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ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA
24. September - 3. January 2010

In conjunction with the Frankfurt Book Fair’s focus on China, the SCHIRN will be showing, for the first time ever in the West, the spectacular Chinese sculptural group “Rent Collection Courtyard”. This ensemble of more than one hundred life-size figures is among the most important works in modern Chinese art history and is firmly fixed in China’s collective memory. Created as a site-specific installation in Dayi in 1965 by teachers and graduates of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, the figural group soon became a model artwork of the Cultural Revolution, which began in 1966. Several variations of the work were made and exhibited throughout China in subsequent years, only one of which survives today. In a dramatic sequence of scenes, which unites traditional Chinese, Soviet, and Western elements, the work depicts the merciless exploitation of the rural population by a rich, pre- Communist era landowner. In recent years, young Chinese artists have repeatedly returned to the work, and it has found its way into current discussions on contemporary art in China.

Curator: Esther Schlicht (Schirn)

Cinema-Trailer spoken by Otto Sander

Movie-Trailer

"A path develops while you are walking..." The Movie-Trailer of the exhibition spoken by Otto Sander (in German)

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Video of the exhibtion Art for the Millions

Video of the exhibition

Max Hollein, director of the SCHIRN, Esther Schlicht, curator of the exhibition, and Wang Guanyi, artist, about the sculptures and their history.

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Publications

ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

An introduction to the exhibition for ages 12 and up

7,50 € /1 € for school classes*

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ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA
ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

This booklet presents the key works and theses of the exhibition and explains them in context with history, art and society.

Edited by SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT, redaction: Fabian Hofmann, text: Fabian Hofmann, Lina Gudd. 36 pages, c. 50 illustrations, German edition

* school classes (more than 15 pupils) can buy the booklet for 1 € at the SCHIRN during the exhibition duration.

7,50 € /1 € for school classes*

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ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

This publication is a detailed examination of both the production and reception of the one-of-a-kind Chinese work of art.

37,50 €

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ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA
ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

ART FOR THE MILLIONS. 100 SCULPTURES FROM THE MAO ERA

The sculptural group “Rent Collection Courtyard”—consisting of more than one hundred life-size figures and first created in 1965 by teachers and graduates from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing—is among the most important works of modern Chinese art history and is deeply ingrained in the Chinese collective consciousness. This publication is a detailed examination of both the production and reception of this one-of-a-kind work of art, which also aroused interest outside China.

Edited by Esther Schlicht and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein and texts by Feng Bin, Christof Büttner, Martina Köppel-Yang, Esther Schlicht and a conversation with Reiner Kallhardt. German-English edition, 200 pages, 150 colored illustrations, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7774-2231-2

37,50 €

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KULTURSTIFTUNG DES BUNDES


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SCHENKER DEUTSCHLAND AG


MEDIA PARTNERS

FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU

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