Red December - Carlos Marreiros
MOP 280.00
This catalogue features artist Carlos Marreiros’ latest large-scale artwork “Red December” and a series of paintings from his sketchbooks. “Red December”, a large composition embedded with detail, visualises the utopia in the artist’s mind. In addition, the paintings from his sketchbooks give an account of the artist’s creative and reflective process over the years, allowing the audience to take a close look at his sources of inspiration.
Stately Demeanour: Costumes of Qing Emperors and Empresses from the Collection of the Palace Museum
MOP 900.00
The clothing culture of the Qing emperors and empresses embodies the Chinese nation’s ritual and etiquette system, religious beliefs, traditions and customs developed over thousands of years. The hardcover catalogue Stately Demeanour: Costumes of Qing Emperors and Empresses from the Collection of the Palace Museum contains images of all items showcased in the exhibition. The catalogue presents a total of 87 pieces (sets) of artefacts in five sections: official costumes, festive costumes, regular costumes, travel and military costumes, and leisure costumes.
Rebirth in the Spring Breeze: Art Exhibition of He Duoling
MOP 400.00
He Duoling is one of the best oil painting artists in China in the contemporary era. The Rebirth in the Spring Breeze: Art Exhibition of He Duoling showcases 48 pieces/sets of sketches and oil paintings which cover various periods of He's artistic pursuit, including his new works in 2019. From these exhibits, visitors will catch a glimpse of his artistic development and feel his vigorous and endless creativity.
Candida Höfer - Epic Gaze
MOP 450.00
Candida Höfer, considered one of the most important conceptual photographers of the latter half of the 20th century, is known for her signature eye-level orthogonal views of architectural interiors of public spaces that are devoid of human presence. Her works inspire people to reflect on the meaning of these spaces that carry religious, aesthetic and humanistic significance.
The hardcover catalogue Candida Höfer - Epic Gaze features a total of 60 images of all the artworks in the exhibition chosen from the body of work developed by Höfer over the last 20 years, organised in six major sections: ‘Passages’, ‘Theatres’, ‘Museums’, ‘Libraries’, ‘Worldview’ and ‘Unseen Works’. It also includes an interview between the curators and Höfer about her first solo exhibition in Macao, as well as Herbert Burkert's 'Four Questions and A Disclosure' discussing Höfer's half-century creative process.
A Pearl of the Sea - Macao's Urban Evolution
MOP 360.00
This book is published in Chinese, Portuguese and English with excellent pictures and text. It introduces the fact that before the 20th century, Taipa and Coloane were islands surrounded by the sea, while the northern tip of the Macao Peninsula connected to mainland China. After the mid-19th century Macao gradually extended to the sea through land reclamation, which increased land resources and profoundly affected the overall development of Macao.
The Long Journey: The Forbidden City and Maritime Silk Road
MOP 1,070.00
The Long Journey: The Forbidden City and Maritime Silk Road features a total of nearly 150 exquisite cultural relics from the collection of the Palace Museum related to the Maritime Silk Road. These cultural relics highlight the rich fruits of the Ming and Qing courts’ exchanges and interactions with the outside world, illustrating the splendour of the Forbidden City culture in fine contrast with other cultures along the Maritime Silk Road.
MOP 120.00
A compilation of António Mil-Homens indelible memories of Macao, with Chinese and English translation. The 30 pictures in this book visually illustrate what the poet has experienced in Macao and how he feels about the place, leading us to understand what he thinks about this piece of land that welcomed him.
Wandering across the Landscape - Collection of the Macao Museum of Art
MOP 280.00
This paperback catalogue contains images of all items showcased in the exhibition ‘Wandering across the Landscape: Collection of the Macao Museum of Art’ as well as relevant articles.
The catalogue features over 160 items in the collection, which were created by foreign artists between the 17th and the 21th centuries to represent the landscape of Macao, and comprises three sections: ‘Topographical Images: Prints from the 17th to the 19th Centuries’, ‘Chinnery’s Shadow: The Artist, His Companions and Students’ and ‘Traces of Modern Art: Works from the 20th to the 21st Centuries’. The catalogue brings together the artistic footprints left in Macao by artists from different regions, from paintings made by painters of Western diplomatic corps and travelling artists in earlier times to oil paintings, ink paintings, prints, sculptures and video installations produced by foreign artists in the 21st century with a modernist or contemporary touch.
Strolling and Feeling - Watercolour Paintings of Lai Ieng
MOP 170.00
This catalogue contains 32 works showcased in "Strolling and Feeling: Watercolour paintings of Lai Ieng" exhibition. The author has created those watercolours when he walked through the streets and alleys of Macao, and travelled across the islands over the years. Both well-known landmarks and unremarkable small corners have become his inspirational painting themes. When leafing through this catalogue, it is hoped that the readers can follow the artist's sketching footprints, and through his paintings pay renewed attention to sceneries in their surroundings, discovering the little joy in life while exploring the city''''s charming landscapes from a local perspective.
Reminiscences of the Silk Road - Exhibition of Cultural Relics of the Western Xia Dynasty
MOP 400.00
This book is published in Chinese, Portuguese and English. The image depicts Western Xia on the Silk Road. Western Xia was founded in 1038 AD, and lies along the Eastern belt of the Hexi Corridor. In its heyday, the area spanned the entire Ningxia Autonomous Region, some part of province of Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shaanxi, there is one way of speaking, “East to Yellow River, West to Yumen, South to Xiaoguan and North to desert”. In the early period, Western Xia was compared to the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, and later confronted with the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, which lasted 190 years and passed through ten emperors. Even later, the splendid culture of Western Xia disappeared together, but as of the 20th Century, and with the emergence of documents and relics, understanding of the Western Xia People has emerged as a valuable treasure.