Friday 11 May 2007, 14.00–17.00

Chaired by Marko Daniel, Curator of Public Programmes, Tate Modern, London.

Focusing on concepts of hua (transformation), yi (change) and bian (modification), this student-run postgraduate Research Forum discusses the vast changes that have occurred in contemporary art from China since the Shanghai Biennial, 2000. This event is also open to the public.

Contact robert.knifton@tate.org.uk for further information on Research Forums at Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool  First floor education room
£7 (£4 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes entry to exhibition and drinks afterwards

  

Franziska Koch (Academy of Fine Art, Stuttgart)

Academy and Avant-Garde in China after the Cultural Revolution

Adele Tan (Courtauld Institute of Art)

Literal Change: Aspects of Performance Art in China

Saskia Vinall (University of Edinburgh)

Imagined Cities: Reality and Illusion in Representations of the Urban Environment in the Photography of Chen Lingyang and Weng Peijun

Natalie Wong (Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster)

Recycling Art for Money & Identity: Maoist Political Art in Today’s Popular Culture

This event is related to the The Real Thing: Contemporary Art from China exhibition