Crossing Views, Interior Journeys

Fascinated by calendered indigo cloth since childhood, Awena Cozannet has come to discover the textile know-how from the minorities of Yunnan and Guizhou.

In spring 2012, she was welcomed in the Rhizome –Lijiang Art Center. She met artisans working with dye, couture, embroidery, and weaving in Yunnan and Guizhou. Returning in April 2013, Awena Cozannet will go meet the indigo dye and cloth calendering craftsmen of Guizhou, to create new pieces that will be presented at the Guiyang Art Museum.

The works will be shown as part of the collective exhibition Crossing views, Interior Journeys , works by French artists who came for residencies in Southwest China (Guizhou and Yunnan): sculptures by Awena Cozannet, paintings and installation by Caroline Muheim, inks and paintings by Marc Aurelle, landscape photography by Marine Lanier, portrait photography by Didier Louineau, and movies by François Lejault.

Guiyang, June 2 - June 23, Guiyang Art Museum T : 0851-586 5816.

Organizers : Lijiang Art Center Soutien

Support : Rhone Alpes Region

Congo River – Art from Central Africa

The exhibition River Congo aims to explore the artistic diversity of the regions bordering the majestic River Congo as it traverses 4,700 kilometers through central Africa. The exhibition conveys the relationship between the works produced in these regions. On this special occasion, the celebrated Quai Branly Museum in Paris has lent 71 works to the Shanghai Museum : African masks, statues of ancestors, and feminine statues all which testify to the artistic wealth of the this part of the world.

Shanghai, April 4- July 7, Shanghai Museum, T : 21-63723500.

Organizers : Shanghai Museum, Quai Branly Museum