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Telling Images of China
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DCNYF are delighted that the Chester Beatty Library will present this major exhibition of Chinese paintings to coincide with our 2010 Festival. On loan from one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese art, the Shanghai Museum, the exhibition includes thirty-eight scrolls and albums by artists active in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties and the early Republican period after 1912. Each of these ‘story paintings’ retells or illustrates a tale from folk and religious lore, oral and official history, poetry or literature. Collectively, these artworks give a taste of China’s rich mythology and lyric tradition. Telling Images of China will run from 12th February to 2nd May 2010 and is generously supported by the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Dublin City and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
Lunchtime Lecture Series: Entering a Chinese World
Drs Jerusha McCormack and John G. Blair will present a series of lectures based on their comparative culture studies which have been taught in the USA and China over the past thirty years. Beginning with “Re-orientating ourselves to enter a Chinese world” on Thursday 11th February, the lectures will run every Thursday for six weeks and are open to the public.
Video Installation: Yang Fudong’s “Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest” Screenings: February 17th, 24th, 28th and March 3rd.
First screened to great acclaim at the 2007 Venice Biennale, this is the Irish premiere of the complete five part, black-and-white cinematic masterpiece by Shanghai-based artist Yang Fudong. The artist imbues this mesmerising film with an avant-garde, film noir aesthetic while referencing the legendary Seven Sages, a popular subject in traditional East Asian art. Courtesy of ShanghART Gallery.
The Chester Beatty Library will also run workshops and demonstrations on Chinese culture from 19th February until 17th April 2010.
Chester Beatty Library
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
