DUE to public response, Museums Sheffield have decided to extend their China in Yorkshire exhibitions at the Graves Gallery until next January.
It includes The Return of the Ivories, showcasing the city's Grice Chinese Ivories collection, one of only two important and internationally renowned collections of Chinese ivories in the UK. It is accompanied by a display of personal reflections by
members of Sheffield's Chinese community.
Showing alongside is The Land of Peach Blossoms. a contemporary response to the collection by artist Gayle Chong Kwan. Taking inspiration from items in the ivories Collection, ivory carving techniques, modern-day Shanghai, chinoserie and mythical lands from different cultures, the Scots-born artist has created a new work of a mythical city located high in the mountains and carved in miniature out of used food and drink packaging.
Both exhibitions will now be on view until January 31, 2009.
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