Rockbund Art Museum
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The Rockbund Art Museum (RAM,
History
Rockbund Art Museum is located in the peninsular headland where Suzhou Creek flows into the Huangpu River, in an area now marketed as the "Source of the Bund" (Waitanyuan). The museum is housed in the former Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) building, which was also home to one of China's first modern museums, the previous Shanghai Museum. Adjacent to the Former Consulate-General of the United Kingdom, Shanghai, this neighborhood was one of the first settlements of foreign expatriates, and a centre of cultural and commercial prosperity.
Started in 1932, the Art Deco RAS building was part of the history of 19th and 20th century Sino-European cultural and academic exchange. At its height, this five-story building, which contained a lecture hall, a library, and a museum, received over 7,000 visits a month.[citation needed] Bringing together the functions of scholarly research, cultural exchange and public education under one roof, this structure was unique in Shanghai at the time.[citation needed]
During the half-century of its existence, the RAS Shanghai Museum had established collaborative relationships with museums internationally, including the
In 1952, RAS closed its operation in China.[6] At its request, its collections were transferred to the new Shanghai Municipal Services, which included 20,328 natural specimens, 6,663 historical artifacts and over 14,000 books and documents. They were then reallocated to Shanghai Natural History Museum, the new Shanghai Museum and the Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei (the Xujiahui Library, a special collection of the Shanghai Library), forming the core collection of the three institutions respectively.
Building
In 2005, the Shanghai Bund de Rockefeller Group Master Development Co. Ltd. obtained the right to develop the area.[citation needed] With consideration for its historical and cultural heritage, and as a form of contribution to the community, the developer decided to restore the RAS building, and to renovate it into a public museum for contemporary art.
The British architect
To facilitate the functions of a modern art museum, the restoration, extended the building eastward, creating an open plaza on the ground floor, and a rooftop outdoor terrace on the eastern façade, the new parts echoing the old.[citation needed] At the same time, to meet the periodic changes necessary for modern art exhibitions, the designer made modifications to the existing space. The biggest renovation is in the skylight design that connects the upper three floors. For the interior colour scheme, the building's original precedent was followed, with light colours in the exhibition spaces with black steel and wooden furniture, providing a clean backdrop for exhibitions.
Transport
The nearest
Exhibitions
- 2010: Zeng Fanzhi.
- 2014: Bharti Kher: Misdemeanours.
- 2014: Ugo Rondinone: Breathe Walk Die.
- January 21, 2017 – June 4, 2017: Song Dong: I Don’t Know the Mandate of Heaven
- July 8, 2017 – September 17, 2017: Philippe Parreno: Synchronicity.
- September 29, 2017 – October 4, 2017: RAM HIGHLIGHT: DISPLACE
- October 2017 – February 2018: Hugo Boss Asia Art 2017
References
- ISBN 978-1-74179-963-7.
- TripAdvisor. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ Qiao, Michelle. "Royal Asiatic Society back to continue original mission". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Rockbund Art Museum". Smart Shanghai. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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- ^ a b "Rockbund Art Museum". TimeOut Shanghai. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "About RAS". Royal Asiatic Society China in Shanghai.
- ^ "David Chipperfield Architects: Rockbund project and art museum". designboom. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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