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Janaury Issue 2008
Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC, Offers Porcelain from Major Collection
The cross-cultural connections between Asia and the West are vividly displayed in the extraordinary exhibition, Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur, which chronicles the history of Chinese export porcelain from 1550 to 1850. The exhibition will be on view from Jan. 26 to Apr. 20, 2008, at the Mint Museum of Art n Charlotte, NC.
Made in China showcases approximately 150 superbly crafted plates, tureens, vases, sculptures and other wares from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection of Chinese export porcelain at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. The exhibition will explain why porcelain, with its fine white body, delicately painted decoration, and association with the exotic lands of Asia, has long delighted and captivated Europeans and Americans.
"This exhibition is a perfect complement to the Mint's own ceramics collection," says Brian Gallagher, Curator of Decorative Arts at The Mint Museum. "There are so many examples in our own holdings of European and American ceramics that were clearly influenced by Chinese prototypes. Visitors will be able to see wonderful examples of the types of objects that inspired Western craftsmen and designers."
Children and families will especially enjoy the exhibition's unique interactive activities, which allow users to design their own Chinese export porcelain dinner plate and learn the differences between porcelain and other types of ceramics.
Made in China was organized by Winterthur, An American Country Estate, through the generous support of Leo and Doris Hodroff. A hard-cover 200-page catalogue of the exhibition is available in the museum shops for $50.
The Mint Museum is supported, in part, with an Operating Grant from the Arts & Science Council, Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Inc.; the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Charlotte; and their members.
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