IAC Art Talks
The Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture (IAC) at Western Sydney University (WSU) enables the development of deeper ties forged through an open, intellectual and dynamic engagement with centuries-old and emerging Chinese arts and culture in the Australian context. We achieve our goals through a range of programs including art exhibitions, research projects, cultural exchanges, lecture series, public events, collaborations with arts and cultural organisations and community engagement.
IAC is excited to launch our 2023 new lecture series called Art Talks. Art Talks aims to explore and to present traditions and forms of Chinese art and the influence of Chinese art on various new or renewed forms and styles of art in Australia, mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and around Asia Pacific. The series will reflect many different viewpoints and cover a wide range of expertise. It will showcase contemporary Chinese art as well as look at traditional painting practices that began centuries ago. A particular focus will be on the emergence of Chinese art in Australia and integrated Chinese art produced by Australian artists of Chinese / Asian heritage who feel a connection to their ancestral roots while being deeply influenced by their lives here. Art Talks will shine a spotlight on cross-fertilisation of ideas, influences and artistic practices that converge to create a uniquely Australian-Chinese genre. Invited speakers include artists, art historians, academics, curators, art experts and influential gallery owners and collectors. Art Talks series will be held on a monthly basis and on Zoom Webinar to be accessible to local, interstate and international audiences. The edited recording of each lecture will be posted on the IAC website and made accessible on online platforms.
IAC Art Talks
- IAC Art Talks Series 3 Lecture 2: Vomit Girl Beyond Diasporic Trauma Dr Mai Nguyễn-Long (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 3 Lecture 1: Australian Performing Arts Managers’ Delegation to China by Carrillo Gantner AC (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 2 Lecture 6 - Articulating Trajectories: Connecting with Chinese Heritage Through Drawing & Listening by Dr Cindy Chen (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 2 Lecture 5: The Inner World of Chinese Classical Painting by Dr Richard Wu (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 2 Lecture Four: Storytelling: Chinese Migrants Through Papercutting by Dr Tianli Zu (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talk Series 2 Lecture Three: Life's Journey in Art & Architecture by Simon Chan AM (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 2 Lecture Two : Rethinking the Chinese Art Curator’s Role: A Case Study in Australia by Yin Cao (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Series 2 Lecture One: The Accidental Collector by Dr Geoff Raby AO (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 7: Chinese Art in Australian Public Collections by Jackie Menzies OAM (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 6: Chinese Modernist Artists and the Literati Spirit: the Life and Work of Lin Fengmian and Sanyu by Dapeng Liu (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 5: The Secret History of Chinoiserie by Chris Chun (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 4: New Export China: Reconciling Surface and Depth in Ah Xian’s Porcelain Busts by Dr Alex Burchmore (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 3: Chance Encounters: Untold Tales of Great Journeys made by some Chinese Paintings found in Australia by Yvett Klein (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Lecture 2: Half the Sky: Women Artists in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art by Dr Luise Guest (Catch up Online)
- IAC Art Talks Inaugural Lecture: Identity, Position, Presence by Dr Guan Wei (Catch up Online)