Yuhsin U. Chang at Dynasty Exhibition
Palais de Tokyo and Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC
Paris
Until 5 September 2010 

This is a culmination of a groundbreaking collaboration between the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC and the Palais de Tokyo. The artists infuse the totality of the exhibition space and each of them presents, in a fresh stereophonic approach, a work in each of the two venues. Through its many techniques and stylistic approaches, the exhibition reveals the drive of a generation and the diversity of its preoccupations, ranging from the most experimental technoscience to the most intimate autofiction. Fragile materials are subject to usages that revalorize them while the development of the computer modeling transforms our grasp of space and objects.  Works by Yuhsin U. Chang are included.
 

La chair des forêts – Wang Keping
Musée Zadkine
Paris, France
Until 12 September 2010   

Kyoto-Tokyo: from Samurais to Mangas
Grimaldi Forum Monaco
Monaco
Until 12 September 2010 

This exhibition will be an invitation to travel through space and time to the heart of a Japan that has left the imprint of its history on three emblematic places: Kyoto, Tokyo and between the two the historic Tokaido, the road linking old and new capitals. Through Kyoto the exhibition will spotlight the wealth of history and beating heart of Japan's classical civilisation while in Tokyo the focus is on modern times, contemporary creativity and the lure of the future. The exhibition will emphasise the links between the traditional culture that has its roots in 8th-century Kyoto and the artistic forms of expression found in modern-day Japan. It will enthral both those fond of traditional Japanese culture and the generation that has grown up with the fictional worlds of mangas, animated films and hi-tech phenomena, the descendants of that ancient culture.

Photographe en Asie: Sarasvati, déesse des Arts exposition

Musée des Arts asiatiques
Nice

Until 13 September 2010

Isamu Noguchi: Between East and West
Goulandris Foundation’s Museum of Contemporary Art
Andros, Greece
Until 26 September 2010

An exhibition of sculpture, drawings, models and photographs which illuminates the diversity of Noguchi's body of work. It comprises 76 works - including sculpture, drawings, and models - as well as documentary photographs. Together, these reveal the exceptional breadth of Noguchi's work, highlighting its diversity of both medium and genre and illuminating the ways in which the New York-based, Japanese-American artist drew inspiration from cultures across the globe. 

Sculpture at Pilane 2010
Sweden
Until 3 October 2010 

On view is Jitish Kallat’s 30 metre long sculptural work titled ‘When Will You Be Happy’ will be installed in the pre-historic burial site of Pilane. For more info on this project please visit http://www.pilane.com/index2010_eng.php

A Passage to Asia: 25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe
BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts
Brussels, Belgium
Until 10 October 2010

Europe and Asia have had close relations for thousands of years. Commercial and political networks developed both on land - via the Silk Road - and on sea. Conquerors like Alexander the Great, Attila and Genghis Khan set out in search of glory, wealth and power; travellers like Marco Polo, Zheng He and Magellan were fascinated by riches, silk, spices and porcelain. Trade opened the way for the spread of major religious and philosophical trends, inexhaustible sources of inspirations for art and culture. This exhibition draws on the treasures of twenty different countries to highlight 2,500 years of exchanges between Asia and Europe. Both the exhibition and a festival will coincide with the Asia-Europe Meeting 2010 summit.

The Dragon's Gift: The Arts of Bhutan
Museum Rietberg
Zurich, Switzerland
Until 17 October 2010

A groundbreaking exhibition of rare religious Buddhist art with a special focus on ancient ritual Buddhist dances which have been preserved intact in Bhutan. The exhibition coincides with the end of the lunar year marking the 100th anniversary of the Royal Wangchuk dynasty in Bhutan. A catalogue will include essays by leading scholars on the history, cultural traditions and artistic techniques of Bhutan with detailed entries on each exhibition object included in the exhibition. Objects in the exhibition will comprise primarily paintings, sculptures, clay, stone and metalwork, textiles and ritual objects. The focus is on the religious Buddhist arts of Bhutan but it also incorporates the performing arts such as ancient ritual dances. It will also include a component on the traditional crafts of Bhutan, such as clay sculpture, textile weaving and metal work. In addition to the presentation of objects, a full program of lectures, films and demonstrations of dance and indigenous crafts during the run of the exhibition in Honolulu. After debuting at the Academy, the exhibition will travel to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and Rubin Museum in New York. (See articles in Orientations, January/February 2008.) 

