For thousands of years, "?" this? Theme Let? Several artists and craftsmen are fascinated. The pudong art museum's annual first exhibition "Water Domain" recently unveiled, the theme is around the core of human life - water, presenting more than 100 exhibits from France across the ocean.
Precious artifacts from the Musée d'École Dei Queblancie in France spanning thousands of years with a view from François Schneiderki? Contemporary art meets in this exhibition for a unique dialogue that spans ancient and modern times. This is also the first time that the Pudong Art Museum has focused on historical relics.
Sometimes as agile as a green cloud, sometimes as quiet as a turquoise pool, walking into the exhibition hall, people will feel as if they are in the blue waters. Animal sculptures from the Inuit people of Greenland, green jade necklaces, heirlooms of the Maori people of New Zealand, and aqua animal masks made by the Icho people of southern Nigeria symbolizing kindness and happiness... Precious artifacts and works have come to unravel the mystery of the Aztec civilization in the Americas hundreds of years ago, trace the historical origins of kayaking, and decipher the real use of cages of different shapes around the world in the 19th century.
The Mask of the Sea Bass, Museum of Quebrand, France
"Water landscape manufacturing" "?? Living", "Liquid Imagination", "Sacred Territory" and "Geographical Transition of Water" constitute the five chapters of this exhibition.
Intriguing dialogue can be seen everywhere in the exhibition: "The mirror space in the depths of the sea and the shape of the ocean? The ancient masks of things resonate; Inuit? Fish hooks and wood carvings span centuries in dialogue with Greenland's photography; more than 100 years ago the Middle East's thriving bathing culture and Iran's rivers today? Images of drought form a stark contrast.
The Footed Deep-Sea Fish, 2006, François Schneider Foundation
The exhibition also presents fragments of Mexican urns from more than 1,000 years ago, exquisite ancient African clay pots and canoes from the Pacific Islands, which join hands with contemporary art such as the Crystal Wall, the Salt Planet and Indigenous paintings, exploring different dimensions of technology and spirit. Classes and? relationship. Exhibits from around the world are interconnected with the cultures they represent behind them, telling a common story of a "?" The story that opens? A wonderful journey of discovery.
Sculpture of the Goddess, 1325-1521, Museum of Quebranly, France
The exhibition is jointly developed by the Pudong Art Museum, the Museum of Keblancly in France and the François Schneider Foundation, produced by Lujiazui (Group) Co., Ltd., and produced by François Schneiderki? Will Director Mary? The exhibition was co-curated by Delier, Constance de Montbrison, Head of the Oceania and Islands Collections at the Musée Dei Cambrilé, France, and Aurelian Gabriet, Head of the African Collection at the Musée Duc Dei Branly, France, and will run until 5 June.
Headdresses, bathrobes, 19th century, Collection of the Musée Duc Dei Branly, France, Pudong Art Museum
It is reported that the exhibition has been in preparation since 2019. Under the epidemic environment, such a transnational cultural and artistic exchange is particularly difficult. The Pudong Art Museum said that for some cultural relics with a history of thousands of years, in the case of no way to send special personnel to Shanghai to set up the exhibition, the trust of the French side is crucial to the success of the exhibition. The Consulate General of France in Shanghai also said that this cooperation is the result of the joint efforts of the cultural industries of the two countries, "very meaningful, and the content of the exhibition is also very moving." ”
Fish Basket, late 19th century, Museum of Quebrandly, France
Author: Fan Xin
Images are courtesy of the Pudong Art Museum
EDIT: Wei Zhong
Editor-in-Charge: Xiaofang Xing
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