhenBuddhism spread across Japan inthe 7thcentury,Kannon quickly became very pop This exhibitionular. presents anexceptional selectionofthe most beautiful sculptures and paintingsofKannon from the 7th tothe 14th centuries.Photographs byHiroshi Sugimoto ofsculptures ofKannon Bosatsu complement theexhibition. SenjuKannon Kamakuraperiod, 13th century Woodwith gold leaf over lacquer, H. 168.8 cm Chôkôji,Hyôgo ImportantArt Object © Kyoto National Museum TheNational Palace Museum 221Chih-shan Rd. Sec 2,Taipei +886T 28812 2021 www.npm.gov.tw/index.htm Until25March 2007 Gran fromthe Northern Sung Dynasty, and Sung DynastyRa the ofcelebration in place takesexhibition This newly-renovatedPalaceNational the of opening muse the of entirety thedisplays It Museum. well as items, SongNorthern ofcollection um’s in museums from loan on piecesimportant as an and JapanBritain, Great States, United the exhibitionThis China. inarcheological institute Northernthemes: three around centered is Ru Northern calligraphy, and paintingSong books. Song and ware, ------AsianCivilisations Museum Empress1 Place Singapore179555 (65)+T 6332 7798 www.nhb.gov.sg/ACM/about_overview.shtml Until15April 2007 MysteryMen: Finds from China’s Lost Age In1986, workers inSichuan Province, China, discoveredsacrificiala pit which was filled withelephant tusks, bronze human heads, ceremonialjades, gold, and fantastic-looking masks.The site, known asSanxingdui, chal lengedall previous understanding ofearly Chinesecivilizations. This exhibition brings 103ofthese artefacts toSoutheast Asia for the firsttime. Switzerland KunstmuseumBern Hodlerstrasse12 3000Bern 7 +41T 31328 0944 www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/ UntilApril1 2007 ChineseWindow: JiDachun and Liu Ye ChineseWindow consists of two solo exhibi tionsfrom painters of the middle generation: JiDachun and Liu Ji Ye. Dachun’s paintings anddrawings mix Chinese tradition and west ernmodernism to create an ironic, some timeshumorous, cocktail. Liu brings Ye forth anartistic world that on the surface appears tobe childlike, but in no way proves to be naïve. Abegg-StiftungMuseum Abegg-StrasseWerner 67 CH-3132Riggisberg +0041T (0)31 808 1201 www.abegg-stiftung.ch 29April 11-November 2007 DragonsofSilk, Flowers ofGold: Treas Textile uresofthe Chinese Liao Dynasty (907-1125) Thisdisplay reveals the refinement and rich coloursof medieval Chinese dress. High lightsinclude embroidered boots, trousers, skirts,jackets, coats and the headdress of a lady.Together with exquisite gold-mounted porcelainvessels, they introduce the world ofluxury and beauty that accompanied the nobilityof the Liao-Dynasty even into their graves. MuseumRietberg Zürich Gablerstrasse15 Zurich,Switzerland 41+T(0)44 206 3131 www.rietberg.ch/

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