Department
of Art and Archaeology · 105 McCormick Hall · Princeton
University · Princeton, NJ 08544-1018 USA
Exhibitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing
2 September 2006 – 21 January 2007
View the exhibition website for more information
China Institute Gallery
Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art
Arizona State University and Phoenix Art Museum
Part I: 28 September – 11 November 2006
Part II: 13 December – 24 February 2007
View the exhibition website for more information
Conferences and Symposia
29-30 September 2006
Interdisciplinary Conference at U. Delaware and Winterthur Museum
Funded by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, Department of Art History, University of Delaware, and Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
The conference’s goal is to examine the interconnections between objects’ materiality and cultural codes. With the generous support from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the conference is free and open to the public; advance registration required. This event also marks the first major event on Chinese art and Chinese studies ever held by both institutions.
The conference consists of three main sessions: China and the Discourse of Things, The World and its Collection of China, and On Different Grounds: Collecting Practices and Private Collectors. Objects to be explored are as varied as archaeological objects such as Shang-Dynasty oracle bones, Neolithic jades, and prehistoric potteries; exported ceramics, paintings, and wallpapers; and books and centuries-old architectural models.
For registration and information, visit the symposium website or call Winterthur at 800.448.3883.
Postponed....
In conjunction with the exhibition Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art
December 16, 2006
$35 member / $45 non-member
**Held at The French Institute, 22 East 60th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
Bridging Traditional and Contemporary Chinese Art
Wu Hung, University of Chicago
Book Culture: Old Themes / New Art
Philip K. Hu Saint Louis Art Museum
Contemporary Chinese Art and Scholarship for the West
Kuiyi Shen, University of California, San Diego
Reading and Writing Chinese: Insights from the New Science of the Brain
Robert E. Harrist, Jr. Columbia University
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 2 December 2006
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
3260 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
3260 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
Keynote lecture: Jerome Silbergeld
The conference’s goal is to examine the interconnections between objects’ materiality and cultural codes. With the generous support from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, the conference is free and open to the public; advance registration required. This event also marks the first major event on Chinese art and Chinese studies ever held by both institutions.
Six paintings from a private collection plus several in the Museum will be on view Friday afternoon, December 1, and December 2.
The conference is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. To register, send an e-mail to events@museum.upenn.edu.