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bedfull_o_books and I went to see an exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, on display through May 17th at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Her favorite piece, which I also quite liked, was Liu Ye's Gun:
(I thinkachinhibitor was right. That's a scope.)
There were also a number of posters from the Cultural Revolution on display, partly for context, as many of the contemporary pieces made reference to that period.
Whenever I think of that period I think on the one hand how much I'm glad I didn't have to live through it, and on the other how very un-Chinese my personal background is as a result. Dodged a bullet or dozen, there.
bedfull_o_books and I went to see an exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, on display through May 17th at the Peabody Essex Museum.Her favorite piece, which I also quite liked, was Liu Ye's Gun:
(I think
achinhibitor was right. That's a scope.)There were also a number of posters from the Cultural Revolution on display, partly for context, as many of the contemporary pieces made reference to that period.
Whenever I think of that period I think on the one hand how much I'm glad I didn't have to live through it, and on the other how very un-Chinese my personal background is as a result. Dodged a bullet or dozen, there.
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Date: 2009-04-07 01:44 am (UTC)It really surprised me at the San Francisco Asian Art museum just how large a lot of contemporary Chinese artwork is. (And some of the older stuff, too, of course.) There was a special exhibition about some fellow who did brush work landscapes, and some of the pieces were three stories tall.