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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/3359" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/3359">
  <Name>&quot;American Identities: A New Look&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This major installation of more than three hundred fifty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's premier collection of American art integrates a vast array of fine and decorative arts (silver, furniture, ceramics, and textiles) ranging in date from the colonial period to the present. For the first time, major objects from these exceptional collections are joined by selections from the Museum's important holdings of Native American and Spanish colonial art. The galleries are organized according to a set of eight innovative themes, through which visitors can explore historical moments and crucial ideas in American visual culture over the course of nearly three hundred years.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/3738" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/3738">
  <Name>&quot;Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Art&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8049BA8A">
    <Name>Queens Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>Queens Museum of Art, Meridian Rd., Flushing, NY 11368</Address>
    <Phone>718-592-9700</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Ten-minute walk through the park to the Unisphere, where the museum is located. Follow the yellow signs. Subway: 7 to Willets Point/Shea Stadium</Access>
    <Area areaId="queens">Queens</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays openinghour 12:00, sundays openinghour 12:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Closed Monday &amp; Tuesday With the exception of Learning Programs &amp; Workshops.  Also closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933) was one of the foremost decorative artists of his time. His father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, was the co-founder of Tiffany &amp; Company, the luxury retailer best known for fine silver and jewelry. At an early age Tiffany was exposed to superbly-designed and expertly-crafted objets d’art, undoubtedly stimulating his love and appreciation for exceptional objects and setting him on a self-proclaimed “quest for beauty.”

Tiffany began his career as a landscape painter but eventually branched out into interior design and the decorative arts. Over the years he formed a number of companies in both Manhattan and Queens that manufactured leaded-glass windows, lamps, mosaics, glassware, enamels, ceramics, metalwork, furniture, and textiles. These works were available at his Manhattan showroom and in fine retail and jewelry stores throughout the United States and Europe.

Tiffany embarked on the production of lamps in the early 1890s. Although the light bulb was patented in 1879, electricity was not widely available until shortly after the turn of the century and even then only the wealthy could afford it. Tiffany’s earliest lamps, made of blown glass or leaded-glass and bronze, were fueled by kerosene. As electric light became affordable and gained popularity, Tiffany began offering his clients the choice of either oil or electric lamps.

One of the earliest serious collectors of Tiffany lamps, Dr. Neustadt assembled an encyclopedic collection which included desk, reading, library, and floor lamps as well as hanging shades and chandeliers. He also added leaded-glass windows and bronze desk sets to his collection. In 1967, he acquired some 500 crates of sheet and pressed glass made and used by the Tiffany Studios which were left over after the company went bankrupt in the early 1930s.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested donations: Adults $5, Seniors and Children $2.50, Members and Children under 5 Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/4A49" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/4A49">
  <Name>&quot;Arts of Asia and the Islamic World&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[The Asian and Islamic Art galleries provide a survey of the full range of Asian and Islamic art in the Brooklyn Museum, which houses one of America's foremost collections. It presents more than one hundred masterpieces from these extraordinary holdings, representing China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, and the Islamic world.]]></Description>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/566A" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/566A">
  <Name>The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F6CEBC1">
    <Name>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-570-3951</Phone>
    <Fax>212-472-2764</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 82nd St.  Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 21:00, saturdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on some holiday Mondays.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Wrightsman Galleries have undergone extensive renovations to improve the presentation of the Museum's renowned collection of French furniture and related decorative arts pieces—many of which have a royal provenance. The galleries include a number of important artworks previously not on view, including a mid-seventeenth-century carved ebony cabinet on a stand and a late-eighteenth-century carved and gilded state bed, as well as additional pieces of Sèvres porcelain and gold snuff boxes.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $25, Seniors $17, Students $12, Members and Children Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/A59B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/A59B">
  <Name>&quot;The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[The Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and china-painted porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms and rendered in styles appropriate to the individual women being honored. The names of another 999 women are inscribed in gold on the white tile floor below the triangular table. This permanent installation is enhanced by rotating biographical gallery shows relating to the 1,038 women honored at the table. Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses is the first such exhibition.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/B59D" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/B59D">
  <Name>&quot;Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Brooklyn Museum's decorative arts collection occupies the fourth floor of the Museum. The focus of the collection is a group of American period rooms ranging in date from the 18th century to the 20th century. Interspersed with the period rooms are galleries that display an outstanding collection of American furniture, silver, pewter, glass, and ceramics. Additional objects from the decorative arts collection are on display in American Identities.  ]]></Description>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/9C87" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/9C87">
  <Name>&quot;Highlights from the Modern Design Collection, 1900 to the Present, Part II&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F6CEBC1">
    <Name>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-570-3951</Phone>
    <Fax>212-472-2764</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 82nd St.  Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 21:00, saturdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on some holiday Mondays.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This installation of modern and contemporary design objects features new acquisitions and other important works from the past century to the present. Highlights include René Lalique's &quot;Swan&quot; necklace of opals and amethysts, a newly acquired chair by Henry Van de Velde, a playfully brilliant room divider by Ettore Sottsass, and a chandelier by the Dutch designer Joris Laarman. Also presented are glass, ceramics, metalwork, drawings, and posters.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $25, Seniors $17, Students $12, Members and Children Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/B812" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/B812">
  <Name>&quot;19th-Century Modern&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Fashion</Media>
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  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Featuring more than forty items from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection of American and European decorative arts, 19th-Century Modern will focus on the emergence of Modernism, a design aesthetic based in part on the machine as a source of artistic inspiration. To many, “modern design” suggests the simple lines, abstract decoration, and machine-based methods and materials that gained widespread popularity in the twentieth century. The objects in this installation demonstrate that the development of modern industrial design and the emergence of a taste for abstraction began much earlier. In addition to differences in objects’ appearance, this period marked important modifications in how objects were produced and marketed. The works included illustrate the development of the modern industrial world and of an appreciation for simple decoration based either on geometry or organic curves.

