Tiger culture on show

Tiger culture on show Published: 09 Feb 2010 10:02:01 PST To help celebrate the upcoming Year of the Tiger, Beijing’s Capital Museum is holding a tiger-themed exhibition, showcasing the vast and diverse range of cultural connotations that the tiger has held throughout China’s long history. Entitled Tiger in Traditional Chinese Culture, the exhibition features a [...]

Chinese Year of the Tiger: life-like tiger painted in human bodies

Chinese Year of the Tiger: life-like tiger painted in human bodies For centuries, artists have painted the naked female form in all its exquisite beauty – but not like this. By Nigel Blundell Published: 12:52PM GMT 10 Feb 2010 You are looking not into the eyes of the tiger but at the backs of two [...]

Taiwan artist carves ‘world’s tiniest tiger’

Taiwan artist carves ‘world’s tiniest tiger’ (AFP) – 1.18.2010 TAIPEI — A Taiwanese artist said Monday that he had completed the world’s smallest tiger sculpture, tiny enough to pass through the eye of a needle. Chen Forng-shean carved the animal, made of artificial resin and measuring just a millimetre (0.04 inches) in height, to mark [...]

Tiger on canvas

Tiger on canvas Published: 22/01/2010 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: Realtime Traditional Chinese painting master Hsu Bin from China will be showcasing a limited collection of his brushwork masterpieces during “The Poetry of the Nature” exhibition, which will be running at the Fashion Hall, 1st floor of the Emporium during Feb 3-7. To mark the [...]

Tiger paintings reflect ethnic cultures

Tiger paintings reflect ethnic cultures 15:46, December 24, 2009      In order to welcome the “year of the tiger”, South Korea recently published a book named “The Tiger of the 12 Animal Signs,” which analyzed how the tiger as a cultural symbol represents the culture of South Korea, China and Japan. South Korea’s Central Daily News [...]

`Another tiger skin is in custody of Shiroda cops’

`Another tiger skin is in custody of Shiroda cops’ Rajendra P Kerkar, TNN 16 December 2009, 06:19am IST   SATTARI: In their effort to bust a racket involved in the sale of tiger skins and other animal parts, Amrut Singh of the Animal Rescue Squad (ARS) of Bicholim established contact with one Janbarao Baburao Rane [...]

What’s the story with the tiger made of Christmas lights at Christie and Bloor?

Have a roaring winter What’s the story with the tiger made of Christmas lights at Christie and Bloor? December 9, 2009 | 3:21 pm | Toronto Life Staff A massive illuminated tiger doesn’t scream “deck the halls” quite like an inflatable Frosty or a nativity scene, but sometimes it’s nice to take a break from [...]

Vivid tiger paintings greet upcoming tiger new year

Vivid tiger paintings greet upcoming tiger new year 12.10.2009 In Wanggongzhuang Village, over 700 painters create more than 60,000 tiger paintings every year, with an output value of 25 million RMB (about 3.7 million US dollars). The limners are expediting the work for more tiger paintings to meet the demand of the market, as the [...]