2018
Curator’s Lecture: Part Two
New Shanshui Photography—Chinese Landscape Photography with a New Dimension
Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Speaker: Jiang Rong, Guest Curator
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
Art of the Mountain’s second Curator’s Lecture was conducted by renowned photography critic, Jiang Rong (江融), Guest Curator of the exhibition, member of the United Nations Exhibitions Committee, and columnist in Photo World magazine. Jiang’s lecture focused on the elements of the exhibition’s third section: New Landscape Photography.
Curator’s Lecture: Part One
Painting, Photography, Geography: Chinese Traditions of Silk and Paper Mountains
Zhang Anlu, Minyak Gangkar in the Last Light of the Sun, 2003, digital color printing on FANTAC photographic paper, 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.
Wang Wusheng, Huangshan A124: Disciples of Buddha and Fairy Maiden Peak, 2004, giclee on Advanced Glossy Paper 270, 40 x 32 in.
Thursday, February 8, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Speaker: Jerome Silbergeld, Guest Curator
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
In conjunction with China Institute Gallery’s exhibition opening, Guest Curator Jerome Silbergeld, P. Y and Kinmay W. Tang professor Chinese art history, Emeritus, led a discussion on traditional Chinese landscape aesthetics and geography and how both are incorporated into Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer’s Lens.
2017
Curator's Lecture: Discovering Shizishan – Archaeology in the Chu King’s Mausoleum
Thursday, May 25, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Speaker: Li Yinde (李银德)
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor,New York, NY 10006
Li Yinde (李银德), Director Emeritus of the Xuzhou Museum, a renowned archaeologist, shared his unique personal experiences excavating the Chu King’s Mausoleum in Shizhshan (Lion Mountain) and interpreted Chu works of art.
Reading Paintings – The Intricacies and Essence of Chinese Painting
Date & Time: Saturday, March 18, 2:00 PM - 4: 00 PM, followed by a reception
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
In this special lecture, Ms. Hu Yanyan, President of China Guardian Auctions, the premier auction house that specializes in Chinese antiques and art, and a senior specialist in Chinese calligraphy and painting, examined Chinese masterworks from ancient, modern, and contemporary periods, to discuss the forms and brushwork of Chinese painting.
Lecture: “Why the Seven Sages?”
Date & Time: Wednesday, March 15, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10006
The Seven Sages have been a recurring theme in Chinese art since the Six Dynasties period and they have continued to inspire artists for generations. In her lecture “Why the Seven Sages?” Willow Weilan Hai, Director of China Institute Gallery, Chief Curator of Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th Centuries explored archaeological findings among other artworks through the dynasties and decipher the significance of the Seven Sages as cultural symbols in Chinese art.
Curator’s Lecture - Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd – 6th Centuries
Friday, September 30, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Speakers: Willow Weilan Hai (Overview), Annette Juliano (Lecture)
Location: 40 Rector Street, 2nd Floor,New York, NY 10006
An introduction to the exhibition provided by Willow Weilan Hai, Director of China Institute Gallery and Chief Curator of Art in a Time of Chaos: Masterworks from Six Dynasties China, 3rd-6th Centuries, with discussion of the highlights of the exhibition by Guest Curator Annette Juliano, Professor Emerita of Art History, Rutgers University and Research Associate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University.
