Architectural serenity dedicated to the artist Mu Xin – Museeum | muxin art museum
ModernconcretecubesfloatidyllicallyovertheYuanbaolakeofa1000yearancienthistoricwatertowninChina,WuzheninChina’sZhejiangProvincehasbecomehometotheculturaladditionwhichistheMuXinMuseumdesignedbyNewYorkbasedOLIArchitecture.Dedicatedtothefamousartist(MuXin1927-2011),scholar,poetandwritertheprivatelyownedmuseumfitsbeautifullyintotheoldtownmadeupoftraditionalcanals,waterfronthousesandbridges–almostlikeourownlittleeasternVenice. MuXin,borninWuzhen,immigratedtoNewYorkin1982afterbeingimprisoneddu...
Modern concrete cubes float idyllically over the Yuanbao lake of a 1000 year ancient historic water town in China, Wuzhen in China’s Zhejiang Province has become home to the cultural addition which is the Mu Xin Museum designed by New York based OLI Architecture. Dedicated to the famous artist (Mu Xin 1927-2011), scholar, poet and writer the privately owned museum fits beautifully into the old town made up of traditional canals, waterfront houses and bridges – almost like our own little eastern Venice.
Mu Xin, born in Wuzhen, immigrated to New York in 1982 after being imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong (then communist leader of China) in 1966. In the 1960’s twenty volumes of his handwritten prose, novels, dramas, poetry, and essays were confiscated and then destroyed. During his time in the United States, before moving back to Wuzhen where he passed away in 2011, he held succe...