Delft-Jingdezhen: The Blue Revolution, 400 years Exchange

Exhibition:

Delft-Jingdezhen: The Blue Revolution, 400 years Exchange

400年城市联接 中国景德镇-荷兰代尔夫特

From Saturday 20 April to Sunday June 9, 2013, Museum Het Prinsenhof colors even bluer. The exhibition 'Delft Jingdezhen: The Blue Revolution, 400 years Exchange' is a joint exhibition of Delft and Jingdezhen (China) and shows an overview of the results so far of the artists in residence program between the two 'blue' cities.

 The exhibition takes place within the context of 'Delft Ceramics 2013'. It  takes you on a journey, not only through ceramics and art, but also through the history of both cities and their 400 years cooperation.  

Besides the ceramic objects, much attention is led to the artists themselves, to their experiences and  inspirations. The exhibition shows works by a cluster of both Chinese and Dutch artists / designers: Li Jiansheng, Wan Li Ya, Zhang Ling Yun, Pepin van den Nieuwendijk, Tineke van Gils, Pauline Wiertz, Hugo Kaagman, Chris Dagradi, Adrie Huisman, Wendy Steenks and Adriaan Rees.

For more information, please visit ikhouvanblauw.nl

INVITATION SEMINAR

Museum Het Prinsenhof and the International Institute for Asian Studies are pleased to invite you to the seminar: 

The Blue Revolution - Carrack Porcelain
-From Carack Porcelain to Delft Blue

Happing on Saturday July 6th in Museum Prinsenhof in Delft, the seminar is organized within the framework of the exhibition. We will welcome a special speaker from abroad, Professor Jiang Jian Xin, Director of the Imperial Porcelain Museum in Jingdezhen (China), who is renowned for many publications on Chinese carack porcelain.

Program: 

12.30-13.00 Walk in

13:00-13:30 Welcome and introduction by Adriaan Rees, guest curator The Blue Revolution and Project Exchange Delft Jingdezhen

13:30-14:15 Lecture (English) 'Society in the Late Period of Ming Dynasty, Jingdezhen and the Producing or Carack Porcelain', by Professor Jiang Jian Xin, Director of Imperial Porcelain Museum in Jingdezhen

14:15-14:45 Break

14:45-15:30 Lecture 'The first years of the porcelain trade by the VOC and the effect on Delft Blue', by Dr. Christine van der Pijl, Leiden University

15:30-16:15 am Lecture 'Porcelain elephant kendi from the Wanli period in the Netherlands of the 17th century', by Eveline Clay, MA, independent researcher Chinese and Korean art

16:15-17:00 Questions and discussion

17.00-18.00 Drinks

Location: Van der Mandel Hall, Museum Princes, St. Agathaplein 1, Delft

Register before July 1 through erfgoeddelft@delft.nl or 015 2602358

Further information can be found at:
www.ikhouvanblauw.nl/thebluerevolution