Panel Discussion: Gao Brothers
Saturday, September 18, 1:00–2:30 p.m.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Atkins Auditorium | Free
4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri
In the years since the end of the Cultural Revolution, Chinese artists have been allowed latitude in creating art that references this historic period when Maoist Red Guards attacked traditional Chinese and Western philosophy, the intelligentsia, religion, and other “bourgeois” or “reactionary” traditions. Under the scrutiny of the Chinese Communist Party, the Gao Brothers have pushed the boundaries of expression and anti-Mao sentiment.
In this panel discussion, the Gao Brothers, Kemper Museum Curator Barbara O’Brien, curator of Grandeur and Catharsis Arthur Hwang, and Associate Professor and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Kansas, Megan Greene will discuss their monumental and politically provocative artwork. Greene will talk about China’s Cultural Revolution and the frenzied transition from the Maoist era to the China of today.
This program is free and requires no ticket for admission. Seating is first-come, first-served. |
Start with Art Fridays
Kemper Museum | Free | No Registration Required.
Start with Art Fridays at the Kemper is a monthly free public event on the second Friday of the month, hosted at the Kemper Museum. Make it an evening by winding down at Café Sebastienne’s Happy Hour that begins at 5:00 p.m., or enjoy dinner after the program. |
Sunday Cinema Series
Meeting Room | Free | No Registration Required.
Experience contemporary China through the lens of documentary and artistic filmmakers in this Sunday Cinema Series. At each screening, experts from the Confucious Institute at the University of Kansas will lead discussions before and after the films.
September 19
2:00 p.m. |
Art in the Cultural Revolution (1997) 33 minutes, directed by Kubert Leung
Digital Underground in the People’s Republic (2008) 18 minutes, directed by Rachel Tejada |
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October 17
2:00 p.m. |
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet’s Struggle for Freedom (2010) 79 minutes, Tibetan and Mandarin with English subtitles, directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam |
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November 14
2:00 p.m. |
The World (2004) 139 minutes, Mandarin and Shanxi dialect with English subtitles, directed by Zhang Ke Jia |
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December 12
2:00 p.m. |
The Other Half (2006) 111 minutes, Sichuan dialect with English subtitles. directed by Liang Ying |
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Performances
As part of the Museum’s multidisciplinary programming, musical, dance, and theatrical performances are scheduled throughout the year. Spanning classical, jazz, and contemporary music, past musical performances include regional groups such as NewEar, Terrestrial Consort, BCR, Mariah Wind Trio, Doug Talley Quartet, Dangerous Kitchen, the Ragin’ Cajuns, Panapolli Trio, the Kansas City Guitar Society, the Kansas City String Quartet, and Aeolian Effect.
Local performance companies such as Reach, a movement collective; aha! dance theatre; the Coterie Theatre; and Ron McGee's Late Nite Theatre have performed dance and theatre acts inspired by the Museum’s exhibition programming and works in the permanent collection.
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