Session VI - Late 19th Century, 2:
Date: April 25, 2003
Place: Macau Ricci Institute, Avenida Conselheiro Ferrerira de Almeida, 95-E
Time: 18:30 - 20:30 hours
"Make it new" could be the leitmotif for this section. The arts are in search of new sources of inspiration. Edward Greig said: "Chopin taught me how to write in Norwegian ". We will take a closer look at the key role of national folklore and of Asiatic exoticism in art's new approach to a changing world.
This search for novelty had profound consequences for sculpture and painting, with the appearance of a radical new way of seeing the world surrounding the artist. Macau's dependency on Portugal for Western influences is reflected by the fact that, inevitably for the times, these revolutionary changes would only arrive much later. In the meantime China Trade painting continued to be sold in Hong Kong and Macau, but had little left to say. It is only Chinese artists from the mainland and Hong Kong that proved really creative towards the end of the century. |
