Art and the Cultural Revolution: A Conversation with Zheng Shengtian

Art and the Cultural Revolution: A Conversation with Zheng Shengtian

Jane DeBevoise, Chair, Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong and New York

Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 6:30-8PM

Born in 1938 and now Managing Editor of Yishu magazine, Zheng Shengtian is an artist, writer and independent curator. Prior to his departure from China in 1990, he worked at Zhejiang Academy of Art in Hangzhou (now the China Art Academy) as a professor and chair of the Oil Painting Department. This conversation will focus on Professor Zheng’s experience during the Cultural Revolution, its impact on his education, art practice, and teaching responsibilities, including his work with artists who came to prominence in the 1980s and beyond.