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Fri/Sat/Sun April 13~15, 2018

Museum exhibitions“Exported Porcelains From the Ming and Qing Dynasties” (until April 30) includes a wide range of porcelains that were made exclusively for export to Europe and North America between the 16th and 20th centuries. “Bronze Weapons of Ancient Yue” (until next year) features more than 400 bronze weapon relics.Venue: Nanshan Museum, 2093 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2093号南山博物馆)Metro: Line 1 to Taoyuan Sta-tion (桃园站), Exit B

‘Sketch for 20 Years’“Sketch for 20 Years,” showcas-ing 93 oil paintings created by fi ve Chinese realism painters, is being held at OCT-LOFT. Highlighted items include Leng Jun’s hyperrealism portrait oil paintings. Dates: Until April 26Venue: J Space and C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意园北区君瑞汇和C2展厅)Metro: Line 2 to Qiaocheng North Station (侨城北站), Exit B

Ai Jing’s artworksSinger-turned-painter Ai Jing is exhibiting her paintings, sculptures and installations at Shenzhen Art Museum.Dates: Until April 20Venue: Shenzhen Art Museum, inside Donghu Park, Aiguo Road, Luohu District (罗湖区爱国路东湖公园内深圳美术馆)Metro: Line 5 or 7 to Tai’an Station (太安站), Exit C and then take a taxi (SD News)

Events

‘Situations’Greek painter Apostolos Geor-giou is exhibiting his paintings. Curator Barry Schwabsky has titled the exhibition “Situations,” referring to how these fi gurative works present not stories, but something more like diagrams of relationships among people and things.Dates: Until Aug. 11Venue: Nanhai E-Cool, 6 Xin-ghua Road, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口兴华路6号南海意库)Metro: Line 2 to Sea World Sta-tion (海上世界站), Exit C

Design exhibitionsTwo design-themed exhibitions, “Minding the Digital” (until June 3) and “Values of Design” (until 2019), are being held in Shekou. Drawing from the V&A’s extensive collection in London, “Values of Design” features over 250 objects from year 900 to the present. “Minding the Digital” brings visitors into a novel world of immersive experiences shaped by digital technologies.Tickets: 40-80 yuanVenue: Design Society|Sea World Culture and Arts Center, 1187 Wanghai Road, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口望海路1187号设计互联|海上世界文化艺术中心)Metro: Line 2 to Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A

Power of plantsSpecimen of endangered plants, invasive plants, wild fruit and poisonous plants found in Shenzhen are on display. Dates: Until April 22Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆)Metro: Line 2 or 3 to Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B (SD News)

Events

SZ Symphony OrchestraShenzhen Symphony

Orchestra will collaborate with cellist Qin Liwei to play Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto in B Minor.” The orchestra will also perform Tchaikovsky’s “Sym-phony No. 6.” After winning the silver medal at the 11th Tchaikovsky International Competition, Qin won the

fi rst prize in the prestigious 2001 Naumburg Competition in New York. Time: 8 p.m., April 13Tickets: 50-880 yuan

Tiempo LibreThree-time Grammy-nomi-nated Afro-Caribbean music group Tiempo Libre will pres-ent a night of Latin jazz. One of the hottest Latin bands today, Tiempo Libre is celebrated for its sophisticated tropical music featuring an irresistible, exhila-rating mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive Latin rhythms. Time: 8 p.m., April 14Tickets: 100-480 yuan

Tchaikovsky TrioTchaikovsky Trio, consist-

ing of Pavel Vernikov (violin), Alexander Chaushian (cello) and Konstantin Bogino (piano), will play Rachmaninoff’s “Trio Elegiaque No. 1 in G Minor,” Arensky’s “Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32” and Shosta-kovich’s “Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67.” Formed in Moscow in 1975, Tchaikovsky Trio has brilliantly continued the traditions of the Russian performance school.Time: 8 p.m., April 15Tickets: 100-480 yuanVenue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D (SD News)

Weekend shows at SZ Concert Hall

Young artists express inner world through paintings

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More than 140 gongbi paintings mostly created by Chinese young artists are on display at Guan Shanyue Art Museum.

Gongbi (工笔) is a meticu-lously realist technique in Chinese painting, the opposite of the interpretive and freely-expressive abstract style. One of the oldest Chinese painting techniques, gongbi requires tidy yet intricate command of the paintbrush. In works of gongbi, highly-detailed brushstrokes delimit details with precision, without independent or expres-sive variation. It is often full of color and usually depicts fi gural or narrative subjects.

The gongbi style’s origins can be dated back to approximately 2,000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), when the political stabil-ity and prosperity favored the advancement of the arts. The production of these paintings peaked between the Tang and

Song dynasties (7th-13th cen-turies) when they were most endorsed and collected by the royal families of China.

“The Shenzhen exhibition is in its fi fth year. It’s a platform for young artists to display their cre-ations and learn from established artists. So we have also exhibited paintings by established artists, such as Chen Xiangbo and Yao Shunxi,” said Chen Junyu, one of the exhibition curators.

“In the past, we found young artists focused more on tech-niques but this year, some art-ists express their inner world in the paintings. In Hua Ling’s ‘Search,’ the artist depicts a bird fl ying out of a fi eld of cactus to refl ect the artist’s desire to escape from plight and fl y higher,” said Chen.Dates: Until April 17Venue: Guan Shanyue Art Museum, 6026 Hongli Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路6026号关山月美术馆)Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B

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Ticketing

Gongbi paintings at the exhibition. Courtesy of the museum

Daniel Froschauer, the Vienna Philharmonic’s fi rst violinist and section leader, will pres-ent Mozart’s “Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-fl at Major, K.454,” Schubert’s “Violin Sonata in D Major, D. 384” and Beethoven’s “Violin Sonata in F Major” at Shenzhen Poly Theater on Sat-urday. Pianist Christoph Camp-estrini will accompany him.

Froschauer began his musical career as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir. His studies on the violin led him to the Julliard School of Music in New York. Froschauer has been a member of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra since 1995 and joined the Association of the Vienna Philharmonic in 1998. He has performed in both orchestras

as a fi rst violinist since 2004. Time: 8 p.m., April 14Tickets: 100-580 yuanVenue: Shenzhen Poly Theater, intersection of Wenxin Road 5 and Houhaibin Road, Nanshan District (南山区后海滨路与文心五路交界处深圳保利剧院)Metro: Line 2 or 11 to Houhai Station (后海站), Exit E (SD News)

Violin recital by Daniel Froschauer

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