The installation will feature objects dating from the early nineteenth century, when the trend toward Modernism began, to the twentieth century. The items on view include furniture by John Henry Belter, Duncan Phyfe, the Thonet Brothers, Samuel Gragg, Bradley &amp; Hubbard, and George Hunzinger; silver objects by Tiffany &amp; Company, Gorham Manufacturing, and Napier (in particular designs by Christopher Dresser and Elsa Tannhardt); and a five-piece French clock garniture manufactured by Guilmet.

[Image: Guilmet Cie (active 1861–1910). Five-Piece Clock Garniture, circa 1885. Silvered bronze, 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcus S. Friedlander, by exchange, 2009.49.1-5]]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-09-02</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-04-01</DateEnd>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/D3F8" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/D3F8">
  <Name>&quot;White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of  Meissen Porcelain&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/745F2E48">
    <Name>The Frick Collection</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1 E 70th St., New York, NY 10021</Address>
    <Phone>212-288-0700</Phone>
    <Fax>212-628-4417</Fax>
    <Access>Between Madison Ave. and 5th Ave.  Subway: 6 to 68th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>sundays openinghour 11:00, sundays closinghour 17:00</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Visitors to The Frick Collection will be able to enjoy a new gallery — the first major addition to the museum's display spaces in nearly thirty-five years. The inspiration for this initiative, which involves the enclosure of the portico in the Fifth Avenue Garden, comes from the intention of museum founder Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) to build an addition to his 1914 mansion for his growing Collection of sculpture. The project was postponed in 1917 following the United States entry into World War I, and Mr. Frick died before it could be resumed. In recent years, the institution has placed greater focus on sculpture through critically acclaimed exhibitions and several key acquisitions, while also evaluating the effectiveness of the display and lighting of such objects. Another area of increased focus has been the decorative arts. When talks began with renowned porcelain collector Henry H. Arnhold about a promised gift, the idea to create a gallery both for sculpture and the decorative arts was revisited. The architecture firm Aedas developed a plan to integrate the outdoor garden portico into the fabric of the museum, and groundbreaking occurred last winter. Aedas, formerly known as Davis Brody Bond Aedas, is one of the leading practices in the United States engaged in a range of museum and landmark structure commissions.

The Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture opens in late October with an inaugural exhibition of works drawn from Henry Arnhold's promised gift of 131 examples of Meissen porcelain from the early years of this Royal Manufactory's production. &quot;White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain&quot; will feature approximately seventy of these objects, presented along with a group of eighteenth-century sculptures by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1740–1828). Among the latter works is the full-length terracotta &quot;Diana the Huntress&quot;, a signature work at the Frick that returns to view having been recently cleaned and treated. It finds a permanent home in the new portico gallery, while the ongoing display of other sculptures and ceramics will rotate periodically.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Adults $18, Seniors $15, Students $10, Members Free, Sunday 11am-1pm Pay As You Wish</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-10-25</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-04-29</DateEnd>
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  <Name>&quot;Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/3F82DA9B">
    <Name>China Institute</Name>
    <Type>Cultural Center</Type>
    <Address>125 E 65th St., New York, NY 10021</Address>
    <Phone>212-744-8181</Phone>
    <Fax>212-628-4159</Fax>
    <Access>Between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.  Subway: 6 to 68th Street or F to Lexington Ave-63rd Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>tuesdays closinghour 20:00, thursdays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Description><![CDATA[A new exhibition at China Institute Gallery will explore how theater and art intersected in the realm of the Chinese afterlife.

Since the 1950s and as recently as a few years ago, hundreds of brick tombs from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) have been excavated in Shanxi province, located in the north central region of China. The exhibition presents more than 80 beautifully sculpted objects revealing a passion for theater and opera in this region during the Jin dynasty. One of the highlights, a re-creation of a newly excavated tomb, will enable visitors to see how thoughtfully prepared art patrons were for the afterlife.

he ancient Chinese believed in an afterlife and imagined they would have needs similar to those they’d had in their lives on earth. Not only were the nobles buried in elaborate tombs filled with household goods, but the tomb décor in Shanxi province, like that of many tombs found in China, featured numerous references to entertainment.
 
