Colloquia

“ARTiculations” intends to give voice to the six Artists in the exhibition “Outside In” complemented with remarks from several scholars who will offer different perspectives on contemporary art. The major goals of the symposium and the exhibition are to show the great diversity of what we call “Chinese” art today and to illustrate how complex and uncertain the labels “contemporary,” “Chinese,” and even “American” have become (“art” has always been uncertain).

The featured artists of the exhibition include Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, Zhi Lin, Liu Dan, Vannessa Tran, and Zhang Hongtu. They are all American citizens; they have all been selected for quality and diversity in style, subject matter, geographical background, gender, and experience; and they are all very fine artists and highly articulate as well.