SyndicationGuangzhou Art Museum
Situated at the foot of Baiyun Mountain and on the threshold of Luhu Lake, Guangzhou Art Museum started its construction in 1995 and was completed and opened to the public in September 2000. The museum is the largest art museum in China with investment of more than 1 billion yuan (US $120million). Fronted by a grassy park and tree-covered trails, the museum encompasses 18,000 square metres and has a floor space of nearly 40,000 square metres.
Guangzhou Art Museum complex stands like a spectacular sculpture at one of the city's busy traffic intersections. A large rock mural makes up one face of the museum, which is a reproduction of pre-historical marks and symbols discovered carved into coastal cliffs in southern China. The giant mural, Painted on red sand rock, features primitive symbols that suggest words, images of birds and records of the activities of the ancient people. According to Mo Bozhi, chief designer of the museum and one of China's top architects, the museum is more than just decoration. A bird totem featured in the mural is representative of one of the ancient cultural foundations in South China, where the local people, mainly fishermen, worshipped birds "as super fish-catchers. "
The rock painting looks abstract and postmodern on the one hand, but still it is ultimately reflection of southern roots. It especially speaks for Guangzhou, the gateway to South China. Post modernism and tradition have been blended coheremly throughout the building. Guangzhou Art Museum sits on a different triangular site that varies 34 metres from top to bottom. Mo exploited this terrain, giving his irregular rectangle complex a marvellous sense of presence and sculptural purpose. The museum's dominant colour is white. Rouge and raws and rocks used in the outer facade lend the building dignity and magnificence.
Guangzhou Art Museum complex stands like a spectacular sculpture at one of the city's busy traffic intersections. A large rock mural makes up one face of the museum, which is a reproduction of pre-historical marks and symbols discovered carved into coastal cliffs in southern China. The giant mural, Painted on red sand rock, features primitive symbols that suggest words, images of birds and records of the activities of the ancient people. According to Mo Bozhi, chief designer of the museum and one of China's top architects, the museum is more than just decoration. A bird totem featured in the mural is representative of one of the ancient cultural foundations in South China, where the local people, mainly fishermen, worshipped birds "as super fish-catchers. "
The rock painting looks abstract and postmodern on the one hand, but still it is ultimately reflection of southern roots. It especially speaks for Guangzhou, the gateway to South China. Post modernism and tradition have been blended coheremly throughout the building. Guangzhou Art Museum sits on a different triangular site that varies 34 metres from top to bottom. Mo exploited this terrain, giving his irregular rectangle complex a marvellous sense of presence and sculptural purpose. The museum's dominant colour is white. Rouge and raws and rocks used in the outer facade lend the building dignity and magnificence.