2008 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

View of the exhibition “Goldener Drache – Weißer Adler”
(Golden Dragon – White Eagle)
14 ChiNA iN DREsDEN
humanism in China.
Ein fotografisches Porträt
A Contemporary Record
of Photography
Exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden in association
with Museum für Moderne Kunst,
Frankfurt am Main, Staatsgalerie
Stuttgart, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen,
Munich, and Staatliche
Museen zu Berlin
29th February – 1st June 2008
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
Featuring around 600 documentary
images by 250 photographers, this
exhibition reflected everyday life in
both urban and rural settings against
the background of the modernisation
of Chinese society over the past five
decades. Four major themes were
subjected to critical scrutiny from the
viewpoint of Chinese photographers.
These themes were: Existence, Relationships,
Desires and Time. Beyond
the economic boom in China’s cities,
the pictures showed changes in dayto-day
living in the wake of radical
cultural upheavals.
“Concubine” of the later Emperor
Yong-zheng, c.1700 – 1722, and Electoral Princess
“Maria Antonia of Bavaria”, 1754
Chinese gardens for Living: illusion
into Reality
Exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden and the National
Art Museum of China, Beijing
28th June – 31st October 2008, Schloss
Pillnitz, Bergpalais and Schlosspark
The philosophy of the Chinese garden
is characterised by the law of Yin and
Yang, the principle of duality whereby
opposite phenomena are in a state of
mutual attraction and dynamic equilibrium.
The ultimate goal in the Far
Eastern concept of a “garden” is the
achievement of harmony between
these two poles, the garden being both
a place for living and a philosophical
idea. A wide range of different works
by contemporary Chinese artists reflecting
on this philosophy turned the
Bergpalais and parts of the Schlosspark
into a place full of ideas and visions.
Zeichen im Wandel der Zeit. Chinesische
Tuschemalerei der gegenwart
(The Transforming marks of ink.
Contemporary Chinese ink Painting)
Exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden in association
with the National Art Museum of
China, Beijing, and Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin
View of the exhibition “Chinese Gardens for Living”
28th June – 14th September 2008
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau
27th June – 24th September 2008
Berlin, Special Exhibition Hall,
Museen Dahlem
This exhibition focused on the revival
of traditional landscape and floral
painting in China by contemporary
Chinese artists. Approximately 90 exhibits
illustrated how modern artists
are turning to the ancient tradition of
ink painting and developing it further.
In addition to traditional scroll paintings
on paper, the exhibition also included
installations and video art.
Simultaneously with the Dresden exhibition,
the Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin arranged a parallel presentation
under the same title, which was dedicated
to the depiction of people in the
social structure of modern China.
goldener Drache – Weißer Adler:
kunst im Dienste der macht am
kaiserhof von China und am sächsischpolnischen
hof (1644 – 1795)
(golden Dragon – White Eagle: Art in
the service of Power at the imperial
Court of China and at the saxon-
Polish Court [1644 – 1795])
Exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden and the Palace