The Craft of Metalwork : Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning in Early Metallurgy across the Eurasian Continent

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　15 January 2023 – 16 April 2023

Exhibition Venue　　　Exhibition Hall 12-13, 4th Floor, Tsinghua University Art Museum

Chief Director　　　DU Pengfei

Curator　　　Tan Shengguang

Academic Advisors　　　MEI Jianjun　SU Rongyu

　

Exhibition Coordinators　　　TAN Shengguang　WANG Chenya　Toko HIRAYAMA　CHEN Jianzhong

Curatorial Assistants　　　JIANG Ruixia　DAI Yuehan　GAO Ning

Collection Coordinators　　　LIU Zhenhua　MA Yanyan　XIE Anjie　Yuan Xu

Visual Director　　　Wang Peng

Visual Designer　　　WANG Yang

Exhibition Designer　　　LIU Huijian

Exhibition Team　　　LIU Huijian　YUAN Xu　YUAN Chen　CAO Ke　ZHANG Hanxu　CHEN Xinglu　LAN Yu
　　　LUO Yilin　LI Qi　LU Jie　JIA Jianwei　BAN Rui　XIE Yan　WANG Jing　MA Caihong

　　　XIAO Ting　MU Yani　GONG Xiangcai　ZHU Yaoguo　LIU Dazhi　SHEN Shasha　ZHAO Aijun
　　　ZHANG Fan　LI Qian　SUNSiqingerile　XIA Pengfei　LI Jiying　SONG Tao　HUANG Zhicheng
　　　SONG Min　LI Da　YE Lei　XUE Yanfeng　ZHANG Yuxiao　ZHANG Juyan

Extended Exhibition Designers　　　　　　　LI Ke'er　LIU Runbo　CHENG Ming　GUO Yan

Marketing and Public Relations　　　　　　　LI Zhe　LIU Yaomeng　ZHOU Xinxin　XIAO Fei

Education Programs　　　ZHANG Ming　ZHOU Ying　WANG Wenhui　ZHANG Ruiqi

Translations　　　JIANG Ruixia　DAI Yuehan

　

Organizers　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum　Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum

Co-organizers　　　Gansu Provincial Museum　Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
　　　Guyuan Museum　Inner Mongolia Museum

　　　Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
　　　Ningcheng Liaozhongjing Museum　Qinghai Provincial Museum
　　　Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum　Yanchi Museum（In the order of Chinese Pinyin）
　　　The KOUZAN Fine-Arts Company

Support Units　　　Japanese Embassy in China　The Art Exhibitions China
　　　Beijing Jianzhong Culture Communication Co., Ltd.　Shanghai Fine Arts Publisher

Exhibition Profile

This exhibition will focus on nearly 300 pieces of metal relics collected by Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Art Museum in Japan and cooperate with many domestic cultural and museum-based institutions to display metal art in Eurasia, spanning 4000 years. Including Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Mediterranean region, Iranian plateau, Caucasus region, Bactria-Margiana Civilization Archaeological Complex, Eurasian steppe, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia and northern China (Xinjiang, Hexi Corridor, along the Great Wall), etc., to present the history of the origin, development and spread of metal art, and to reflect the differences, similarities and mutual learning tracks of different regions and civilizations across the Eurasian Continent.