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CAA Exhibitions

ByLaraine Armenti, visual artist
ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — ZHEJIANG, no. 30

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The China Academy of Art thesis exhibitions are extensive. The school provides rigorous instruction in a full spectrum of degree programs on three campuses. The school was founded in 1928 as the first art university and first graduate school in Chinese history. CAA is under the direct management of the Ministry of Culture. Despite the large quantity of work we viewed in a three hour visit, it was only a small selection of the total graduate student exhibitions on the Xiangshan Central Campus.

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oil painting installation, approx 12×12 per piece

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oil painting installation, approx 12×12 per piece

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light fixture, printed & perforated paper

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paper light fixture, printed & perforated — supporting materials

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installation after Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini “Wedding” Portrait

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installation after Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini “Wedding” Portrait — supporting images

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installation after Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini “Wedding” Portrait — lunch break

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installation of throne chair, silk paintings & calligraphy

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porcelain with installation of throne chair, silk paintings & calligraphy

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ceramics & wood

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China Academy of Art, Xiangshan campus — designed using “the “free” concept… sensitive response to the site and nature,” architects Wang Shu, Lu Wenyu

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