About the Exhibition

This exhibition, organized by Professor of Studio Art Jo Yarrington, features work by five contemporary Chinese artists: He Jiancheng, Xiao Yaoning, Luo Biwu, Zuo Zhengyao and Zhang Zhengmin. Yarrington travelled to China in 2019 with four other American artists, where they presented Part I of this international exchange.

SEEING IS BELIEVING: CROSSINGS AND TRANSPOSITIONS, PART II will be presented in the museum’s Walsh Gallery alongside the exhibition ink/stone curated by Ive Covaci, PhD.

Image: Luo Biwu 罗必武, Landscape in Bag, 2009, silkscreen print. Courtesy of the artist

Explore the Exhibition

Browse Selected Artworks

Seeing Is Believing: Crossings and Transpositions II

Listen

Jiwei Xiao (Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures) presents the pronunciation of the names of the artists featured in the exhibition

Virtual Tour

Exhibition Brochure

 

Learn

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.

REGISTER

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

Responses

Artwork created by students in Professor Suzanne Chamlin's Watercolor course, responding to the work on view in ink/stone and Seeing is Believing

SA1139 Spring22

 

Additional Information

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