The family-focused weekend will serve up exciting free movie themed activities and entertainment - including giant puppet shows, marching bands, arts and crafts, workshops for kids to learn the secrets of movie making and seven quality films including Ponyo, Mia and the Migoo, Neukoln Unlimited, The General, Mai Mai Miracle, Little White Lies, The Blue Bird and all-time family favourite The Wizard of Oz.

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Eröffnung | Opening
Freitag, 30. Juli, 19-21 Uhr

CHINESE*

Chinese* versammelt in unserer Sommerausstellung arrivierte internationale 'Stars' wie Yang Shaobin und Fang Lijun, sowie etablierte Künstler wie Wang Shugang und Chen Guangwu in unterschiedlichen Medien.

Die klassische chinesische Tuschemalerei erfährt eine neue Interpretation und geht hier eine Korrespondenz mit dem 'Westen' ein, wie auch die Skulpturen Chens und Yangs (beide bei Noack, Berlin gegossen), eine Beziehungslinie in die Europäische Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts formulieren.

Diese – aus dem Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Fernost und West – geführte Auseinandersetzung ist für die jüngste Generation chinesischer Künstlerinnen und Künstler obsolet, sind sie doch im Falle Ce Jians weitestgehend in Europa aufgewachsen oder haben wie die Maler Lu Song und Zhang Hui in London oder in Berlin studiert. Wo es für die erstgenannte Generation chinesischer Künstler Anfang der 90er Jahre noch schwierig war zu reisen und es als Hauptaufgabe verstanden wurde, die kulturelle wie politische Isolation aufzubrechen, unterhalten die jungen, alle in den späten 70ern bzw. Anfang der 80er Jahre geborenen Künstler Studios in Beijing wie in Berlin. Und hier entsteht Malerei, in der die unterschiedlichen kulturellen Einflüsse fusionieren ohne aufgehoben zu werden.

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CHINESE*

In our summer exhibition Chinese* we present well acknowledged international 'Stars' such as Yang Shaobin and Fang Lijun as well as established artists such as Wang Shugang and Chen Guangwu who work in different media.

The classical Chinese ink painting is experiencing a new interpretation in correspondence with Western art as well as the sculptures of Chen and Yang (both cast by Noack, Berlin) also formulate a new relation to European art of the 20th century. This – within the ratio of the Far East and the West – ongoing discussion is obsolete for the young generation of Chinese artists, since most of them grew up in Europe as in case of Ce Jian or studied in London or Beijing as Lu Song and Zhang Hui.

While it had been difficult to travel in general for the earlier mentioned generation of Chinese artists at the beginning of the 90s – they were challenged to prise open cultural and political isolation. In contrast the young artists, all born in the late 70s and early 80s, work in studios in Berlin and Beijing. Here they create paintings that combine the still perceptible different cultural influences to a perfect fusion.

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For many years physicians, hospitals and insurance companies defined both health and wellness services and professionals! Going to spas, massage therapists, and many other like professionals were considered alternative medicine.

However, in 1992 began a new revolution of thinking when Congress established the Office of Alternative Medicine (now the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Health [NCCAM]) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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