until Friday August 29 2014

UCCA
T : +86 10 84599269
798 Art District, No. 4 Jiuxiangiao Lu
100015 Beijing
China

The Melbourne-based design studio Broached Commissions has pioneered a new approach to the applied arts and to design objects based on extensive curatorial research into overarching historical themes including colonialism and globalization.

One of their central concerns is a key question in international applied arts practice: What happens to design when it migrates?
The group’s first exhibition in China explores Australia’s unique position as a mediator between European cultural traditions and a longstanding intellectual engagement with its East and Southeast Asian neighbors. Far from merely a show of Australian design in China, “Broached Retreat” invites international designers to collaborate on discussions on the history of design.