Yesterday Paris 1925, today Beijing 2025: on the Threshold of the Future

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Yesterday Paris 1925, today Beijing 2025: on the Threshold of the Future
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Courtesy Tsinghua University Art Museum
From the Seine to Rue Cuanchua: the Modernization of Decorative Arts
Opening date: Nov 2, 2024
Closing date: Feb 16, 2025
Schedule: Tue - Sun 9 am - 5 pm | Mon closed
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Location: Tsinghua University Art Museum
Address: Tsinghua University Campus, Hai Dian District

Yesterday Paris 1925, today Beijing 2025: two cities at the center of change. A century ago the Exhibition of Decorative Arts opened in the French capital, a historic event that marked the aesthetics of an era. At that time, modern science and new technologies opened up infinite possibilities for the future and artists responded to the solicitations by inventing Art Deco, a style that was not limited to decoration but aimed at defining a new formal language to interpret Modernism. On display are the works of five artists  - Pang Xunqin, Lei Guiyuan, Zheng Ke, Wu Guanzhong and Chang Shana - who spent a period of their lives in France or grew up there, interpreting the cultural spirit of the new, current Chinese era in light of the teachings and academic ideals they received from their predecessors.

Viola Canova - © 2024 ARTE.it for Bvlgari Hotel Beijing

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