Date: 15 October 2020

A day-long symposium presented by the Power Institute and Department of Art History, at the University of Sydney

ABSTRACT
Since at least the 1940s, Asia has become an increasingly important point of orientation for Australia and New Zealand: politically, economically, demographically, and, of course, culturally. In this context, there has long been strong public interest in Asian art, sustaining dedicated galleries, significant original exhibitions, specialist organisations, arts festivals, and numerous exchange programmes. Nonetheless, the study of Asian art in Australia and New Zealand appears stubbornly diffuse. Australia and New Zealand boast successive generations of specialists working as educators, curators, researchers, artists, and ever growing numbers of students, yet we often remain separated by discipline, geography, institutional structures, and the variable resources that characterize local museum and library collections.

Asian Art Research in Australia and New Zealand: Past, Present, Future brings together scholars and curators from across institutions, fields, and practices to explore the particular historical developments that have come to constitute the study of Asian art in Australia and New Zealand.

This day-long symposium presents new research by both emerging practitioners and senior members of the field, through which participants will investigate the historiography of Asian art in Australia and New Zealand, assessing our achievements and the current state of the field, so as to better consider future directions.

SPEAKERS:

• Olivier Krischer (Co-Convenor), Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University
• Stephen Whiteman (Co-Convenor), Lecturer, Art History, University of Sydney
• James Beattie, Senior Lecturer, History, University of Waikato
• Richard Bullen, Senior Lecturer, Art History, University of Canterbury
• Lisa Chandler, Senior Lecturer, Art and Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
• Christine Clark, Manager, Exhibitions, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
• Professor John Clark, Emeritus Professor, Art History and Theory, University of Sydney
• Melanie Eastburn, Curator, Asian Art, National Gallery of Australia
• Charlotte Galloway, Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University
• Jennifer Harris, Visiting Research Fellow, Art History, University of Adelaide
• Virginia Hooker, Professor Emeritus, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
• Min-Jung Kim, Curator of Asian Arts and Design, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney)
• Cherie McKeich, Independent Scholar, Melbourne
• Claire Roberts, ARC Future Fellow, Art Theory and Criticism, University of Melbourne
• Natalie Seiz, Assistant Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of NSW
• Caroline Turner, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
• Adrian Vickers, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney

For speaker’s biographies and detailed program click here

Date: 15th October, 9.00am – 6.00pm

Venue: Woolley Common Room N480, 
John Woolley Building (A20), Science Road, Camperdown Campus, The University of Sydney
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Cost: Free and open to all with online registrations required

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For more information and enquiries please contact the Power Institute
E| powerinstitute.events@sydney.edu.au  T| 9351 4211