3rd Annual Joy Light Lecture: Weight and Whimsy: Chinese Language in Contemporary Art

314 S Park St, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

The most distinctive feature of Chinese visual culture is the written language. Chinese people gave up robes for Western suits, Mao jackets, and jeans. Hutong houses are being replaced with steel and glass towers. But the written language is impervious to Westernization. Dr. Alfreda Murck will discuss four contemporary artists — Wang Fangyu, Qiu Zhijie,…