Fondazione Prada, famous for being one of the most up-to-date foundations in the field of contemporary and emerging artists, hosts a collection that is different from its usual habit. In fact, it presents a vast collection of Chinese porcelain, exposing them to the observer under a new aspect: global products.
Indeed, it is difficult to conceive an object from the 16th century as a “global” product, yet it is so (and it is precisely for this reason that it recommends its vision for all those who have the opportunity to pass through Milan!).
The curators, Jorge Welsh and Luísa Vinhais, wanted to present the aspect whereby, in order to support the large quantities required by the West, porcelains produced in considerable quantities and subsequently loaded on transport ships. Through the sea routes, the relics were brought to Europe, especially to Portugal, a city lover of ‘orientalisms’. This phenomenon of ‘export‘, very interesting for the early historical moment, even began long before the arrival of Europeans in the Asian continent, even if it became more relevant around 1500.
The exhibition hosts different types of porcelain, covering the types of sacred and profane clients, who clearly determined a different shape.
The room, so ‘contemporary’ in the setting up (an entire room strewn with ceramics that climb the walls, even descending from the ceiling) manages to create an optical connection between the historicity and the contemporary nature of these works of art, which already at the time they became ‘products‘ and ‘objects‘ of a society that began (as we already do extensively) to look at the world without limits of time and space.
The exhibition is already open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will end on January 10, 2021. Reservations are required and can be booked on the official website of the Prada Foundation.
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