Who’s Afraid of Red, Amber and Green? - Solo exhibition Li Hui
Light Art Museum
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Until 24 October 2010 

Li Hui, one of the new generation of Chinese artists, experiments with all imaginable forms and technologies. On view are four major and monumental installations in which existing objects, ‘ready-mades’, are placed in a completely new and unexpected context. The sculptural installations have a strong monumental touch, and some of them are for a major part defined by the use of coloured laser lights. Thousands of red and green laser lights will illuminate the museum’s main exhibition hall. But the philosophical and religious background of Li Hui’sworks keep in line with Chinese tradition.
 

Perpétuel Paradoxe - Rashid Rana
Musée Guimet
Paris, France
Until 15 November 2010

An exhibition of over thirty works covering the entire oeuvre of Rashid Rana, Pakistan’s leading contemporary visual artist. Having originally studied as a painter, Rana only recently began to explore new media, inspired by cinema and popular culture. His approach to photography is the same as that of making a painting: the constructing of a final image from the conglomeration of many smaller details (that function as would pixels in a digital image). The finished works carry a tension that is born from the clash between the  view of the whole and that of its accumulated parts, and yet by juxtaposing the ‘seen’ and the ‘not seen’ in this way, Rana’s work underlines the antagonisms that are played out between different readings and understandings of East versus West, questions traditions in both regions and points a finger at those that create the ‘rules’ that become the traditions of tomorrow. For example, the exhibition will include one of Rana’s first digital prints, I Love Miniatures, a historic Mughal portrait that is composed from a multitude of tiny images of commercial billboard adverts.

Rimpa Art: Exposition de l’artiste contemporaine Yoko Grandsagne
Musée des Arts asiatiques
Nice
Until 3 January 2011
 

World famous terracotta army to Stockholm, 2010!
Östasiatiska Museet
Stockholm, Sweden
Until 16 January 2011

This exhibition of part of the Chinese terracotta army and the most recent archaeological findings will be uniquely displayed in a spectacular environment and will also feature several new unique findings from other similar gravesites.For the first time outside of China the artefacts will be displayed under ground, in the Secret Rock Galleries below the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. The setting is similar to the environment in which the artefacts once were found.  As a visitor one will get that sense of the first magical moment encountering the army face to face in the excavation situation. 

Tribal and Shamanic masks and arts from the Himalayas
Espace Durand-Dessert, 28 rue de Lappe, Paris, France
5 September 2010 – 31 January 2011

An important exhibition of tribal and Shamanic masks and art. 250 masks, sculptures, textiles and photographs will be exhibited originating from the collections of Musée Guimet and important major private collections (Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Jean Mansion, Renzo Freschi). For centuries, the Himalayas located between Tibet and India, Népal and Bhoutan has been a unique location for migrations and exchanges. These exchanges developed and preserved the Tantric, Shamanic, Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Most of the masks were worn during public ceremonies to celebrate and transmit religious ideals while entertaining the audience. These were essentially rural Hindu or Buddhist celebrations. One of the most important parts of the exhibition deals with the iconic figure of the shaman, which is explained by viewing the ritual instruments, accessories and costumes used. A magical costume is given to the Shaman at the end of his instruction that allows him to face and defeat those who wish ill to his fellow humans.


Mask
Teraï (?), West or Southwest Nepal
Wood with white pigment
Height 30 cm
Collection of Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert


Rakshasa mask
Teraï, Southeast Nepal
Petrified wood
Height 33cm
Collection of Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert