China News Service, Shanghai, July 19th (Gao Zhimiao and Wangji) On the 19th, the special exhibition "Talasa: Maritime Civilization and Greek Art" in Shanghai Museum was officially opened to the public.
This exhibition is co-organized by the Shanghai Museum and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Greece, with the support of the Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai.
In 2022, the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Greece, as an important event in the framework of the "Year of Greek Culture and Tourism in China", this exhibition, with the joint support of the Greek Consulate General in Shanghai and COSCO SHIPPING Group, presents dozens of items from Greece. The artworks of more than 20 local institutions have overcome the barriers of the epidemic and successfully arrived at the Shanghai Museum. It has become the first international cooperation exhibition of the Shanghai Museum that has been reopened since the epidemic on July 1, presenting the audience with two ancient civilizations crossing mountains and seas. art dialogue.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Museum on the scene of the exhibition hall of Shanghai Museum "Talasa: Maritime Civilization and Greek Art"
It is understood that "Thalassa" in the title of the exhibition is the goddess of the sea in primitive mythology, symbolizing the ocean that surrounds the Greek mainland and nurtures its many archipelagos.
The exhibition is divided into two sections, "Ocean in Ancient Greek Art" and "Ocean in Modern and Contemporary Greek Art". A total of 5 ancient Greek cultural relics (holographic projections) and 34 pieces/groups of modern and contemporary Greek art are exhibited.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Museum on the scene of the exhibition hall of Shanghai Museum "Talasa: Maritime Civilization and Greek Art"
Focusing on the theme of "Marine Civilization", the exhibition attempts to display the mythological figures, marine creatures, port ships and other related scenes depicted in different periods of artistic expressions and media through holographic images and original modern and contemporary art. The special relationship of the sea and the long-lasting and deep feeling between the Greeks and the sea.
According to the Shanghai Museum, despite the impact of the epidemic, the Shanghai Museum's international cooperation exhibitions have never been interrupted.
All the exhibits in this exhibition are in the mode of unescorted and online point-to-point delivery. The Shanghai Museum and the Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai are jointly responsible for the exhibition site.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Museum on the scene of the exhibition hall of Shanghai Museum "Talasa: Maritime Civilization and Greek Art"
"This is an excellent opportunity for Chinese audiences to get to know Greece in a conceptually and emotionally familiar way," wrote Lina Menzoni, Minister of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic in the foreword to the exhibition. Spiritual and cultural. Shanghai is one of the largest and busiest port cities in the world and the perfect city to host this exhibition.”
The special exhibition "Talassa: Maritime Civilization and Greek Art" will last until October 9, and the catalogue of the same name will be on sale at the same time.
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