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ICS/History of Art Lecture: "Chinese 'Literati' Landscape Painting in the 21st Century: a Personal Exploration"

Arnold Chang Painting
September 30, 2020
5:30PM - 6:50PM
Online (Registration Required)

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Add to Calendar 2020-09-30 17:30:00 2020-09-30 18:50:00 ICS/History of Art Lecture: "Chinese 'Literati' Landscape Painting in the 21st Century: a Personal Exploration" The Institute for Chinese Studies presents: Arnold Chang Artist and Professor of Chinese Art Chinese 'Literati' Landscape Painting in the 21st Century: a Personal Exploration Abstract: What possible relevance could the centuries-old art form of Chinese ink painting have for a contemporary artist, let alone for an artist who has never lived in China? Or, to put it another way, how did a kid from New York master a classical art form that in earlier times was practiced and appreciated only by members of the educated literati class in China? Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong) will recount his artistic journey, which revolves around issues of identity, creativity, originality, perception, and history. He explains how his study of Chinese literati painting informs his own work as he attempts to update the tradition of ink painting while remaining true to its roots. Online (Registration Required) East Asian Studies Center easc@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Institute for Chinese Studies presents:

Arnold Chang

Artist and Professor of Chinese Art

Chinese 'Literati' Landscape Painting in the 21st Century: a Personal Exploration

Abstract: What possible relevance could the centuries-old art form of Chinese ink painting have for a contemporary artist, let alone for an artist who has never lived in China? Or, to put it another way, how did a kid from New York master a classical art form that in earlier times was practiced and appreciated only by members of the educated literati class in China? Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong) will recount his artistic journey, which revolves around issues of identity, creativity, originality, perception, and history. He explains how his study of Chinese literati painting informs his own work as he attempts to update the tradition of ink painting while remaining true to its roots.

 

Bio: Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong),was born in New York City. He studied art history with Professor James Cahill, and holds a master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado.

Chang studied painting and connoisseurship with C.C Wang for twenty-five years. His landscape paintings have been exhibited internationally and are in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Asian Art Museum.

He taught Chinese art at the University of Colorado, San Francisco City College, Connecticut College, and Arizona State University, organized several exhibitions, and is the author of a book and numerous exhibition catalogues and articles on Chinese painting. Chang served for many years as Vice President and Director of Chinese Paintings at Sotheby’s, and was formerly a painting specialist at Kaikodo in New York.

 

Free and Open to the Public

If you require an accommodation, such as live captioning, to participate in this event, please contact Stephanie Metzger at metzger.235@osu.edu or 614-247-4725. Requests made at least two weeks in advance of the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of History of Art. The ICS Lecture Series is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.