Visual arts - china exhibition

Visual Arts as Form of CD

European Arts in China Land

Abdeslam Badre

1Abdeslam Badre - Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - Berlin - 2012

Outline

1. A glimpse at the Chinese German Cultural Diplomatic Relationship

2. Overview on the Exhibition

3. The Agents

4. The Agenda

5. The Vehicle

6. The Audience

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Abdeslam Badre - Institute of Cultural Diplomacy - Berlin - 2012

1. A glimpse at the Chinese German Cultural Diplomatic Relationship

The Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations in 1972.

Over the past 40 years, relations have become extremely wide-ranging, remarkably close and of growing political substance.

China is Germany’s most important economic partner in Asia and Germany is China’s leading trading partner in Europe.

In the face of the global economic and financial crisis, stable cooperation between the two countries’ strongly export-oriented economies is of great importance.

The joint declaration by Federal Chancellor Schröder and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao -May 2004- lead to a Sino-German “strategic partnership in global responsibility”.

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2. Overview on the ExhibitionThe Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche

Dresden and the Bayerische München jointly present an exhibition of European art from the Enlightenment in conjunction with the National Museum of China

In April 2011, the three German museum bodies unveil nealry 600 exhibits, spread over a total display area of 2700 m² in the National Museum of China in Beijing.

The exhibition features artworks which best exemplify the great ideas of the Enlightenment, its influence on the fine arts and its effective history, from the artistic revolutions of the 18th century right up to the present day

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National Museum of China in Beijing 5


3. Agent

Bilateral Offices of Foreign Affairs

Four Museums

represented artists: Friedrich, Gainsborough (his Marsham Children is below), Goya, Greuze, Hogarth, Houdon, Kauffmann, Piranesi, Raeburn, Watteau.

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4. AgendaTo attribute new significance to art in the Europe of the

Enlightenment.

To accelerate technological developments and social change

To disseminate pictures into all areas of public life.

To promote the idea that “the artist” is an evolved public figure, a genius and revolutionary.

To strengthen the belief that art can change people and society became the guiding tenet of an entire epoch.

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5. Vehicle

1. Arts

2. Paintings

3. Sculptures

4. Graphics

5. Craft,

6. Fashion

7. scientific instruments.

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Painting Exhibition9


The exhibition hall for the Art of the Enlightenment in National Museum of China, Beijing

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Public AudienceArtist Community

Art Institutes

Media

General Audience

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Visitors

German museums on Mar. 23 said had exceeded 450,000

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“I am particularly pleased about the positive reactions from visitors who have been fascinated by and have thought intensively about the works.”

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Conclusion

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The Sino-German Relations

A joint declaration issued by Federal Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in July 2010 elevates bilateral relations to a new level.

The two governments will be seeking to coordinate policy more closely: annual intergovernmental consultations. The first bilateral intergovernmental consultations, presided over

by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, were held in Berlin in late June 2011.

The consultations resulted in the signing of numerous agreements further intensifying concrete cooperation between China and Germany in the future in areas such as electro-mobility.

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References

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http

http://www.artsjournal.com/realcleararts/2012/04/the-art-of-the-enlightenment-ends-in-beijing-with-a-whimper.html

http://www.aufklaerung-im-dialog.de/startseite/

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Thank You!

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