China: Through the Looking Glass

China: Through the Looking Glass is an art exhibition held in 2015 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art focusing on the impact of Chinese design on Western fashion over the centuries. It was curated by Andrew Bolton.[1][2]

The exhibit was extremely popular in New York City and resulted in record attendance for the museum, drawing more visitors then that of the previous record holder among popular Costume Institute exhibitions, Savage Beauty.[3] Originally scheduled to run from 7 May to 16 August, it was extended through September 7 and will be open through the night on its final weekend.[3]

The exhibition inverts Orientalism, choosing to focus on "the East as authentic".[1] The show "aims to readdress Edward Said’s notion of Orientalism—a criticism of the West’s depictions of the East as patronising and inauthentic."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Givhan, Robin (5 May 2015). "The fantasy of China: Why the new Met exhibition is a big, beautiful lie". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Holpuch, Amanda (4 May 2015). "Met's China: Through the Looking Glass show presents a fantasy of the far east". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "China: Through the Looking Glass show breaks Metropolitan museum record". The Guardian. Agence France. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Michalska, Julia (5 May 2015). "The Met launches China show, using a Western lens". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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