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Sep 16 RT @MuseumDirectors: Alejandra Peña Gutiérrez, @museoarteponce director, appointed next director of @weismanart ⬇️

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Jizi: Journey of the Spirit, a memorial retrospective curated with the artist’s son, Chunchen Wang, presents a selection of Jizi’s large scale ink paintings and a monumentally-sized rarely-seen, scroll. Jizi’s work confronted the legacy of the Revolution’s antipathy to religion and traditional Chinese life ways and attitudes. Deeply interested in the spirit, the artist’s work contains a strong metaphysical strain and sheds light on the complex, and at times contradictory, impulses at work in contemporary Chinese art and culture.

Image: Jizi, Flying Snow No. 2, 2010, ink on paper.

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Jizi: Journey of the Spirit, an essay by Thomas Rose

Jizi and Domains of Space: Dao, Natural Environment and Self, an essay by David A. Brubaker

 

 

The Jizi: Journey of the Spirit exhibition is in collaboration with the Minsheng Beijing Modern Art Museum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Educator Resources

Educator Resources

Virtual Field Trips and Online Tours While in-person tours and classroom visits have been discontinued until further notice, we are excited to offer virtual field trips and online tour options in place of in-person guided experiences for K-12 classrooms and University of Minnesota classes. Contact wamtour@umn.edu to learn more. Artful Writing Classroom Resource Kit This packet contains twenty color print reproductions of artwork from WAM’s permanent collection, background information, teachers resource guide, and eighteen linked writing activities for all levels.…

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“What are your table manners like?” A man in a University maintenance uniform read this question aloud after opening his fortune cookie. As his response, he popped the entire cookie in his mouth and chewed on it with his mouth open. In my face. That was my favorite exchange of the day. We had so many different types of people share details, big and small, with us last Thursday and yesterday. Inspired by Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, WAM Collective…

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It’s February. We all need something to do.

So, in the midst of this cold, boring month that seems to be never-ending if you’re from our part of the country, it is hard to keep from being lazy. We all need something to do. Because of this, WAM Collective has compiled a list of awesomely entertaining and free upcoming events to attend. Winter is the perfect time to take advantage of the many indoor spaces supplying creative and inspirational experience throughout the city. Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum…

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