Today is the third day of the “Negotiating Differences” conference in Beijing, and the atmosphere is sparkling. Overall more productive than the May conference “China Contemporary Art Forum” that called together scholars such as Hans Belting and Hal Foster, the conference is progressing with productive debate. This second day of presentations looks promising, Sinopop will post more later, including selected papers.Negotiating Difference. Contemporary Chinese Art in the Global ContextVenue: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, TheatersaalAddress: John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin, GermanyDate: 22 to 24 October 2009Organiser: East Asian Art History, Freie Universität Berlin“Negotiating Difference. Chinese Contemporary Art in the Global Context” is hosted by:Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of History and Cultural StudiesInstitute of Art HistoryEast Asian Art History  (Schedule is altered to reflect changes)Thursday, 22 October 2009 Welcome Address  Dr. Bernd M. Scherer (Intendant, Haus der Kulturen der Welt)Prof. Jeong-Hee Lee-Kalisch (Chair, East Asian Art History, Freie Universität Berlin)Andreas Schmid (artist and curator, Berlin):
 Sunrise – The China Avant-Garde Exhibition in Berlin January 1993KeynoteProf. John Clark (University of Sydney): 
Modern and Contemporary Chinese: Three IssuesFriday, 23 October 2009Introduction – Birgit Hopfener (Freie Universität Berlin)I. Contemporary Chinese Art in the Transnational and Transcultural Context. Panel Ia Multiple ModernitiesLandscapes of Exclusion: The No Name Group and Multiple ModernitiesDr. Juliane Noth (Freie Universität Berlin)Panel Ib–Processes of IdentificationDestroy the Mirror of Representation. Negotiating Installation Art in the ‘Third Space’Birgit Hopfener (Freie Universität Berlin)Cai Guoqiang’s Fireworks: Igniting a Paranational LandscapeBrianne Cohen (University of Pittsburgh)Panel Response – Prof. John Clark (University of Sydney)II. The Negotiation of Tradition At the Threshold of (In-)Visibility. The White Landscape Paintings by Qiu ShihuaDr. Silke von Berswordt (Art Collection of Ruhr Universität Bochum)When Contemporary Art Encounters a National TreasureWang Ching-ling (Freie Universität Berlin)Panel Response – Uta Rahman-Steinert (curator, Museum of Asian Art Berlin)III. Concepts of Body and Gender in Chinese Contemporary Art Panel IIIaZiran in Contemporary Chinese ArtWang Ruobing (University of Oxford)Expressions of Body and Gender in Chinese Contemporary ArtDoris Ha-lin Sung (York University)Panel Response – Dr. Juliane Noth (Freie Universität Berlin)Panel IIIbMasquerading Brides and Grooms: An Analysis of Three Art Portraits in the Media of PhotographyEva Aggeklint (Stockholm University)A Question of Desire: Women, Bodies and Performance Art in ChinaDr. Adele Tan (Courtauld Institute, University of London)Panel Response – Dr. Karin Gludovatz (Freie Universität Berlin)IV. Contemporary Chinese Art and Its Spaces of Production “The Third Studio” A History of Realism in Chinese Art Pedagogy–How Realism Affects Contemporary Art Production and ConsumptionLee Ambrozy (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing)Made in China: Qiu Anxiong´s “We are the World”Wenny Teo (University of London)Panel Response – Pauline Yao (independent art critic and curator, Beijing)Saturday, 24 October 2009   IntroductionFranziska Koch (Philipps-Universität Marburg)V. Contemporary Chinese Art and Strategies of (Dis-)Engagement Situating Socially Engaged Art in ChinaZheng Bo (University of Rochester)Non-Antagonistic Contradiction: Alternative Spatial Practices and Provisional Communities in Contemporary ChinaBeatrice Leanza (independent curator, Beijing)Panel Response – Dr. Thomas Berghuis (University of Sydney)VI. Curating Chinese Contemporary Art The Perfection of the Imperfection or the Principles of AdaptationDavide Quadrio (director Bizart, Shanghai/Arthub Hongkong)Everyone Curates: From Global Avant-garde to Local RealityDr. Meiqin Wang (California State University Northridge)VII. Dis-Playing Contemporary Chinese Art China and the World: The Official Re-Positioning of Chinese Contemporary Art onto the Global Stage at the Start of the Twenty-First CenturyDr. Thomas Berghuis (University of Sydney)Dis-Playing “Mahjong” Uli Sigg and the Power of Private Collectors in the Global Canonization of Chinese Contemporary ArtFranziska Koch (Philipps-Universität Marburg)Panel Response – Dr. Francesca Dal Lago (University of Leiden)VIII. Contemporary Chinese Art: Market and Meaning Contemporary Chinese Art in the International Auction Market: An Insider’s Overview and Assessment in Comparative PerspectiveJoe Martin Hill (New York University)Critical Discourses: Debating the Value of Contemporary Chinese Art in the 1990sPeggy Wang (University of Chicago)Panel Response – Pauline J. YaoSummary and Discussion: Perspectives on Future Research Chair: Prof. Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (Freie Universität Berlin)Panelists: 
Prof. John Clark (University of Sydney), 
Prof. Li-qing Dai (Taiwan National Changhua University),The International Conference “Negotiating Difference. Chinese Contemporary Art in the Global Context” is hosted by:Freie Universität BerlinDepartment of History and Cultural StudiesInstitute of Art HistoryEast Asian Art HistoryKoserstr. 2014195 Berlin, GermanyPhone: ++49 30 838-53868Fax:     ++49 30 838-53810E-mail: oakg@zedat.fu-berlin.dewww.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/khi/abteilung_ostasienwww.fu-berlin.de/conference-negotiating-differenceHead: Prof. Dr. Jeong-hee Lee-KalischConference Concept: Birgit Hopfener, Franziska KochConference Organisation: Ronald Kiwitt, Juliane Noth

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