Famed for their brick carving, artists in Shanxi developed sophisticated techniques, creating lively sculptural images in the grey bricks, some of them painted with vibrant colors. The most intriguing of the dozens of intricate and dramatic brick carvings found in tombs dating back to the Song dynasty (960-1127) are those depicting theatrical performances.. The carvings serve as evidence of the popularity of the theater in ancient Shanxi, said to be the cradle of Chinese opera and drama, and illustrate two kinds of popular entertainment: Za Ju, formal performances of written plays; and San Qu, performances related to village festivals.
 
Notes Willow Weilan Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, “The role of theater was crucial to ancient Chinese life in Shanxi. Not only was it an important form of entertainment, but it enlightened people’s lives, providing a moral education. One of the most important aspects of the Chinese value system developed by Confucius is filial piety, respect for parents and ancestors, which provided many story lines in ancient theater.”
 
The most recent discovery of Chinese brick carvings occurred in July 2009, during the renovation of a staff residence for a chemical company in Jishan county in Shanxi province. When construction workers hit a brick wall while digging, they called the local museum. An excavation ensued, revealing an ancient tomb from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) decorated with magnificent painted brick carvings surrounding one raised coffin bed that contained a couple of skeletons. Assembled for the first time above ground, the reconstructed tomb presented in Theater, Life, and the Afterlife will include 43 of these carved bricks. Adorned with floral motifs, strongman guardians, and the faces and figures of auspicious animals – all carved in brick and painted with colored pigments – the tomb is considered a treasured gem of ancient Chinese art.
 
Among the performances depicted by carvings is the story of the Eight Immortals, who were considered to be actual people with special capabilities not unlike today’s superheroes. These seven men and one woman were the subjects of countless theatrical performances, stories, and poems.
 
Considered one of the most famous of the eight, Lü Dongbin, an actual historical figure, was a well-known Taoist master at the end of the Tang dynasty. Worshipped as a deity, he appears in many legends. Lü was said to have had a youthful look when he was more than a hundred years old – and had such a quick pace that he could travel hundreds of Chinese miles (known as li, about 1,640 feet) in a single moment.
 
Tieguai Li, another of the eight, represents the most dramatic story of reaching immortality: his body was accidentally cremated when it was still in spiritual transience. Thus, Li had to inhabit the body of a homeless man who had just died of starvation. Fortunately, Laozi, the founder of Taoism, provided him with magical medicines, and he was able to care not only for himself but also for the poor , traveling to help them with a gourd full of medicine on his back.
 
Another fascinating story told by the bricks concerns Meng Zong who was worried about his ill mother who craved bamboo shoots in winter. Meng wandered the bamboo forest, discouraged by the impossibility of the request. However, filial piety moved heaven and earth, and bamboo shoots miraculously emerged from a crack in the ground. Meng brought them home and cooked them in a soup for his mother, who subsequently recovered from her illness.
 
Under the direction of Willow Weilan Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi is curated by Shi Jinming, Director, Shanxi Museum, China. This exhibition is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation and China Institute Friends of the Gallery.

[Image: Tomb, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), L. 2.8 m; W. 2m Unearthed at a chemical company, Jishan county, Shanxi province Courtesy of Shanxi Museum]]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Adults $7, Students and Seniors $4, Members, Children under 12, Tuesday and Thursday 6-8pm Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2012-02-09</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-06-17</DateEnd>
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  <Name>Eva Zeisel &quot;Important Works of 20th Century Design&quot;</Name>
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    <Name>Schroeder Romero &amp; Shredder</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>531 W 26th St., New York, NY 10001</Address>
    <Phone>212-630-0722</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between 11th and 12th Ave. Subway: A/C/E to 34th Street or C/E to 23rd Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="chelsea_26">Chelsea 26th</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays openinghour 11:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Viewing also by appointment.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[&quot;Eva Zeisel: Important Works of 20th Century Design&quot; extends our previous exhibition celebrating Zeisel's long career on the occasion of her passing, December 30, 2011. Born in Hungary in 1906, Zeisel was one of the most important industrial designers of the 20th century with an over 80 year career. About Zeisel, art critic Jed Perl wrote, &quot;There are elements of the magician, the poet, and the joker in everything that Eva Zeisel does. Seeing her objects next to one another, I know that stories are unfolding. Zeisel is a philosopher of the table top; she imagines all the relationships that can develop in a community of forms.&quot; This exhibition features works ranging from her early Bauhaus-influenced geometric designs for the Schramberg factory in the late 1920s to the rare small edition reissued designs produced in the late 1990s. In this context, Zeisel's designs are showcased for being continuously fresh and vibrant. Underscoring Zeisel's uniquely fluid form and self-confessed commitment to the s-curve, on view are her famous room dividers, iridescent Zsolnay vases, sterling silver bud vases and well-known ceramic pieces such as the Schmoo salt and pepper shakers, among many other pieces.  Zeisel's designs are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and many others around the world.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2012-01-12</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-11</DateEnd>
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