Conceptualism and China
When
Location
Corner Southbank Boulevard & Dodds Street, Southbank. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
In conjunction with the exhibition Poetry goes no further than language, this symposium invites leading art historians, curators and artists to discuss various aspects of conceptualism and Chinese art. Presentations will consider histories of conceptualism and post-socialist art in China and whether conceptualism remains a relevant framework for understanding contemporary Chinese art today, as well as connections between Chinese conceptualism and post-object art in Australia and New Zealand.
To accompany Conceptualism and China, a display of archival materials related to the conceptualist periods of Hong-Kong born artists John Young Zerunge (b. 1956) and Eva Yuen Man-wah (b. 1952) in Australia and Aotearoa, c. 1979-1982 will be on view in the foyer (22 September-3 October).
Schedule
Opening Remarks
11 am – 11:15 amClaire Roberts
Session One: Conceptualism in China, 1980s-present
11:20 am – 1 pmPaul Gladston, Introductory Remarks
Minerva Inwald, Conceptualising the Postsocialist Artist: Geng Jianyi’s Forms and Certificates (Can be Confessed) (1988)
Yu-Chieh Li, The Affective Turn in Chinese Conceptualism in the late 1990s
Sueann Chen, Reconsidering the Legacies of Chinese Conceptualism through Jing Ao
Lunch (self-catered)
1 pm – 2 pmSession Two: Finding China in Australian & New Zealand Conceptual Art, 1970s-1980s
2 pm – 3:15 pmGenevieve Trail, Conceptualism between the Antipodes and China, 1979
John Young, artist talk
Peter Tyndall, artist talk
Break
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmResponse
3:30 pm – 4 pmCarol Yinghua Lu
Speakers
Event info and access
- Bookings are required, with capacity limits applying to the event.
- This event will take place in the Education Gallery on Level 1 of Buxton Contemporary.
- Seating for the event will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Please visit our accessibility page for additional information about Buxton Contemporary
- For further access requests or queries regarding this event contact mc-publicprograms@unimelb.edu.au
Partners
This event is presented in partnership with the Art History and Art Curatorship program, University of Melbourne.
Supported by the UNSW Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art (JNCCA)
- Banner Image:
John Young, Fragments from the Great Wall, artist book, 1980.