Join the UBC Cantonese Language Program for their next Cantonese Culture MasterClass.
Experimental Painting and Painting Theories in Colonial Hong Kong (1940-1980): Reflections on Cultural Identity 香港繪畫美學 (1940-1980) 與文化身份的反思
Speaker: Professor Eva Kit Wah Man (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
講者: 文潔華教授 （香港都會大學）
Location: Room 604, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
地點：卑詩大學亞洲中心 604 室
Hybrid/Online and In-Person
混合模式：線上及現場講座
Program in Cantonese
粵語節目
Abstract:
This talk provides a brief description of the fabulous history of painting and painting theories in the rapidly developing Hong Kong from 1940 to 1980 by highlighting the work and aesthetics of several representative local Chinese painters and art bodies. This outline of history reflects a search of cultural identity and the different attitudes among Chinese painters who struggled between modernized and Western influences in art and their Chinese tradition. Comparison is made with the attitudes of the younger generation in the 80’s which reflects the capitalistic influences on the search for an art identity. Finally, art and cultural theories in contemporary post-colonial discourse are critically examined on their application to the situation of Hong Kong.
About Professor Eva Kit Wah Man:
Prof. Eva Kit Wah Man is currently Chair Professor of Humanities at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She publishes widely in comparative aesthetics, comparative philosophy, woman studies, feminist philosophy, cultural studies, art and cultural criticism. She was a Fulbright scholar and conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley in 2004. She was named AMUW Endowed Woman Chair Professor of the 100th Anniversary of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA in 2009. She is Kiriyama Professor of The Center for Asia and Pacific Studies at University of San Francisco in 2023. She contributes public services to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, M+ of Western Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong Museums Advisory Committee and Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Arts and Cultural Heritage projects.
Hosted by the UBC Cantonese Language Program. With support from UBC Language & Literacy Education, Asian Studies, Language Sciences Institute, St. John’s College, Public Humanities Hub, and University of British Columbia.