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Jiwei Xiao (Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures) presents the pronunciation of the names of the artists in the exhibition
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Exhibition Brochure
This exhibition presents works by Chinese artists from the 20th and 21st centuries who engage with ink and stone as materials, subjects, and concepts. Employing a range of techniques and media, the artists make diverse points of contact with older Chinese artistic traditions. Some embrace the emphasis on ink brushstrokes on paper or silk to render mountainous landscapes or rock forms; others incorporate media and styles usually associated with western painting: oil on canvas, or gouache and watercolor. Yet others use photography, industrial processes of fabrication, or create conceptual and performance art. The contemporary works are shown together with older stone objects such as Buddhist steles, a scholar’s rock, and inkstones, which provide historical touchpoints for the artists’ reinterpretations of these forms and media.
ink/stone will include work by An Ho, Bingyi, Arnold Chang, Gu Wenda, Huang Yan, Lee Chun-yi, Liu Dan, Qiu Deshu, Zhan Wang and others. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Ive Covaci, Adjunct Professor of Art History at Fairfield University, and will be presented in the museum’s Walsh Gallery alongside the exhibition SEEING IS BELIEVING: CROSSINGS AND TRANSPOSITIONS, PART II organized by Professor of Studio Art Jo Yarrington.
Image: Huang Yan 黃岩 (Chinese, b. 1966), Chinese Shan-Shui Tattoo, 1999, photograph, C-print. Lent by Asia Society, New York: Gift of Ethan Cohen in honor of Professor Jerome A. Cohen and Joan Lebold Cohen, 2016.1.10. Photography by Synthescape © Huang Yan, courtesy of Asia Society
Browse Selected Artworks
Listen
Jiwei Xiao (Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures) presents the pronunciation of the names of the artists in the exhibition
Virtual Tour
Exhibition Brochure
We look forward to returning to in-person programs in 2022! Events listed below with a location are live, in-person programs. When possible, those events will also be streamed on thequicklive.com and the recordings posted to our YouTube channel.
Opening Night Event: Introduction of ink/stone by Ive Covaci, PhD, and filmed conversation between Prof. Jo Yarrington and SEEING IS BELIEVING artists.
Thursday, January 20, 5 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibitions ink/stone and SEEING IS BELIEVING: CROSSINGS AND TRANSPOSITIONS, PART II (Walsh Gallery)
Kelley Theatre, Quick Center for the Arts + streaming
Opening Reception: ink/stone and SEEING IS BELIEVING: CROSSINGS AND TRANSPOSITIONS, PART II exhibitions
Thursday, January 20, 6-8 p.m.
Walsh Gallery and Quick Center lobby
Family Day: Chinese Art
Saturday, January 29
Demonstration and workshop: Cyantoype (Jo Yarrington) and four-color etching (Mary Teichman)
Wednesday, February 2, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Crossings and Transpositions Extended: Reflections from China, Loyola Hall Studio Art Galleries, Studio Art Program (January 20 – February 10, 2022)
Loyola LL printmaking studio (limited to 15)
Demonstration and workshop: Japanese woodblock print (mokuhanga) with cloisonné reference (Margot Rocklen) and silkscreen monoprint (Carmela Venti)
Wednesday, February 2, 2-4:30 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Crossings and Transpositions Extended: Reflections from China, Loyola Hall Studio Art Galleries, Studio Art Program (January 20 – February 10, 2022)
Loyola LL printmaking studio (limited to 15)
Lecture: Rocks and Mountains in Recent Chinese Art
Tuesday, February 8, 5 p.m.
Yao Wu, Jane Chace Carroll Curator of Asian Art, Smith College Museum of Art in Conversation with Ive Covaci, PhD
Co-sponsored by the Art History & Visual Culture Program, Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Walsh Gallery (limited to 35)
Workshop: Chinese Calligraphy with artist He Jiancheng
Wednesday, February 9, 7 p.m.
Streaming
Art in Focus: Luo Biwu, Parts, 2015, silkscreen print
Thursday, February 10, 11 a.m.
Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement
Streaming
Workshop: Chinese Brush Painting with Yuemei Zhang
Wednesday, February 16, 11 a.m.
Loyola LL printmaking studio (registration limited to 30; materials provided)
Art in Focus: Luo Biwu, Parts, 2015, silkscreen print
Thursday, February 17, 11 a.m.
Michelle DiMarzo, Curator of Education and Academic Engagement
Walsh Gallery
Lecture: Reconsidering the Landscape in Chinese Contemporary Art Practices
Tuesday, February 22, 5 p.m.
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Director, Asia Society Museum
Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
Kelley Theatre, Quick Center for the Arts + streaming
Artwork created by students in Professor Suzanne Chamlin's Watercolor course, responding to the work on view in ink/stone and Seeing is Believing
Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. We are closed for national and university holidays and during inclement weather.
Location:
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Parking:
Free parking available at the lot in front of the Quick Center, including handicap parking.
Admission:
The museum is open to the public and admission is free.
Tours:
Private tours with a curator are available for a fee; please contact museum@fairfield.edu or 203-254-4046.
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Take Metro-North, New Haven Line, to Fairfield Station (approximately 70 minutes from Grand Central Station).
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