[Sep.27.2020] Private Tour for SCAA “Longing for Nature” ”寻找自然”中国山水画之夜
Private Tour for SCAA “LONGING FOR NATURE”
Reading Landscapes in Chinese Art
”寻找自然”中国山水画之夜
Guided by Alexandra von Przychowski (Curator China)
Time: 13:00, Sunday 27.Sept. 2020
Meeting point : Entrance hall, Museum Rietberg, Gablerstrasse 15 Zurich
Language: English
Price:
SCAA Members: free upon purchase of an entrance ticket
Non-members: CHF 20 upon purchase of an entrance ticket
* Free entrance to museum: Members of Museum Rietberg / Museum Pass / Member of Raiffeisen
* For Non SCAA Members: please pay CHF 15 separately
* Please reserve enough time to buy an entrance ticket in advance and show up at the meeting point on time
* Because of the limited capacity of this exclusive guide tour, please make a reservation a.s.a.p. via info@scaa.ch
Mountains and streams, trees and clouds have been at the heart of Chinese painting for a thousand years. They have become the epitome of Chinese art and culture and inspire artists to this day.
The exhibition introduces viewers to Chinese landscape painting, discloses its many meanings, and reveals its hidden messages. It provides insight into China’s culture, philosophy, and literature, while at the same time addressing a highly topical issue that transcends national boundaries, namely the relationship between humankind and nature.
For the first time an exhibition juxtaposes historical masterpieces with landscape representations by internationally renowned modern and contemporary artists. The dialogue between past and present reveals surprising links, but also ruptures and conflicts.
The show presents ninety works from six centuries, including paintings, installations, and video works. In addition to highlights from the Drenowatz Collection of the Museum Rietberg, the exhibition also features important loans from leading European museums and rarely exhibited works from private holdings.