Art and culture exhibitions in Guangdong during August 2017

Guangzhou

Exhibition of the Month: Guangdong Art Centennial Exhibition

Period: August 4 - September 5, 2017

Admission: Free

Opening Hours: 9:00 – 17:00 (closed on Monday)

Venue: Guangdong Museum of Art (广东美术馆)

Add.: No. 38 Yanyu Lu (Rd.), Er-sha Island, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀区二沙岛烟雨路38号)

Bus: You can take one of the following buses in Guangzhou to get there: Bus No. 89, 194, B21, 131A, 57, or 12.

A history theme painting “Xi Zhongxun in Nanliang” is the highlight of the exhibition. The painting vividly depicts Xi Zhongxun, then chairman of the Soviet Government in Shaanxi-Gansu Border Revolutionary Base Area, launching new policies for running the area. The picture reminds many Chinese people Xi Zhongxun’s inaugural promise - “I, together with my colleagues, will spare no effort to ensure that all the people shall have work, enough food and happy life.”

The Guangdong Art Centennial Exhibition was held at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing from July 8 to 23, and will be held at Guangdong Museum of Art from August 4 to September 5, 2017.

Grand Spectacles on the Stone: The Pictorial Art of the Han Dynasty

Period: May 18 - Aug. 28, 2017

Venue: Hall No. 2, 1st Floor, Guangzhou Museum of Art (广州艺术博物院)

Add.: No.13 Luhu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市麓湖路13号)

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 - 17:00; Saturday, Sunday and official holidays: 9:30 - 16:30; closed on Monday.

Bus: Take bus No. 63, 245, Tourist Bus No. 1 and get off at Luhu Park (Guangzhou Museum of Art) station; or take bus No. 10, 63, 297, 808, 883 and get off at Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital station; or take bus No. 109, 110, 184 and get off at Hengzhigang station.

The exhibits are only part of many objects collected in the Xuzhou Art Museum of the Stone Relief of the Han Dynasty. All the rubbings are printed from the fine stone reliefs, representing the best of the art in the Han Dynasty.

Special Exhibition of Paintings and calligraphies donated by Mr. K. Yung

Period: May 26 - August 27, 2017

Venue: Guangzhou Museum of Art (广州艺术博物院)

Add.: No.13 Luhu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市麓湖路13号)

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 - 17:00; Saturday, Sunday and official holidays: 9:30 - 16:30; closed on Monday.

Of all the paintings and calligraphies collected in the museum, about one tenth are donated by Mr. K. Yung. Some of the donations are the treasure of the museum.

The Exhibition of Shellfish

Opening Hours: 9:00 - 17:00

Period: May 1 - Aug. 27, 2017

Venue: Hall No. 1, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum (广东省博物馆)

Add.: No. 2 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州市天河区珠江新城珠江东路2号)

Metro: Zhujiang New Town station, Line 3 or Line 5;

Bus: No.40, No.44, No.183, No.293, No.886, No.886A

Admission: Free admission tickets can be got at Ticket Office from 8：50 a.m. to 4 p.m. Valid ID is required for one person to get one ticket. Tickets are valid on the day of issue only.

Submarine, giant clam bracelet, grilled oyster, the shell of abalone or sea-ear, Squidward Tentacles, giant squid, snail, slug... All theses things seem to be unrelated, but there is a secret bond linking them together. Why do the Chinese Chinese characters about money all have the radical of bei (贝)? Shellfishes, master architect in the animal kingdom, can build strong and colorful shell houses, but why are they called mollusc? The Exhibition of Shellfish presents over 1000 shellfish specimens and cultural relics to answer all these questions.

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

Opening Hours: 9:00 - 17:00

Period: June 16 - October 15, 2017, closed on Mondays

Venue: Hall No. 2 & 3, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum (广东省博物馆)

Add.: No. 2 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州市天河区珠江新城珠江东路2号)

Metro: Zhujiang New Town station, Line 3 or Line 5;

Bus: No.40, No.44, No.183, No.293, No.886, No.886A

Admission: RMB 80 per person.

The Titanic exhibition displays more than 300 cultural relics salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean, 2.5 miles (more than 4000 meters) deep. Viewing the exhibition reminds us of our common humanity. Objects as commonplace as a vase, a silk tie , and a postcard, are filled with a silent language，reminding us of life's fragility and the importance of loved ones. The proud prediction that the ship would never sink was destroyed by the merciless sea. The story of the Titanic reminds us that men cannot rely too much on science and technology. And, a once shimmering gold watch，its hands swept away by the frigid waters of the North Atlantic，warns that wealth does not insulate against tragedy.

New Looks of National Quintessence Chinese Cloisonne

Opening Hours: 09:00 - 17:30 Close on Monday

Venue: Guangzhou Museum (广州博物馆)

Add.: Yuexiu Park, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀公园内镇海楼)

Admission: RMB 10 per person (Tickets are sold up to 5 pm)

Bus: No. 6, 10, 36, 66, 76, 93, 190, 191, 219, 220, 233, 544, 833, 864 to Xiaobei Huaquan station; No. 33, 211 to Yingyuan Road Station; No. 21, 113, 87, 101, 103, 105, 109, 110, 185, 519, 528, 555, 556 to Yuexiu Park station ①, or No. 265, 24, 58, 124, 182, 186, 244, 273, 284, 549 to Yuexiu Park station ②.

