Dame Jillian & Dr Arthur M Sackler Fdn for the Arts Scs & Humanities

DAME JILLIAN SACKLER INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS EXHIBITION PROGRAM (AT THE ARTHUR M. SACKLER MUSEUM OF ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY AT PEKING UNIVERSITY) - BOTANIC (NATIONAL AMALGAMATION PROJECT BY MARYAM NAJD) AN EXHIBITION OF WORLD FLOWERS, REPRESENTING COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE, OPENNED ON MAY 29, 2019. WITH THE CURRENT FOCUS ON REFUGEES AND CARAVANS OF PEOPLE WANTING A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOGNISE THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EACH COUNTRY HAS MADE TO THE WORLD. TOGETHER, WE ARE A QUILT OF COLOUR, SONG, SPIRIT AND FOLKLORE. BY HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVES, WE SEE HOW THE INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS CAN BECOME A GREAT GARDEN REPRESENTING OUR EARTH, OUR HUMANITY. NAJD'S EXHIBITION COMPRISED A LARGE PAINTING TITLED GRAND BOUQUET ALONG WITH 128 SMALLER PAINTINGS OF INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS, EACH SELECTED BY A COUNTRY TO REPRESENT THE NATION. IT WAS INSTALLED IN THE MAIN AND ADJACENT GALLERIES OF THE MUSEUM.