Public programs
Guo Jian | The day before I went away (from ‘The day before I went away’ series) 2008 | Purchased 2008. The Queensland Government's Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Guo Jian
The day before I went away (from ‘The day before I went away’ series) 2008
Purchased 2008. The Queensland Government’s Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Public programs
Opening weekend public programs
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 March 2009
Free.
Artists’ perspectives
10.30am – 1.00pm Saturday 28 March
30 minute talks by artists featured in ‘The China Project’ exhibitions:
Ah Xian / Wang Qingsong / William Yang / Zhang Xiaogang / Wilson Shieh
Collecting contemporary Chinese art
1.30pm – 2.30pm Saturday 28 March
60-minute tour with Claire Roberts and Nicholas Jose.
See ‘Three Decades’ through the perspectives of collectors Claire Roberts (Senior Curator, Asian Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; Research Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra; and author of Other Histories: Guan Wei's Fable for a Contemporary World (2008)) and Nicholas Jose (Chair of Creative Writing, University of Adelaide and author of Original Face (2005) and The Red Thread (2000)).
Histories & storytelling
3.00pm – 4.30pm Saturday 28 March
45-minute talks that explore the ways in which contemporary Chinese artists draw upon historical events, lineages and narratives in their works. Presented by anthropologist Souchou Yao (Senior Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney) and Thomas Berghuis (Lecturer, Asian Art, Department of Art History & Film Studies, University of Sydney).
Curators' perspective
1.00 – 3.00pm Sunday 29 March
45-minute curatorial tours of ‘The China Project’ exhibitions:
1.00pm: Suhanya Raffel (Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art, QAG) on ‘Three Decades: The Contemporary Chinese Collection’
2.00pm: Leng Lin, critic and co-curator of ‘Zhang Xiaogang: Shadows in the Soul’
Tours
Guided tours
11.00am daily
A volunteer-guided tour of selected works from ‘The China Project’ will depart daily at 11.00am. Meet your guide at the GoMA information desk.
Auslan tour
3.00pm Sunday 26 April 2009
An Auslan-interpreted tour of ‘The China Project’ for Deaf visitors. Meet your guide at the GoMA information desk.
Hearing-impaired tour
10.00am Friday 29 May 2009
A volunteer-guided tour of ‘The China Project’ for hearing-impaired visitors. Assistive listening devices are available. As the number of devices is limited, bookings are essential. To book, please call the Education Bookings Office on (07) 3840 7255 between 8.30am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday or email
Ongoing programs
Gallery talks
2.00pm Thursday 2 April
‘Three Decades’ with Suhanya Raffel, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art.
Please meet at the Gallery 1.1 exhibition entrance.
2.00pm Saturday 4 April
‘William Yang: Life Lines’ with Russell Storer, Curator, Contemporary Asian Art.
Please meet at the GoMA Foyer.
Artist talk
2.00pm Saturday 2 May
Guan Wei speaks on his work in ‘The China Project’ including the 42-panel work ‘Echo’ 2005, in the Queensland Art Gallery Collection. Please meet at the Gallery 1.1 exhibition entrance.
Writer's talk
2.00pm Sunday 10 May
Presented by Queensland-based journalist and writer Sang Ye, author of several important fiction and non-fiction books including Chinese Lives: An Oral History of Contemporary China (1987), China Candid: The People of the People's Republic (2006). Cinema B.
Lecture
2.00pm Saturday 23 May
Presented by Michael Dutton, Professor of Political Cultures, Griffith Asia Institute, and author of Streetlife China (1998). Cinema B.