Metro: take metro Line 2 to station Yuexiu Park and exit by Exit A.

Featuring about 80 cloisonne artworks from Guangzhou Museum and Hebei’s Langfang Museum, the exhibition will last until October 22, 2017. In this exhibition, visitors can get a glimpse of the history, production, style, charm and modern technique innovation of the cloisonne from the Ming Dynasty to modern times. Chinese cloisonne technique is a centuries-old homegrown artistic skill listed as China’s national intangible heritage in 2006.

International Village Produce exhibition

Artist: Myvillages

Period: 2017.6.6 - 10.8

Hours: 10:00-22:00

Free Admission

Venue: Ground Floor, Guangdong Times Museum (时代美术馆)

Add.: Times Rose Garden III, Huang Bian Bei Road, Bai Yun Avenue North, Guangzhou (广州市白云大道黄边北路时代玫瑰园)

Metro: Exit D, Huangbian Station, Line 2

Wu Sibo: Wait And See

Duration: 2017.7.22-8.20

Opening: Wed.-Sun. 11:00-18:00

Venue: Canton Gallery (广州画廊)

Add.: Yile Road No.51, Jinle Building Fl.3rd, Rm307, Haizhu District, Guangzhou (广州市海珠区怡乐路51号金乐大厦写字楼3楼307室)

Hu Bin, Professor of Collage of Art and Humanities at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, said that Wu Sibo treats the view that comes into his eyes so heedlessly yet serenely, with an unquestionable glaze of his "fixed colors" upon everything he sees. As for the subject matters, Wu Sibo has its preferences. He often draws on the desolate views in the suburbs or his travels, whose bleak and desolate scenes casts a sharp and yet uncanny contrast with the triumphantly forwarding era.

OutLook

Artists: Feng Mengbo, Shen Shaomin, The Propeller Group, Katie Paterson, Song Dong

Peirod: Until Apr. 27th, 2018

Venue: Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art | RMCA, E galleries (红专厂)

Add.: No. 128, Yuancun Si Heng Rd., Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州天河区员村四横路128号)

Bus: Yuancun Er Heng Rd Stop: 40, 44, 140, 284, 293, 299, 401, 504, 540, 542, 583, 882; Yuancun Stop (Meilin Garden Terminal): B11, 243

Metro: Exit B, Yuancun Station, Line 5

OutLook is a medley of the important artworks of five artists. Coming from various places, transcending different media, and created freely, these artworks have recently become part of RMCA’s collection. Running the gamut from rethinks of the reality based on personal emotions to explorations into the troublous world, OutLook treats you to an out-of-body experience where reality and virtuality coexist.

Glimmer: Liu Chenyang Solo Exhibition

Duration: Until Aug. 7, 2017

Open Hours: 11:00 - 20:00

Venue: Kui Yuan Gallery, No.9, Xuguyuan Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀区恤孤院路9号逵园艺术馆)

Metro: Dongshankou, Line 1 or 6

Glimmer

I often depict female images in my works, which come with unrealistic scenes and lights and shadows. In my painting, as if those female images were moving away to far distance, and also as if they have always been living in the images I created. In this absolute vacuum and painterly space, everything is clear, and everything is unknown. I particularly want to express through my paintings the mysterious and ritualistic beauty of modern women, and wish that the women in my works are full of strength and courage against the intimidating force of fate, showing no weakness and fragility. -- Liu Chenyang

Into the Scenery, Out of the Settled—Two Solo Exhibitions of Ruijun Shen and Ying Zhuo

Duration: 2017.6.18 — 8.31

Opening Hours: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Mon.- Sat. (Closed on Sunday)

Venue: 33 Contemporary Art Center, 33/F, Tower A, Victory Plaza, 103 Tiyu West Road, Guangzhou (33当代艺术中心，广州天河区体育西路103号维多利广场A塔33楼3301)

While feeling and viewing “Into the Scenery” and “Out of the settled”, something like the “différance” termed by Jacques Derrida is happening. Difference and deferral, the Siamese twins almost impossible to be seized, somehow havs been caught by the artist. In différance, we have escaped from the established situation, in the meanwhile the undetected becomes the undeveloped.

Li Bai’s Poetry: Photography Exhibition by Xu Peiwu

Duration: 10 am - 7 pm, 2016.06.16 - 08.31 (Closed on Tuesday)

Venue: Fei Gallery, G Floor, Estate Plaza, No.5, Nong Lin Xia Road, Guangzhou (广州市农林下路5号亿达大厦G层扉艺廊)

Nearby metro station: Dongshankou, Line 1 or 6

Xu Peiwu is a photographer who documents the images of Chinese cities. Since 2010, he has been traveling around the country to visit all the locations mentioned in Li Bai’s poems. After one year of editing, he published a photography album of all the photos he took in the trips. And the photos are being showed in Guangzhou through artistic installation.

