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Hello, China

Bates News — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:00:14 +0000

"Untitled (no. 7)" by Gu Zheng from his "Shanghai" series.

In summer 2006, Mark Bessire immersed himself in the studio zone of Shanghai. His mission: To see as much contemporary Chinese art as possible. The result of his efforts is on display at the Bates College Museum of Art.

The new exhibition “Stairway to Heaven” explores China’s transformation from a closed society to a global power. China will be under more focus than usual this year as it hosts the Summer Olympics. [More...]

Exhibit weaves stories of Maine millworkers

Bates News — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:00:05 +0000

‘Weaving a World: Lewiston’s Millworkers, 1920-2008′ describes the mills, millworkers and the social world they made … [and] gives us a front-row seat on history. … Bates partnered with the museum; students produced more than 80 oral histories of retired millworkers and a student-faculty team researched and wrote the traveling exhibit. [More...]

My City Was Gone

Bates News — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:00:46 +0000

Mark Bessire, director of the Bates College Museum of Art

17 artists show their response to a disorienting urban transformation in China. Emphasizing photography, the exhibition portrays the cities through three wide lenses: the changing forms and meanings of public monuments; the forests of skyscrapers springing up like bamboo; and the street-level scenes that are disappearing as those skyscrapers hoist residential living into the heavens. [More...]