The Confucius Institute at PSU Presents
Lecture:
This lecture begins with a brief visual presentation covering the history of Chinese art over the past
century, discusses the major western influences absorbed by Chinese artist through historical/cultural
exchanges and conflicts resulting from religious, economic and hostile interactions with foreign powers.
The discussion offers detailed, historically contextualized analyses, supported with visual references of
artwork to illustrate each key art-movement. The presenter will interpret each movement from its
inception to its end, including the transformations from one movement to another.
The main goal of this talk is to help audiences develop a more comprehensive picture of the core of
Chinese visual culture, through an objective understanding of the inner coherence and causal logic of
modern Chinese history. By exploring how modern Chinese history, which has primarily been a social,
political and economic construct, crucial questions will be raised about the issues of debate underlying
the artwork.
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ABOUT MR. CAO WEIJUN
Mr. Cao is a free-lance curator and writer based in Dali, China and
Sapporo, Japan. He studied at Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing,
Bard College, and New School for Social Research in New York, USA and
Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
Mr. Cao first worked as a curator at the National Museum of Fine
Arts in Beijing from 1994 to 1998. He moved to the USA for graduate
studies from 1998 to 2004. While studying and living in the States, Mr.
Cao has worked at many art spaces ranging from major museums,
galleries and non-profit spaces, such as the Guggenheim (“China, 5000
Years,” 1998), MoMA (Giacometti Retrospective, 2001), the Jack Tilton
Gallery in NYC, and the Shanghai Gallery of Art. Recently Mr. Cao has
been curating exhibitions in China from his base in Dali, Yunnan Province
and has contributed multiple essays to museums and art institutions in China and overseas.
Time: Friday, May 2, 2014 at 6:30-8:00 PM
Place: PSU School of Business Building 490 (631 SW Harrison Street, Portland OR 97201)
The CI Chinese Corner starts at 6:00 PM
Parking is free after 5:00 PM on Fridays at PSU Parking Structures
Free and Open to the Public
For more information, please send an email to: [email protected] or call Confucius Institute at Portland State University at 503-725-9810