Shenzhen

Shanxi Northern Dynasties relics| Until Aug. 20

Time: 2017-06-10 - 2017-08-20

Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

Metro: Line 2 or 4 Civic Center Station (市民中心站) Exit B

Please Note: Open: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Mondays

"Pingcheng, Jinyang --- Northern Dynasties Relics From Shanxi," a new exhibition at the Shenzhen Museum, is showcasing more than 200 treasures from the Northern Dynasties (386-581) unearthed in Datong and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province. It is the first time for Shenzhen Museum to hold an exhibition specializing in the history and culture of period.

SZ Museum events for summer vacation| Until Aug. 29

Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

Metro: Line 2 or 4 Civic Center Station (市民中心站) Exit B

Shenzhen Museum is organizing a series of workshops and cultural events this summer vacation. Some events require attendees to sign up at Shenzhen Museum’s WeChat (iszbwg) or at its service counter when details of sign-up are announced in advance of each event. This week, three events will be held.

Paintings on stones: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., Aug. 13

Paper cutting: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., Aug. 20

Paintings on fans: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., Aug. 27

Pottery: 2:30-3:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., July 28, Aug. 4, Aug. 18

Learning ores: 2:30-3:30 p.m., Aug. 3, 9, 23, 25

Documentaries: 2:30-4 p.m., Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Thangka paintings on show in Shenzhen Until Aug. 10

Dates: Until Aug. 10

Venue: Futian Cultural Hall, 2 Jingtian East Street 1 (景田东一街2号福田区文化馆)

Metro: Line 2 or 9, Jingtian Station (景田站), Exit D

Thangka paintings created by Luozang Dongzhou from Qinghai Province are on display at Futian Cultural Hall. A thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, or silk applique, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene or mandala. Thangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing somewhat in the style of Chinese scroll paintings, with a further silk cover on the front. Most thangkas are relatively small, comparable in size to a Western half-length portrait, but some are extremely large, several meters in each dimension; these were designed to be displayed, typically for very brief periods on a monastery wall, as part of religious festivals.

Relaxing summer art experience in OCT-LOFT

Time: Until Aug. 31

Venue: OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园)

Metro: Line 1 Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站) Exit A; or Line 2 Qiaocheng North Station (侨城北站) Exit B

Occasionally you may find yourself with friends in the posh OCT-LOFT, spending an afternoon admiring contemporary art, enjoying a night of live music or simply reading a book in a cozy cafe. Now until late August, OCT-LOFT will have a bit of a surprise waiting for visitors with new art installations abound in the complex's outdoor green areas.

Beyond the Sea：International Contemporary Art Exhibition

Dates of Exhibit | 2017.6.3-2017.9.3 (closed on Monday)

Venue: E Museum of Contemporary Art, 1/F, Creative Free Trade Zone, Binglang Road, Futian Bonded Zone (福田保税区槟榔道创意保税园首层E当代美术馆)

Metro: Line 3 Yitian Station (益田站) Exit A and then take a taxi

Please Note: Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., closed Mondays

“Beyond the Sea: International Contemporary Art Exhibition,” a new exhibition featuring paintings, installations and photographic works by 28 artists, is being held at E Museum of Contemporary Art.

A photo by Lisette Model

Give something blue to claim red packet

Items from “The World Is Our Factory.” Photos by Cao Zhen

Dates: Until Oct. 22

Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., closed Mondays

Tickets: 8 yuan (students and teachers), 15 yuan (adults), free (children under 1.1 meters, seniors aged above 60, soldiers and people with disabilities), free to the public Tuesdays

Venue: OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009 Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9009号华•美术馆)

Metro: Line 1, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C

Items from artwork “Our Red Packet for Your Favorite Blue.”

If you have something blue, you can donate it to a group of artists who are holding an exhibition at OCT Art & Design Gallery in Nanshan District. In return, they will send you a 10-yuan red packet through WeChat.

The newly-opened contemporary art exhibition “Our Red Packet for Your Favorite Blue” showcases 11 groups of works, all in blue. On the first floor of the gallery, countless contributed items are hung on the wall, including jeans, a basin, a surgery hat, a cookie box, road signs, a globe, toys, shoes, etc.

TeamLab coming to town| Until Nov. 30

Forest of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke

Dates: July 8-Nov. 30

Hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m.

Tickets: 150-229 yuan

Booking: www.gewara.com

Venue: OCT Creative Exhibition Center, OCT Harbor, Baishi Road, Nanshan District (南山区白石路欢乐海岸创展中心)

Metro: Line 9, Shenzhen Bay Park Station (深圳湾公园站), Exit E

Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together – A Whole Year per Hour

Interdisciplinary design collective TeamLab has put together a dreamy new exhibition at OCT Harbor.

“TeamLab: Dance! Art Exhibition, Learn & Play! Future Park” is a large-scale exhibition that is designed to stimulate people’s creativity and collaborative minds with a form of “Future Park.” Combining art exhibitions and a futuristic amusement park, this exhibition attracted more than 460,000 visitors when it first opened in Tokyo in 2015. It was awarded “Top 10 art exhibitions of 2015” by Designboom.

The “Future Park” is an interactive, dynamic playground where kids can explore, experiment and play.