Zhu Da/Bada Shanren, Qing dynasty, 1626–1705, Flowers on a River (detail), 1697. Ink on paper, hand scroll. Tianjin Museum. Courtesy image.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) will present a special one-Day lecture series on Flowers, Gardens, and Self-Reflection in Chinese Painting from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
In conjunction with the exhibition Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368–1911, expert art historians offer detailed glimpses into some of the many facets of the flower-and-bird genre in Chinese painting and reveal how these images of intimate nature can be thresholds to worlds rich with beauty and private emotions. Each talk will be approximately 30 minutes with a Q&A following.
Location: SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara
Free SBMA Members and Students/$20 Non-Members
Get more information and tickets at tickets.sbma.net
The following speakers will be participating in this special one-day event:
Richard Barnhart – Yale Professor Emeritus in the History of Art
Ducks and Herons in a Lotus Pond—before and after Bada Shanren
Hui-shu Lee – UCLA Professor in Art History
Things that Gratify the Heart: Zhang Zi’s (1153-1235) Lakeshore Gardens in Time and Space
Peter Sturman – UCSB Professor in the History of Art and Architecture and East Asian
Languages and Cultural Studies
Falling Flowers on a River: Contemplations On Nature and Mortality
Stephen Little – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Florence and Harry Sloan Curator of Chinese Art and Head, Chinese, Korean, and South & Southeast Asian Art Departments
Lives of Flowers at the Ming and Qing Courts
Shou-chih Yen – Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Professor in the History of Art
Reconfiguring the Order of the Seasons: Xu Wei’s Nanjing Zahua (Mixed Flowers) ??/??Scroll
Yun-chen Lu – DePaul University, Assistant Professor in the History of Art and Architecture
Flowers in the Snow: Before and After Gao Fenghan’s Disability
Ying-chen Peng – American University, Associate Professor in Art History
Empress Dowager Cixi’s Flower-and-Bird Universe