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SUMMARY: Global Art\, Global Mind
DESCRIPTION: Speaker Bio Abby Aldrich Rockefeller professor of Asian art at
  Harvard University\, Eugene Wang is widely recognized as one of the more d
 ynamic scholars thinking about the history of Chinese art—from early Buddhi
 st art to contemporary installations—in contemporary terms. He is best know
 n for his award-winning book\, Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Cul
 ture in […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><strong>Speaker Bio</strong></p><p>Abby Al
 drich Rockefeller professor of Asian art at Harvard University\, Eugene Wan
 g is widely recognized as one of the more dynamic scholars thinking about t
 he history of Chinese art—from early Buddhist art to contemporary installat
 ions—in contemporary terms. He is best known for his award-winning book\, S
 haping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China (2005)\, 
 but is also the prolific author of articles that are opening new avenues of
  approach to questions of Chinese art history that others have not yet thou
 ght to ask.</p><p>During his visit to Vancouver to give the14th Annual Hell
 er Lectures at the Vancouver Art Gallery (downtown on Tuesday 17 March at 7
  pm)\, Professor Wang has happily agreed to meet with graduate students\, f
 aculty\, and others at UBC interested in how to think about Chinese art and
  culture in a global setting.</p><p>He will make a brief presentation on th
 e theme of his new project\, “Global Art\, Global Mind\,” then take part in
  a wide-ranging discussion of how to think about art in the context of reco
 vering and re-imaging Chinese history.</p><p>RSVP <a href="https://docs.goo
 gle.com/forms/d/1IB-RDFrVn7wP-29KGdlCD8dNCKBN33jzHZKfGEYRCHE/viewform?c=0&w
 =1">here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploa
 ds/sites/5/2016/05/09-Artist-Statement.doc">Read the artist statement</a></
 p><p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> Centre for Chinese Research<br /><strong>By:
 </strong> Abby Aldrich Rockeffeller Professor Eugene Wang\, Asian Art\, Har
 vard University<br /><strong>Type:</strong> Seminar</p>
LOCATION:Room 129\, C.K. Choi Building
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