Join our panel as they look at China’s major trends in art collection, curation, activism and self-exploration. We will ask who are China’s emerging artists today and how are they different to the previous generation of artists who achieved worldwide fame? Who are China’s new collectors and how are they shaping the art world? Is the art scene really abandoning Beijing for Shanghai and what changes can we expect in the coming years?
About the speakers:
Pi Li is the Sigg senior curator at M+ Hong Kong. Previously he lectured at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He was on the curatorial team of Mediacity Seoul 2006 at SeMA, the Seoul Museum of Art, and has curated a number of museum shows, the latest of which is Right Is Wrong: Four Decades of Chinese Art in M+ Sigg Collection (2014), at Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden.
Bingyi is an architectural designer, writer, curator, cultural critic, and social activist, Bingyi combines her interests in ecology, science, philosophy, history, and aesthetics into a multi-faceted artistic practice that encompasses land and environmental art, site-specific architectural installation, musical and literary composition, ink painting and performance art. She is best known for her large-scale ink paintings in which she captures a reality-scaled record of the climatic and topological forces shaping a natural or urban landscape.
Liu Gang is the founding partner of a leading Chinese law firm; he was granted the China Lifetime Achievement Award by Chambers and Partners in 2010. Liu Gang has been collecting artworks for more than 23 years. Lauded for their quality and consistence, his collections include ancient books and maps, and more than 200 pieces of Chinese contemporary art. He regularly contributes to HiArt as a columnist.
Nataline Colonnello is a sinologist, contemporary Chinese art professional, and writer. From 2003 to 2012 she worked as the Beijing Artistic Director of Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne. Colonnello has collaborated with international art institutions and art collections and participated in international panels, workshops, and research programs. Her articles and interviews appear in numerous international publications, exhibition catalogues, and monographs. Formerly the Director of Ink Studio, Beijing, she is now an independent writer and curator.
The discussion will be moderated by Amy Qin, who covers art and culture in Asia for the New York Times.
Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/03/2017
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue
Embassy of Australia
澳大利亚大使馆
Address
Dong Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, No. 1, Beijing, China
北京市朝阳区三里屯东直门外大街21号
Phone
(010) 5140-4111
Website
http://www.fccchina.org/events/20170309/
Entrance fee