Painting the Paragons: Figurative Painting of the Han and Tang. Please note lectures are in Mandarin Chinese. Admission is free. Confucian teachings place great importance and heavy emphasis on learning from history, and this theme sheds light on selected works from the Han to Tang dynasties that feature didactic lessons from the past. The 3rd […]
Referencing Antiquity: Values of Literati Art. Please note lectures are in Mandarin Chinese. Admission is Free. Literati painters of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties frequently invoked the past to contest political and social issues. Selected paintings by Zhao Mengfu, Ni Zan, Dong Qichang and others show how knowledge and timely use of themes […]
Innovation in Continuity: Creativity and Tradition. Please note lectures are in Mandarin Chinese. Admission is Free. At the turn of the 20th century, China began a period of adaptation to tumultuous social and political changes. A series of events punctuating the last century compelled and inspired painters in China to oscillate between innovation and continuity […]
Private Passions: Collecting and Collections. Please note lectures are in Mandarin Chinese. Admission is Free. In Vancouver there are numerous Chinese art collectors and several eminent collections hold priceless objects of great cultural value. In the past, these collectors and their collections shifted the West Coast cultural landscape, and in the future, these collections will […]
The 5th International Sypmposium Sponsored by UBC Tzu-Chi Buddhist Forum. The symposium is free to the public; rsvp and questions directed to Van Phan at trikhai@yahoo.com Conference Program http://www.asia.ubc.ca/index.php?id=5257&backPID=5257&tt_news=1793 Links: www.asia.ubc.ca/index.php 485
Come together this March to celebrate the poet-saint Kabir, who sang of the ultimate and challenged the people of his time-and us today-to rethink the religious and other boundaries that bind us. The celebration features a performance of Kabir singers, led by Dalit folk artist Prahlad Tipanya; a series of four documentary films entitled Journeys […]
Images in Motion: New Perspective on Buddhist Arts
A Celebration of Kabir (Day 3)