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The Road to 1911: A Visual History - Photo exhibition and launch of the companion book 1911

25 Aug 2011

An opening reception for the photo exhibition The Road to 1911: A Visual History and the simultaneous launch of the companion book China In Revolution : 1911 and beyond will be held on Monday, August 29 at the University Museum and Art Gallery on the Hong Kong University campus. Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the event.   

The "1911" exhibition is being staged to mark the centenary of The University of Hong Kong.  It features an extraordinary selection of 86 photographs brought together for the first time from collections worldwide.  The photographs, which date from the 1860s to the early 1920s, provide an insight into the origins of modern China, in which Hong Kong played a key role.  They illustrate the social conditions and attitudes of the era, the atmosphere inside the imperial court in the dying days of the Qing Dynasty, the lives of the mighty and the poor, and various events that helped shape the transition of China from the empire to the republican era.

The reception and book launch are presented by The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre, the University Museum and Art Gallery, The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd, and the Beijing World Art Museum.

Details:

Guests :
Professor Lap-Chee Tsui
Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Hong Kong
Mr Feng Guangsheng
Deputy Director of the Beijing World Art Museum
Dr Chan Man Hung
Vice-Chairman and President, Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Ltd
Mr Liu Heung Shing
Consultant to the exhibition, editor of "1911", Pulitzer Prize Winning photojournalist
Mr. Ruan Huaduan
Deputy Director of Guangdong Museum

Date: Monday, 29 August 2011
Time: 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Venue: University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
90 Bonham Road, Hong Kong

The Road to 1911 exhibition will open in Hong Kong on 30 August and run for five weeks.  On 22 September, the exhibition will begin a month-long tour of ten prestigious museums in Beijing, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Jiangsi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu and Fujian provinces.

For enquiries please contact Ms Velentina Ma, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU, tel: 2219-4012 / 9123-0252, email: velentinam@hku.hk