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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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Pema Rinzin (b. 1960)
Chaturmaharaja–Four Great Kings (detail), 2007
Mural, mineral pigment on wood
Total dimensions 74 x 144 x 4
Rubin Museum of Art
C2007.10.1 (HAR 81835)
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BIG! Himalayan Art
Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Sunday, January 04, 2009
BIG! Himalayan Art focuses on large-scale works of art in the collection of New York's Rubin Museum of Art. The exhibition includes sixteen paintings, appliqué textiles, tangkas (painting or textile work on cloth), and ritual objects. Viewers are invited to experience the awe–inspiring scale that characterizes art as it is frequently displayed in temples and at community festivals in the Himalayas. The exhibition looks at why works of art are made in large sizes, where they are traditionally displayed, and how and why they are used. BIG! Himalayan Art provides a sense of the scale that is perceived by bringing together over-life-sized, intricately detailed, kaleidoscopically colored works of art.
This exhibition is organized by the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with The Crow Collection of Asian Art. BIG! Himalayan Art received local sponsorship from the Crescent Real Estate Equities Company.
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