The Institute for Chinese Studies presents:
Mr. Benjamin Wiant
with Dr. Christina Burke Mathison, Department of History of Art, OSU
"Gallery Conversation: The Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art at The Ohio State University"
A small reception follows.
Join us for a personal look into the Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art, an extensive collection of over 600 art objects that the Wiants donated to The Ohio State University in 1978. Mr. Benjamin Wiant, the youngest son of Bliss and Mildred Wiant, shares his memories and perspective on his parents’ collection in a conversation in the galleries of the Urban Arts Space.
This event is held in conjunction with the OSU exhibition, The Legacy of Imperial Beijing, which consists of part of the Bliss M. and Mildred A. Wiant Collection of Chinese Art. Do browse the exhibit during your visit to this event. The art exhibition is held in the Urban Arts Space galleries from Tuesday, 10 January 2017 to Wednesday, 1 February 2017. Admission: Free.
Free and open to the public.
This event is made possible in part by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.
Note: Videorecording of Mr. Ben Wiant's talk is publicly available online at:
https://vimeo.com/202448915
Mr. Benjamin Wiant is Central Ohio's renowned, veteran piano technician who had inherited his parents' love of music. (See Jennifer Hambrick's WOSU article (01.27.2017).)
Pictured above: Image credit: Gilt bronze bell, Ch'ien Lung Period, Circa 1743 with an overall dragon and cloudbank relief design, rockwork and wave tapering base with striking medallions; mounted on a en elaborately carved rosewood stand, 1743 (Accession #1978.475) Stand: 24 x 17 1/2 x 10"
