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On the Legacy of Socialist Visual Experience
The Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Berkeley presents a keynote speech on Modern Chinese Humanities.
When:
April 13, 2012 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Where
Speaker/Performer: Xiaobing Tang, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
One of the main resources for contemporary art in China has been the artistic products and practices from the socialist period, in particular the Cultural Revolution. In this presentation, Professor Xiaobing Tang will examine how the legacy of socialist visual experience has been constructed and kept relevant. Focusing on the different stages in the conceptual development of contemporary artist Wang Guangyi, he will explore the paradigmatic implications of a critical cultural identity that the artist claims from the socialist past.
This talk is the keynote speech for the Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities which begins Friday afternoon and continues on Saturday, from 10-4.
Phone Number:
(510) 643-6321
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