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Fact Sheet:

Inaugural Installation of Chinese and Japanese Art Galleries

Opening date:  Oct. 8, 2005

Installations:   
“Status and Authority in Imperial China,” Soreng Gallery
“Art and Everyday Life in Japan,” Preble/Murphy Wing
“Simple Pleasures,” Preble/Murphy Wing

Curator:  Charles Lachman, curator of Asian art and associate professor of art history at the University of Oregon

Soreng Gallery

Highlights:       

Previously known as the “throne room,” the newly renovated Soreng Gallery for Chinese art will include a modern interpretation of a traditional Chinese treasure wall featuring a diverse array of decorative objects in jade, glass, bronze and ceramic. Other displays will include clothing, architecture, and ritual and decorative objects.

Preble/Murphy Wing

Highlights:

The inaugural installations will feature “everyday objects” including a number of country textiles (such as a fireman’s suit and a fishmonger’s jacket), a selection of wrapping cloths, ceramics, netsuke (clothing toggles) and lacquerware (letter boxes, combs and more). There will also be special sections devoted to the tea ceremony and the depiction of daily pleasures in woodblock prints.

Related Events:  All museum programs are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2 p.m.: Artist Demonstration—Chinese Brush Painting

Dan Chen, Eugene artist and sculptor

Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Free Family Day

Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in Chinese and Japanese art-inspired family fun. Free general admission to the entire museum.

Saturday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m.: Tea Ceremony

Megumi Unno, tea practitioner

Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6 p.m.: Gallery Talk—Status and Authority in Late Imperial China

Charles Lachman, curator of Asian art, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Contact: Katie Sproles, (541) 346-0942, ksproles@uoregon.edu

Link: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, http://jsma.uoregon.edu

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