St'ART 2021 PROJECT - Redefining art /art world
ONLINE ART-RELATED LECTURES WITH OUTSIDER ART PROFESSIONS
What is it?
The lecture series aims to break down stereotypes of what it is to be defined as art, or the art world or art history, the guest speakers all have a story to tell that will board the audience’s understanding of the art ecosystem, instead of giving lectures on a specific topic to deliver solid knowledge, the speakers will describe their art-related life/research experience, in order to give the audience a fresh look at the art world and understand it from another angle.
The lecture series aims to break down stereotypes of what it is to be defined as art, or the art world or art history, the guest speakers all have a story to tell that will board the audience’s understanding of the art ecosystem, instead of giving lectures on a specific topic to deliver solid knowledge, the speakers will describe their art-related life/research experience, in order to give the audience a fresh look at the art world and understand it from another angle.
The lecture focuses on Gustav Klimt, who is an iconic and leading artist of the early 20th century in Vienna. In his later career, Klimt used an extraordinary strategy that he incorporated Chinese patterns into figure paintings. Three issues of this theme will be laid out in this talk. In the beginning, clarifying the pictorial sources and meanings of the Chinese patterns that Klimt referenced in his later paintings. Then tracing how he was able to access these Chinese objects. In the end, analyzing how Chinese patterns accorded with Klimt’s artistic pursuit and their significance to the paintings’ owners.
