Beginning in March 2011, Chinamania will coincide with The Peacock Room Comes toAmerica, the dramatic reinstallation of 'The Peacock Room' as it looked in 1908 after American collector Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) purchased the room and had it reassembled in his mansion in Detroit. During his trips to Asia, Freer purchased more than 200 ceramics to adorn the Peacock Room, selecting predominantly gray, green and turquoise iridescent glazes because of their tonal relationships to the American paintings in his collection. Freer's ceramics collection was as important to his aesthetic development as blue-and-white porcelain had been to Whistler's growth as an artist.
Chinamania offers visitors a deeper understanding of the cultural conditions that created a taste for Chinese porcelain and inspired 'The Peacock Room.'
More information about the Freer and Sackler galleries and their exhibitions, programs and other events is available at www.asia.si.edu. The Freer Gallery of Art, located at 12th Street and Independence Avenue SW, and the adjacent Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, located at 1050 Independence Avenue SW, are on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Admission is free.
Editor's Note: Don't overlook the Freer and Sackler's Shop. The items feature a fashion section including a Yak hat made by a tailor in Lhasa, Tibet, special for the Dropenling Handicraft Center. The hats come in black or white. There's also a Mechak purse from the Handicraft Center with stitched green leather accent and brass button. An Indian umbrella depicts Picchwai, by Sharad Purnima Nathadwara; Rajasthan, India. A Freer Byzantine Cross Necklace with Silk Cord is part of the jewelry section in the Freer and Sackler products. Children's gifts are also based on unusual items based on exhibits.
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