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Afternoon Tea:
On the third Saturday of every month at 3:00 pm, the Friends’ Members of the Guangdong Museum of Art gather for an Afternoon Tea to learn more about contemporary and traditional Chinese art and culture, as well as western art and art history. Friends enjoy light refreshments and a slide lecture that prompts an interesting dialogue on art and society.
- May 21, 2005: Traditional-Style Watercolor and Calligraphy Demonstration
Artist, Tracy Xie, will demonstration techniques of traditional-style watercolor painting and calligraphy. Afterwards, members will get a chance to give it a try!
-June 25, 2005: Ancient Chinese Sculpture
(Please note the date since this is not the third Saturday of the month)
Museum Educator Adela Liao will discuss some of the most famous ancient sculptures in Chinese history, revealing their mysteries and the history surrounding their creation.
- July 16, 2005: Artist Wang Jianguo has been making prints of Chinese urban and rural scenes for 40 years. A Guangzhou local, Wang Jianguo has watched the area transformed and has recorded some of the changing landscapes in his work. He will talk about his work and show some of his original prints.
- August 13, 2005: Artist Talk: Documentary Photography by Xu Pei Wu
Documentary photographer Xu Pei Wu has won several national awards for his documentation of the transformation of the Pearl River New Town. The Pearl River New Town was once an area on the fringes of Guangzhou, specifically Tianhe, with a racetrack, prostitution business, and migrant workers squatting in shanty homes, but is now a booming high-class, residential area. In this series, Xu Pei Wu captures some of the dichotomies of these landscapes. His work has been exhibited in the Ping Yao International Festival of Photography as well as the Guangdong Museum of Art’s “Humanism in China” exhibition (December 2003) and the museum’s more recent International Photography Biennial (January 2005).
September 17, 2005: Traditional Culture: Folk Art of Paper Cutting
The tradition of paper cutting has been around since before the 6th century. Paper cuts, which are created by hand applying a knife or scissors, have traditionally served religious or simply decorative purposes. The technique has also been used as a means for defining gender roles. It is sometimes impossible to believe the detailed work and skill involved in paper cutting.
October 15, 2005: Chinese Film in the 1930’s
China in the 1930’s was a tumultuous time: Chiang Kai Shek, leading the Nationalist government (KMT) was in constant struggle with Mao Tze Dong who was leading the Communists (CCP). At the same time, the Japanese were leading a series of invasions into China, which eventually led to the War of Resistance to Japan from 1937-1945. Chinese filmmakers were caught between these left and right