Many a Little Makes a Mickle
——the 10th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts
Hosting Organizations: Shanghai Changning District People's Government, Shanghai Creative Industry Association
Undertaking Organizations: Shanghai Art Collection Museum, Shanghai Art & Design Academy
Time: June 12th - July 12th, 2020
Venue: Shanghai Art Collection Museum (No. 1731, West Yan'an Road)
The 10th International Exhibition of Fine Arts, hosted by Shanghai Changning District People's Government and Shanghai Creative Industry Association, and undertaken by Shanghai Art Collection Museum and Shanghai Art and Design Academy, opened in Shanghai on June 11th.
The exhibition is a commemoration to celebrate the 15th Cultural and Natural Heritage Day of China, and is also ranked in construction content of "Shanghai Culture" brand and project of Shanghai Traditional Handicraft Revitalization Plan, as well as a key cultural exchange project of Shanghai Municipal Government to promote the communications and exchanges with friendly cities along the "Belt and Road".
Gathering of excellent artworks from various countries
Theme by “Many a Little makes a Mickle”, the exhibition has attracted famous artists, masters of arts and crafts and intangible cultural heritage inheritors from 22 countries, such as China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, Australia, Iran, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, France, Germany, Italy, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Finland, Ukraine, Venezuela, Indonesia, Colombia and Tunisia, etc. Both the number of participating countries and participating artists, hit the historic record, which fully demonstrates that artists from all over the world stick to their original intention, learn from each other, integrate with each other, and persist in the development of inheritance and innovation in the overall style. This is particularly valuable in the context of the current blocked communication due to COVID-19, reflecting the desire of good communication shared by all different institutions and artists.
Appreciation of exhibits
Inheritors of China's intangible cultural heritage, such as cloisonne, Dehua porcelain burning, tin craft, copper sculpture, jade carving, red sandalwood carving, Manzu Nationality embroidery, Shidong Miao silver ornament and other representative skills, form a Chinese artists team to collectively pose with exquisite craft works.
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Recipient of the Order of Culture Merit from the Japanese Government - Toyasai Ohi Chozaemon X, and nearly 40 representative inheritors of intangible cultural wealth (intangible cultural heritage) from Aichi, Nagasaki and Ishikawa prefectures bring ceramics, metals, lacquer art, dyeing and weaving works. We also have a group of colorful, fine-made ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, lacquer painting works from South Korea.
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Fine-patterned, colorful carpet, elegant and beautiful calligraphy, famous fine painting, metal chisel, bronze carving and other Persian treasure works; Hungarian national costume photography with national artistic style; crystal clear and unique design of Finnish glass works; creative Ukrainian jewelry; fine Israeli and Indonesian sculptures; exquisite Tunisian fabric... Artists from all over the world design and explore traditional art to realize the innovative development of traditional art;
The creative Polish VR video integrating technology elements and the Dutch light box design works let you to be personally on the scene, and experience the three-dimensional world;
Paintings and installations from the United States, Australia, Romania, Slovakia, France, Italy, India, Colombia, Germany, Venezuela, all combined national customs and modern elements. The unique creative composite material application is refreshing;
Exquisite works of various countries and regions from Asia, Europe, Africa, America come to the exhibition, bringing the audience an international art feast.
Experience beautiful artistic living space
The exhibition breaks the boundaries of countries, themes, materials and authors, and use the "immersive" space exhibition method to infiltrate various traditional art forms, such as sculpture, ceramics, lacquerware, glass, tinware, jewelry, embroidery, dyeing and weaving, installation, painting, video and so on, into a living space and complete a scene reproduction of the perfect fusion of art and life. The exhibition invites the audience to participate and feel the beauty of a master's work in a life scene, and experience a wonderful journey of innovative art. Walking into a small art exhibition room, staying in a comfortable study, we can have a deep dialogue with the master of Confucianism; strolling in the international art gallery, we can feel the collision between traditional culture and fashion trends; making affection in the gateway embellished with works, we can keep and taste the home warmth here; be immersed in reclusion, feel the "silence" and "enlightenment" of Eastern Zen, we can let the mind get purified here...
Enjoy the online exhibition with VR technology
In order to overcome the epidemic situation, the exhibition will fully opened VR online exhibition hall, and invites you to enjoy the online exhibtion ( click on https://720yun.com/t/2avks7pqr7q?scene_id=47890204 ). The online exhibition adopts panoramic shooting to bring the real viewing experience to the audience. Each exhibition hall has several interactive hot spots and visitors can click on the work to have its complete information.
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Experts from different countries discuss the responsibilities of ICH inheritance
The 8th International (Shanghai) Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Forum, which was held in conjunction with the exhibition, invited experts and scholars from China, Japan, Korea, Egypt, Iran, the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel, Turkey, Slovakia, Hungary and Colombia to discuss the social division of labor and roles of ICH protection. From the president of the International Council of Museums to the Chinese academicians, from the President of the Korean National Heritage Institute to the General Director of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, from the General Director of the Slovak National Museum to the president of Iran the "Belt and Road" Foundation, from sir OBE MVO to winner of Israel Prize for Life Achievement, from representatives of Culture Office of Education-Science-Culture-Public Health Committee of the National People’s Congress to consul-generals in Shanghai, from experts of Fudan University and East China Normal University to Director of Korea Cultural Heritage Institute, and artists from different art fields, etc. The high-specification forum provides a unique platform for exploring new ideas and new ways of intangible cultural heritage protection.
The fruitful achievement with 10 years accumulation
After 10 years of development, more than 1300 artists from all over the world and nearly 50 countries have participated in the International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts. More than 80 provincial and ministerial leaders attended the previous events, and dozens of consul-generals and heads of international organizations and national professional institutions, including the president of the International Council of Museums, have participated in series activities of international exhibitions.
Ten consecutive International Exhibitions of Traditional Fine Arts have produced plenteous results. As Hu Muqing, curator of the 10th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts, and president of Shanghai Art Collection Museum, said that the theme of “Many a Little makes a Mickle” was selected for the exhibition and forum, which is not only a summary of the spirit of the past ten exhibitions, but also an important significance to highlight the inheritance of originality. In the future, Shanghai Art Collection Museum will cooperate with more units to continuously amplify the exhibition effect through the way of both “in” and “out” .
The exhibition will last until July 12th. After that, the selected works will be displayed in tour exhibitions in Jiading District and Takashimaya Shanghai Department Store.