Artist: Wenda Gu

Project Site: Europalia China Art Festival / China in Town-Contemportay section < gu wenda - Tea Palace >


Dynasty Building, Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Opening time / place： 2009／10／15 6pm opening ceremony, public day starts on 16th of October, 2009

"Art Tour in Brussels – Contemporary China/ Heavenly Lantern - Tea Palace" is part of Wenda Gu's heavenly Lantern series. She inherits the idea of the Heavenly Lantern series with cross-cultural character, and the constant discussion on Chinese and Western culture collision, and has merged the cultural connotation of Gu's phrase. She is becoming the first implemental-plan of the Heavenly Lantern series.

"Heavenly Lantern - Tea Palace" has perfectly meshed with PALAIS DES CONGRES DYNASTIE – CONGRESPALEIS DYNASTIE on the international exchanges. On the overview, the tea palace will be hung up by the Chinese traditional red and yellow lanterns. The entire lanterns will make up a Chinese-style pavilion building style. The red and yellow lanterns spell Gu's phrase "cha+shi" on both sides of the palace. It is an artistic interpretation of "Chinese culture" and an artistic way to "taste China". On the details, the word "zhong+guo" （ ）-printed lanterns make the artistic idea incorporate to the minor details. Besides the Lantern LOGO, Wenda Gu's art and tea palace's cultural program are linked in one organic whole.

Europalia will celebrate its 40th anniversary by inviting a truly fascinating guest: China. Europalia is one of the leading arts festivals in Europe and each edition attracts more than one million visitors. During four months, Belgium and its neighbouring regions will celebrate the diversity of Chinese culture by hosting hundreds of breathtaking events.