China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910-1970
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From tobacco posters and lichee boxes to Andy Warhol and other various artists' renditions of Mao Zedong in painting and propaganda, China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910-1970 presents more than 200 objects which demonstrate how political ideologies and cultural values are transmitted through mundane objects. The exhibition contains a number of powerful objects that are not only iconic for the Chinese but are familiar for most Americans who were raised in a visual culture that is similar in many ways.
Developed by the Pacific Asia Museum along with private lenders of esteemed collections, the exhibition focuses on the creation of iconic images, commodities, and items made for the modern home in two periods: Cosmopolitan Capitalism: Shanghai Under the Republic, 1910-1949 and A Revolution in Culture: Designing the People’s Republic, 1949-1970. These themes and images of works can also be seen in the companion book, Made in China, by Chronicle Books which accompanies the exhibition.
Specifications:
| Number of Works: | 167 objects |
| Organized by: | Pacific Asia Museum |
| Approximate size: | 2500 square feet |
| Security: | Moderate security |
| Fee: | $28,000 |
| Shipping: | IA&A makes all arrangements; exhibitors pay outgoing shipping costs within the contiguous US |
| Booking Time: | 8 weeks |
| Tour: | March 2011 through March 2013; possible extension, please inquire |
| Publication: | Made in China, by Chronicle Books |
| Availability: | March 2011 through March 2013 |
| Contact: | Nicole Forrest |
Tour Schedule
Pacific Asia Museum
August 7, 2010 - February 6, 2011
The Denison Museum of Art
January 28, 2012 - March 25, 2012
The Middlebury College Museum of Art
September 13, 2012 - December 9, 2012
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