Upcoming cultural events in Beijing
Exhibits
Lucky Field
Dialogue Space Gallery presents Lucky Field, a solo exhibition by Ma Dan, featuring the artist's simple and primitive oils of people and scenery.
Her paintings create a dream-like tranquility reflecting on humans and nature.
Recent exhibitions include Art Asia Fair in Miami in the United States, Reshaping His-tory 2000-2009 New Art of China Youth Invitational Exhibition at Today Art Museum in Beijing and the 11th Yunnan Art Exhibition of the National Art Exhibition in Kunming.
March 5 to April 3. 6-97 Dialogue Space, 22 International Art Plaza, No 32 Baiziwan Lu (south of Today Art Museum), 5876-9392
百子湾路32号二十二院街艺术区6-97对话空间
Paintings by Qu Leilei
The work of Qu Leilei explores the meaning and value of life as well as the beauty and dignity of human nature.
His works feature Western lighting and modeling techniques borrowed from Western paintings and attempts to realize the artist's academic pursuits through rigorous and accurate modeling as well as Chinese ink and paper.
Until March 15. National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng district, 6400-1476.
东城区五四大街一号中国美术馆
Pure and Noble Spirit
Liao Bingxiong (1915-2006) was an accomplished comic book artist. His works are characterized by irony and invective and the moral courage to fight against tyranny. His representative works are Crowing Forbidden and Self-mockery, which demonstrate his strong sense of patriotism and humanism .
The exhibition features 65 works created between 1938 to 1990 and donated by his children to the National Art Museum of China.
March 12 to 19. National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng district, 6400-1476.
东城区五四大街一号中国美术馆
Events
Bookworm International Literary Festival
Moderator Annie Wang leads the audience through the corridors of power to the boardrooms of Wall Street as two women are thrust by crisis and necessity into the worlds of politics and big business in the novels by two very different authors: social commentator Kate Jennings, and former lawyer and insider to the world of high politics Jessica Rudd.
Mar 9, 1 pm, 50 yuan. The Bookworm, Sanlitun Nanjie, 6586-9507
三里屯南街4号楼书虫
Movie: Oyster Girl
Everybody loves Ah Lan, but she's got a dark secret and just how long before this secret starts to show? Directed by Lee Hsing and Lee Chia, Oyster Girl was Taiwan's first feature film produced in color and one of the first films to depict the lives of Taiwan fishermen and the fishing villages of the 1960s.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
March 8, movie starts 7 pm. Free. The World of Chinese Movies at Jiang Hu Livehouse Bar, 7 Dongmianhua Hutong, Jiaodaokou Nandajie, Dongcheng district, 158-1124-3464.
北京交道口南大街东棉花胡同7号江湖酒吧
Modern Dance: Songs of the Wanderers
Founder and Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Lin Hwai-min has been heralded as "the most important choreographer in Asia". His works transform ancient Asian aesthetics into thrilling modern celebrations of motion.
In addition to receiving rave reviews internationally for his choreography, Lin is also a recipient of many awards and honors, including Choreographer of the 20th Century by Dance Europe. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan was founded in 1973 as the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese speaking community.
Apr 1-2, 7:30 pm, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 Chang'an Xidajie, Xicheng district, 6655-0000.
国家大剧院
Beijing Farmers' Market
Local producers of organic food will present their fresh fruit and vegetables and other produce on Sat 12.
March 12, 10 am to 3 pm (after 3 pm roundtable discussion).
Studio-X Beijing, A103, 46 Fangjia Hutong, Andingmen Neidajie, Dongcheng district.
东城区安定门内大街方家胡同46号
China Daily
(China Daily 03/08/2011)
