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Coming Exhibition: The Great Terracotta Army of China’s First Emperor
“The Great Terracotta Army of China’s First Emperor”
Who:
Tokyo National Museum
When: Oct. 27, 2015 – February 21, 2016 (Usually open Tuesday through Sunday until 5:00 PM)
Where:
Tokyo National Museum
13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku,
Tokyo, 110-8712, Japan
More Information: Here.
About 2,200 years ago, Qin Shi Huang succeeded in unifying China and became its First Emperor. His legacy is preserved in a vast terracotta army, the discovery of which is considered the greatest archeological find of the 20th century, and which continues to arouse wonder and provide new knowledge. With assistance from institutions such as the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, this exhibition brings together artifacts with connections to the First Emperor while exploring the “everlasting world” of his terracotta army and its mysteries
Juilliard School’s Tianjin campus to open in 2018
“Juilliard School’s Tianjin campus to open in 2018”
via “Xinhua.net“
BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhuanet) — New York’s renowned Juilliard School will launch its first overseas campus to offer graduate courses in music in the northern Chinese municipality of Tianjin by 2018.
Sources with the administrative commission of Tianjin Binhai New District said on Friday that the Juilliard School’s Tianjin branch will be established in Yujiapu Financial District.
Approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the school’s branch in Tianjin will collaborate with the Tianjin Conservatory of Music as well as the Tianjin Innovative Finance Investment Co. Ltd. and the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission to offer graduate courses in music.
The master’s degree to be awarded by the Juilliard school’s Tianjin branch will be accredited in the United States. The partnership will be the first such collaboration between Chinese and foreign conservatories.
Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit to the United States and on Monday visited the Juilliard School at its Lincoln Center campus, where she attended a performance class and the inauguration of the school’s branch at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music.
She encouraged students from both countries to learn from and communicate more with each other.
The Juilliard School was founded in 1905, and its alumni have collectively won more than 105 Grammy Awards, 62 Tony Awards and 47 Emmy Awards.
Yujiapu Financial District, where Juilliard’s branch will be established in Tianjin, has been approved to use 3.86 square km of land. The municipal government hopes to turn the area into a world-class financial center within 10 years. . . . .
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Stairway to heaven: Artist creates stunning 1,650ft ladder in the sky with FIREWORKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCW1ObmcLWE
“Stairway to heaven: Artist creates stunning 1,650ft ladder in the sky with FIREWORKS”
by Edward Chow and Emily Chan via “Daily Mail“
- Cai Guoqiang used metal and gunpowder for the show in Quanzhou, China
- The ladder, which measured 18ft wide, was taken up using a hot air balloon
- Artist drew a draft of the show 21 years ago when he visited Bath, England
- It was a labour of love for Mr Cai’s elderly grandmother who raised him
- Same artist designed the spectacular fireworks to open Beijing Olympics
A Chinese artist has found a unique way to express his love to his grandmother: a gigantic staircase in the air.
These stunning photographs show the 1,650ft ladder, which was made with fireworks, stretch right up into the sky in Quanzhou, south-eastern China, on Monday.
This is the work of Cai Guoqiang, an artist who is originally from the city and now based in New York, reported the People’s Daily Online.
Sky Ladder: A Chinese artist has created this incredible burning ladder that stretches for 1,650ft into the sky
Lit up: The artwork, called ‘Sky Ladder’, is the artist’s way of thanking his grandmother who raised him
The ladder, which was made of metal wire and aluminum, was filled with gunpowder and attached to the bottom of a hot air balloon.
The balloon, which was made with special material, was launched from a boat off the shore of nearby Huiyu Island.
Called the ‘Sky Ladder’, the project started off as a dream for Mr Cai 21 years ago when he was visiting Bath, England. He designed the performance by drawing a draft of the design on the window of an art gallery.
He said he wanted to put on a spectacular fireworks show to thank his grandmother for supporting his dream of being an artist.
‘My grandma was born in a small fishing village in Quanzhou and sold fish to help her grandson realise his artistic dream,’ the artist revealed. . . . .
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Now THAT’S delicate work! Artists carve intricate portraits onto egg shells in quirky new art trend
“Now THAT’S delicate work! Artists carve intricate portraits onto egg shells in quirky new art trend”
by Qin Xie via “Daily Mail“
Yunnan born Zhao Zexi is the artist behind the egg carvings.
The 27 year old revealed in an interview that he’s been carving egg shells for around 10 years and has worked with everything from hen’s eggs to duck and ostrich eggs.
He said: ‘I liked drawing from a young age. When I went to Hangzhou to train as a chef, my main job was food carving.’
‘I stumbled across egg carving by accident after seeing it on television. Since then I’ve been obsessed with the idea so started learning to do it.’
Initially he found that every egg shell he tried to carve collapsed as soon as the blade touched its surface.
Zhao Zexi creates human portraits, like Abraham Lincoln above, as well as Chinese landscapes and plants
Egg art created by Zhao Zexi start from 500 Yuan (£50) for hen’s egg and 6,000 Yuan (£600) for an ostrich egg
But with hard work, determination and a little help from other egg carving artists, he soon progressed from carving words to landscapes to human portraits.
The work is extremely time consuming.
Carvings on hen’s eggs require one or two days to complete while goose and ostrich eggs need 10 to 15 days.
However, he is able to charge 500 Yuan (£50) for a finished hen’s egg and around 6,000 Yuan (£600) for an ostrich egg.
Last year, he quit his job as a chef to concentrate on egg carving.
Speaking of his decision, he said: ‘There’s people who ask about my work every day. I’ve already received 10 commissions from art collectors.’
Zhu De featured in the egg shell carving by Li, above, was one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party
Li’s work include Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Soviet figures like Carl Marx and Joseph Stalin
Zhao Zexi is not the only egg shell artist to emerge recently.
A 29 year old woman in Jiangsu, eastern China, named as Han Liping shared her work in January this year.
Han normally works at a fast food restaurant but started egg carving as a hobby.
She empties the eggs of their content before starting work but says that every stage of the carving throws up challenges.
The shells breaking is the most obvious concern but if she makes any mistakes, she will have to start over again as there is no way to repair the damage. . . . .
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