Jiang Jian
Master of the House (series)
Zhoa Weidong, 16, 1999 (Detail)
Jiyvan County, Henan |
Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Sunday, September 28, 2008
In the new exhibition Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service partners with Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine, to explore the modern essence of the most populous nation on earth. Through the dramatic works of seven Chinese photographers, visitors will experience the country from an insider’s point of view. With raw black-and-white and color images, photographers Liu Xiaodi, Jiang Jian, Zhang Xinmin, Luo Yongjin, Zhou Hai, Lu Yuanmin, and Zhou Min unveil the truth about China’s internal struggle—a battle between modern industrialism and the traditional, agrarian past that has sustained the country for thousands of years.
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Large Plate
China, Ming dynasty, Wanli mark (1573–1620)
Porcelain
The Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio
L2008.19 |
Texas Collects Asia: China
Saturday, July 12, 2008 - Sunday, September 28, 2008
This exhibition will focus on a group of impressive Chinese works of art from private collection across Texas. The wide range of artistic achievements from imperial China will be illuminated through carefully selected jade carvings, bronze vessels, porcelains, wooden carvings, and paintings. As it was for the Crow family, Chinese art, from ancient bronzes to imperial porcelains, has been of great interest to families in Texas over the last fifty years.
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