Red

Description

Lack fascinates. It protects, preserves, and refines, while unfolding a distinctive aesthetic power. Its softly shimmering, silky surface appears both calm and intense. In China, this material was early elevated to an art form. Over millennia, works of extraordinary sophistication have been created, in which craftsmanship and cultural significance are inseparably linked. The exhibition Red – Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer Art at the Rietberg Museum invites you to immerse yourself in this world. It brings together outstanding objects that impress not only through their technical mastery but also through their layered symbolism. Flowers and birds stand for harmony and beauty, dragons and phoenixes for power and luck. Bats and insects also carry wishes and messages of good fortune. These images unfold the rich imaginative world of Chinese culture. In collaboration with the LWL Museum of Art and Culture, Münster.

Highlights

• Masterpieces of Chinese lacquer art
• Exhibition at the Rietberg Museum
• In collaboration with the LWL Museum of Art and Culture

General Information

The exhibition "Red – Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer Art" at the Rietberg Museum showcases outstanding objects that demonstrate the technical mastery and cultural significance of lacquer art. Visitors can immerse themselves in the symbolic world of Chinese culture, characterized by motifs such as flowers, dragons, and others.

Location

Gablerstrasse 15, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland

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