Showing posts with label Ghosts & Hells in the Quai Branly museum. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Paris private guided tour & Quai Branly exhibition


                                      

 
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2 mai 2018
Édition 2018, NumÉro 15

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We are happy to suggest you aPrivate minivan tour of PARIS with a cruise on the river SEINE



It is possible to choose also a private walking tour in a quarter of Paris or a museum private guided visit




In the north of Paris, it is possible to make an original private excursion where you will discover the city of Compiegne, the castle of Pierrefonds and the historical Rethondes car-museum.




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EXHIBITION

10 Apr 2018 => 15 Jul 2018

GHOSTS AND HELLS

The underworld in Asian art




The exhibition focuses its attention on Asian ghost stories, delving into the world of spirits, terror and fantastic creatures as it takes visitors on a journey to the edges of reality, through religious art, theatre, cinema, contemporary design and manga.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
From Buddhist to J-Horror, from Hokusai prints to Pac-Man, from the Thai spirit culture to horror manga, the figure of the ghost has haunted the Asian imagination for centuries. In China, Thailand and Japan - the lands that the exhibition focuses on - the popular infatuation with terror is very real, and one that permeates a wide variety of cultural productions. From spirits that wander the forest, vengeful cat-women and hungry spirits that return from the dead ("the walking dead") to jumping vampires and yokaïs (supernatural creatures in Japanese folklore), these can appear in multiple guises and play on artistic periods and media.
Ghosts and Hells - the underworld in Asian art explores their omnipresence not only in objects and documents but also in the performing arts, cinema and comics in an attempt to better understand how they work. After all, whilst Buddhism has played its part in the formation of this imagination – implying that souls are in waiting between two reincarnations –, it is indeed on the fringes of religion, in popular and secular art, that the representation of ghosts has truly come into its own