Special lecture with Tiffany Wai Ying Beres, Associate Director of SDCHM (San Diego Chinese Historical Museum).
The rapid economic and cultural transformation of China during the past thirty years has created an art scene of unparalleled energy and global impact. Throwing off restrictions on subject matter, embracing a new freedom to experiment, but also preserving and expressing Chinese identity on a monumental scale, contemporary Chinese art has enjoyed an astonishing surge of commercial and critical success.
Associate Director of the SDCHM, Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, a contemporary art curator who has lived in China for the past decade, will explain the origins of contemporary art in China in the context of the whirlwind changes in the country?s social and political environment as well as introduce the oeuvre of some the most important artists living in China today.
Admission/Cost: $5.00 for adults, free for members, children 12 and under, and students with valid ID.
NOTE: Please RSVP by 3:30 PM on Friday (April 15) by calling the museum at (619) 338-9888.
Location:
Chuang Archive & Learning Center
541 B Second Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
Saturday, April 16 - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
For more information, please call (619) 338-9888
The rapid economic and cultural transformation of China during the past thirty years has created an art scene of unparalleled energy and global impact. Throwing off restrictions on subject matter, embracing a new freedom to experiment, but also preserving and expressing Chinese identity on a monumental scale, contemporary Chinese art has enjoyed an astonishing surge of commercial and critical success.
Associate Director of the SDCHM, Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres, a contemporary art curator who has lived in China for the past decade, will explain the origins of contemporary art in China in the context of the whirlwind changes in the country?s social and political environment as well as introduce the oeuvre of some the most important artists living in China today.
Admission/Cost: $5.00 for adults, free for members, children 12 and under, and students with valid ID.
NOTE: Please RSVP by 3:30 PM on Friday (April 15) by calling the museum at (619) 338-9888.
Location:
Chuang Archive & Learning Center
541 B Second Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
Saturday, April 16 - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
For more information, please call (619) 338-9888
