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East Asian Art Used as a Bridge in Connecting Cultures

The Berlin Museum für Asiatische Kunst is currently displaying a unique Asian collection which may foster inter-connectivity dialogue

July 21st, 2016
Ionuț-Eugen-Radu Sava, News from Berlin
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East Asian art has been one of the main attractions at one of Berlin's most popular museums, this summer. As a combination of tradition and culture, the elegance of the displayed works have connected people and have also encouraged inter-cultural communication.

The gallery is comprised of almost 400 objects collected from some 200 artists defining a message for enhancing cultural dialogue and promoting artistic sensitivity for Berliners. Japanese paintings and lacquer ware, are the main focus of the collection, portraying summer landscapes, birds and flowers.

The gallery opened to the public last month and it will remain open until the 18th of September 2016.

Culture enthusiasts may gain a particulary interesting insight of Chinese art as well, amounted to ink on monocromatic landscapes. "The Japanese literati painter Yamamoto Baiitsu (1783–1856) conveys the dampness of the air after a summer rain, while peacocks and peonies against a golden background on a pair of folding screens from the workshop of Yoshimura Kōkei (1769–1836) seem to evoke the season in all its blazing colors."

Opened in 2006, the Museum für Asiatische Kunst is one of the National Museums in Germany located in the south-western Berlin-Dahlem area. It is supported by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and on a continious basis displays art collections comprising the south, southeast and central parts of Asia.

The entrance price ranges between a concession of 4 euros and 8 euros, although Asian culture enthusiasts may be granted annual membership to the museum.

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