Museums at Night: MADE IN CHINA

The only museum in the UK devoted to the history of fans and the art of fan making will open its doors from 6.00 - 9.00pm on Friday 30 October, to celebrate its latest exhibition: MADE IN CHINA. ‘Made in China’ is an exciting collaborative exhibition between The Fan Museum and Hong Kong-based collector and philanthropist, Edwin Mok. The exhibition traces the evolution of Chinese export fan design from its emergence toward the end of the seventeenth century to its eventual decline in the latter part of the nineteenth century. A display of over eighty fans shows how Chinese fan painters/makers responded to demand from the West for luxury goods of Chinese manufacture. The inclusion of a number of Chinese fans for the domestic market illustrates how fans for export were designed with Western tastes in mind and were generally more exuberant in style, colour and form than fans favoured by the Chinese themselves. Join us for an exciting evening featuring talks from our curatorial staff and a unique demonstration of the art of Chinese paper cutting; a direct response to the exquisite objects showcased in this exhibition.

Suitable for
Any age

Admission
To be confirmed

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000020?id=EVENT536244