Woodblock Prints in China: Traditions and Modernizations

LACMA hosts USC's Xiaobing Tang as he explores modern woodblock prints in China.

In this presentation, Professor Tang will offer a brief history of the development of woodblock prints as an art form in China, focusing on the multiple uses and genres this medium acquired over many centuries. He will then follow the key dimensions of the new woodcut movement and its aftermath in the twentieth century. By putting artistic images back into their historical and cultural contexts, Professor Tang will demonstrate how woodblock prints form a vital part of modern and contemporary Chinese visual culture.