Registration
Speaker - Dr. ZHANG Qing
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Specializing in modern and contemporary Chinese art history and theory, Dr. Zhang Qing acts as the Head of the Curatorial and Research Department at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Prior to this appointment, he was the Deputy Director of Shanghai Art Museum and the Director of the Shanghai Biennale Office. Between 1999 and 2011, he provided leadership and oversight to the Shanghai Biennale, the largest contemporary art exhibition in China, and authored the book titled Shanghai Biennale Research.
In addition, he has curated a number of exhibitions around the globe, including:
- The 10th Venice Sculpture Biennale (Venice, 2007)
- The 7th Sao Paulo Architecture Biennale (Sao Paulo, 2007)
- Infantization: Young Chinese Contemporary Artists (Shanghai, 2007/Taipei, 2008/Antwerp, 2009/ Lyon, 2010/ Basel, 2011)
- In Time: 2012 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale (Beijing, 2012)
- The 15th Asian Art Bienna1e Bangladesh 2012 (Dhaka, 2012)
- Asia Time: The 1st Asia Biennial & The 5th Triennial(Guangzhou, 2015)
- among others.
Dr. Zhang is a member of CIMAM, the Chinese Association of Museums, and a founding member of the International Biennial Association. He serves on the review committee of the China National Art Funds and China National Public Culture Service System. He is the Deputy Director of the Chinese Artists Association’s Curatorial Committee and chair of the jury for the Shanghai Creative M50 Prize. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals The National Art Museum of China, and Contemporary Art.
Dr. Zhang is also a guest professor at a number of leading art schools in China, such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the China Academy of Art, and Shanghai Drama School. At Tongji University he is the Director of the Center for Media Art and Communication. At the China Academy of Art he serves on a number of scholarly committees. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Art History from the China Academy of Art and the Central Academy of Fine Arts respectively before conducting his postdoctoral work in Architectural History and Urban Planning at Tongji University.
Event
Chinese Culture Talk - Oceanic Time and Chinese Art
Description
Dr. ZHANG Qing is invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to give a Chinese Culture Talk in Brussels, in the framework of the 2nd China Arts Festival in the EU. Renowned scholar on Chinese art history, his research and career led him to cast light on an interesting perspective on Chinese art history: the intricate relationship between the development of arts in China, and the maritime explorations led by China, which conducted economic progress but also influenced greatly exchanges in artistic achievements between the East and the West.
Taking as a starting point the Maritime Silk Road and the explorations of Zheng He (1405-1431), which opened the door for China to communicate with the rest of the world, Dr. Zhang is making insightful parallelisms between his very first passion – Chinese Art – and the changing economic and cultural contexts at China’s local, regional, state and national levels, over time.
Completed by a comprehensive presentation on Chinese modern and contemporary art history since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Dr. Zhang Qing’s Chinese Culture Talk is certainly an event not to be missed for anyone curious to learn about Chinese art and history, and especially for academic researchers, students, scholars and art lovers.
The event will be held in Chinese and English.
Program
The program is subject to change
- 2.00PM – 2.30PM : registration
- 2.30PM – 3.45PM : Chinese Culture Talk, by Dr. Zhang Qing.
- 3.45PM – 4.00PM : Q&A with Dr. Zhang Qing
- 4.00PM – 5.00PM : Closing drink
Organizer contact
China Arts Festival in the EU
Phone : 0499083913
Cellphone : 0499083913