住所: Chaoyang District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Road, 798 Art District
Beijing - one of China’s and the world’s oldest cities - and its historical evolution are at the centre of an exhibition that retraces the key phases of the development of this Chinese mega-city. Inhabited since the Neolithic Period, the location of the origins of Homo Erectus Pekinensis, capital of the Chinese People’s Republic for over 70 years, Beijing has played, over the centuries, various roles according to the successive imperial dynasties and the geo-politcal context at any given time. Archeological finds, furnishings, clothing and vintage photos which summon up the history but also the customs of the city are presented in this permanent display which, in chronological order, thematic and highly educational, help the spectator to realise the mega-city’s historic and cultural wealth. It becomes apparent that Beijing, while being so oriented towards the future, finds, within its historical layers - even now, indispensable in fully understanding its genesis - its true DNA and its uniqueness.
A journey from William Morris to Charles Rennie Mackintosh to discover the wonderful decorations of fabrics and objects of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Lawrence Weiner was one of the protagonists in the development of conceptual art in the United States in the twentieth century. In this anthological exhibition - Weiner's first in China in 15 years - UCCA presents works from the 1970s to 2010 and a wide selection of archival materials.
6000 years of ceramic artefacts: from the Mediterranean to Asia
From the first ceramics to the refined porcelain objects of late production made outside China: a journey to get to know closely the points of contact and the differences between the different Eastern civilizations.
Seeing and being seen, in the languages of contemporary art
Featuring more than 70 works by 13 artists, the exhibition reveals the cultural landscape of contemporary art from different points of view, touching on the relationships between man and man, man and nature, as well as between man and society.