{"id":8306,"date":"2020-07-26T18:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T17:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2020-09-17T22:08:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:08:47","slug":"the-chinese-lives-of-uli-sigg-at-castello-di-rivoli-museum-for-contemporary-arts-turin-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelschindhelm.com\/en\/the-chinese-lives-of-uli-sigg-at-castello-di-rivoli-museum-for-contemporary-arts-turin-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg at Castello di Rivoli, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Turin, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
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(Dir.: Michael Schindhelm, Switzerland, 2016, 93 min., English)<\/p>\n

Uli Sigg is not a man who does things by halves. \u201cMy ego, my way\u201d says a t-shirt he wears at one point in the film. When he took up rowing, he went to the world championships. When he negotiated a joint venture, he wanted to create a model for future partnerships. And when he became interested in Chinese art, he built a world-class personal collection. Sigg championed the artists he admired, working tirelessly for their international recognition and to preserve their artwork as a record of China\u2019s tumultuous and historic changes. Eventually, Sigg became the Swiss ambassador to China and a consultant on major Chinese art projects, including the construction of the Bird\u2019s Nest stadium for the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Filmmaker Michael Schindhelm\u2019s documentary is a history of China\u2019s recent opening to the West, and of the West\u2019s embrace of Chinese contemporary art, through the eyes of Sigg and the artists he championed.<\/p>\n


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\nPublic screening at Covid-times: Talk with chief curator of
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Scene from the opening of the film, screened at Castello di Rivoli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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