The exhibition “Duet of Nature: Ming and Qing Landscape Paintings from the National Museum of China” was inaugurated at the Macau Museum of Art (MAM) in Nape on Friday.
Organised by Macau’s Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the National Museum of China, with MAM as the executive organiser, the exhibition features a selection of 65 pieces/sets of landscape paintings from the collection of the National Museum of China, which were created from the 15th to 19th centuries, including an array of spectacular, renowned masterpieces by Wang Fu, Xu Yang, Shen Zhou, Dong Qichang and Gong Xian, among others.
The exhibition incorporates traditional arts with modern technology, presenting an immersive VR experience of “Eight Views of Peking”, a digital display of the long handscroll “Emperor Qianlong’s Southern Tour”, and a digital display of “Landscapes, in the style of ancient masters”, initiating “a dialogue between the ancient and the modern”, according to an IC press release.
The exhibition is divided into two sections, namely “Exploring Magnificent Landscapes” and “Expressing Sentiments through Nature”, systematically showcasing the diversity of landscape paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, while probing the interplay between realism and freehand, depiction and inner experience, topography and brushwork, nature and abstraction, as well as representation and expression, presenting the artistic evolution of landscape painting. More details can be found via this link.
The exhibition is held on the 4th floor of MAM. It is open until 26 July, from 10 am to 7 pm daily, including on public holidays, except Monday. Admission is free. For more information about the exhibition visit MAM’s website.
Source and Photo: IC
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