Daniel Arsham and National Treasure to release collectibles for ‘Arsham Studio X Changxin Palace Lantern’ collaboration
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NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2019 / PRNewswire / – Enabled January 5, 2019, HRY Group was pleased to announce the worldwide release of the collaboration between Daniel Arsham and National treasure, a television program featuring valuable Chinese antiques. Arsham reinterpreted the Changxin Palace lantern and launched an art project to share an important part of Chinese history with global audiences.
The first collector’s item in the series is a limited-edition collaboration t-shirt, officially released via National treasureTmall’s official store on December 12 and the initial quota sold out within 48 hours.
Presentation of the tee in vacuum packaging with the collectable box
National treasure, also known as The nation’s greatest treasures, is a phenomenal cultural exploration program developed by China Central Television (CCTV) that features important antiques from major Chinese museums.
Run by the Palace Museum (also known as the “Forbidden City Museum”), each museum displays its treasures which vary from the sword of Goujian to the flying horse of Gansu and Art of War bamboo leaves, which testify to a rich collection of Chinese history and culture. The show has created a new genre that tells the story of antiques in an authentic and comprehensive way, merging tradition with creativity, history with entertainment.
The first season of National Treasure has reached hundreds of millions of views and billions of searches and comments on the internet, receiving massive attention around the world and stimulating an ongoing and enthusiastic discussion about history and archeology. The second season has started December 9, 2018, and present 27 other iconic Chinese masterpieces from nine prestigious museums around China. At 23 december, Changxin Palace Lantern was presented by the Hebei Museum.
Daniel Arsham is a world-renowned contemporary artist, straddling art, architecture and performance. High in Miami, Arsham attended Cooper’s Union in New York City where he received the Gelman Trust Fellowship in 2003. Architecture is a predominant subject throughout his work; Environments with eroded walls and stairs that lead nowhere, landscapes where nature trumps structures and a general sense of playfulness within the existing architecture. Arsham makes architecture do things it is not meant to do, exploiting everyday experience to find opportunities to confuse and confuse our expectations of space and form. Simple but paradoxical gestures dominate his sculptural work: a facade that seems to float in the wind, a figure enveloped in the surface of a wall, a contemporary object sunk in volcanic ash as if it had been found on a future archaeological site.
To further expand the possibilities for spatial manipulation and collaboration, Arsham founded Snarkitecture in 2007 with its partner Alex mustonen serve new and imaginative goals. Their multidisciplinary practice has included collaborations with fashion designers and brands Kith, Public School and Richard Chai, the entrance pavilion of Design Miami, as well as a full range of functional design objects.
Arsham’s work has been exhibited at MoMA PS1, Museum of Contemporary Art Miami, Athens Biennale, New Museum in new York, Museum of contemporary art of Nîmes among others. The artist is represented by Perrotin Gallery in Paris, Hong Kong, new York, Seoul, and Shanghai, Moran Bondaroff in Los Angeles, Baro Galeria in São Paulo, Pippy Houldsworth in London, and Ron Mandos Gallery in Amsterdam.
The Changxin Palace Lantern is an elegant gilded bronze lantern used to illuminate the baths in Empress Dou’s palace. Dating from the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), it was excavated in 1968 in the tomb of Liu sheng, King Zhongshan, and is currently housed in the Hebei Museum in China. The lantern stands 48cm tall and weighs 15.85kg, molded in the shape of a kneeling bridesmaid holding a lantern. This lantern is celebrated for its beauty, environmental characteristics, scientific ingenuity, and the harmonious unification of its decorative and practical purposes.
The round base of the lantern rotated, allowing adjustment of the direction and brightness of the light emitted. The hollow arm attached to the lantern served to trap the smoke produced by the light, forcing it to descend down the arm and into the maid’s body. Water has been placed at the bottom of the structure so that once the smoke is captured, it is filtered in an effective anti-pollution technique. The lantern itself was a technological feat of its time that is impressive even in contemporary society.
Daniel Arsham pays homage to the Changxin Palace lantern using its “color chiaroscuro” technique. The reinterpreted artwork is cast in pure white, then painted with a coat of pigment at a certain angle. This technique uses a progressive color field to involve shadow over the artwork, highlighting the texture, craftsmanship, and intricate details of every fold and curve in the maid’s clothing. As the pigment is sprayed onto the lantern, gravity determines where the color lands. Contrasting with the glowing white of the now colorless lantern, the blue brings new light to the iconic piece.
In the interview regarding the collaboration with National treasure, Daniel Arsham offers an elaborate account of his artistic concepts and studies of Chinese culture in this reconstruction of the Changxin Palace Lantern, as well as how this collaboration can be interpreted in today’s global context.
As an artist interested in historical narratives, the long and rich history of China seduces Arsham, the collaboration with National treasure was therefore a perfect match. Reflecting on the Changxin Palace lantern from an archaeological perspective, Arsham was fascinated both by the design of the lantern and the quality it retained for a period of two thousand years despite being buried until to its discovery in 1968. An object that has stood the test of time and that bears shadows from the past to the present as a symbol of the future, the piece represents themes and ideas that also exist in other Arsham projects. Known as “The No. 1 Lantern of China“The Changxin Palace Lantern would be instantly recognizable to most Chinese. As such, the majority of people already have a relationship with it, which gives Arsham an existing relationship to build on and question. This is an important element for the artist because he believes that, “being able to see objects in your own life, with this kind of new perspective on time, can be a very interesting and powerful experience.”
The limited edition “Arsham Studio x Changxin Palace Lantern†t-shirt will be available on the ArshamxNationalTreasure.com global business website, Perrotin Gallery, and selected retailers on various dates in early 2019. Follow HRY Group and Arsham for updates.
* This collaboration is made possible by Arsham Studio, National treasure the communications team and the HRY Group.
HRY Group is dedicated to bringing together global collaborations between cultural IPs and world-renowned artists and brands. We believe in the power of art and culture to deepen communication and mutual understanding. We create products that connect and empower everyone. Special thanks to the diligent work of Dandi Gu, Irina Li, Ting Liu, and Rachel Qin from the creative team of HRY Group.
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