Arts of Asia and their Markets
This course explores in survey fashion the artistic products of the leading religions and philosophies of Asia, from Islam, Hinduism, Jainism and early Buddhism in India, Southeast Asia and the Islamic World, to Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto and Mahayana Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan.
Focusing on sculptural and architectural work, the course offers students introductory yet intensive object-based study. It also provides associated contextual learning, investigating themes such as court life of the Indian and Persian sultanates and the Mughals; civil and military East Asian court life; and the European opening-up of trade with China and Japan from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
The course concludes with a review of contemporary art and its markets in India, Iran, Southeast Asia, China and Japan.
This course can be taken as a prelude to the MA in East Asian Art, but it is also an ideal introduction to the subject of Asian art in its own right.
Location: Sotheby's Institute of Art
Fees: Full-time - £7,500 Part-time - £3,900
Information: +44 (0) 207 462 3208, r.sundberg@sothebysinstitute.com
The importance of the Dragon in Chinese Culture and Art spanning the centuries with Dr Iside Carbone.
For centuries, the Chinese dragon has been a symbol of power, wealth, and good fortune. So how did it come to pass that this legendary creature became the most revered and respected icon of Chinese culture? Many can only speculate about the true origins of the very first Chinese dragon.
Time: 5pm
Location: Boningtons. The Essex Auctioneers.
Admission: Free, booking essential
Information: admin@boningtons.com
North Korean Art and Art Installation
Jane Portal will explore art produced in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and also discuss her experiences of putting on major museum exhibitions.
Jane Portal is Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, Art of Asia, Oceania and Africa, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. She moved to Boston in 2008, having worked for 21 years at the British Museum during which time she installed a new Korean Gallery, wrote 'Art Under Control in North Korea' (Reaktion Books, 2005) and also curated the very successful First Emperor-China's Terracotta Army exhibition in the Round Reading Room in 2007. She studied Chinese at Cambridge and Korean at SOAS London and also spent a year at Beijing University studying archaeology and another at Yonsei University in Seoul. She visited North Korea twice in 2000 and 2001 following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Great Britain and acquired a group of contemporary works for the British Museum.
Time: 10am Coffee, 10.30am Talk
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Tickets: Members £15, Non-members £20 (or 2 for £30 if purchased at least a month in advance)
RSVP: by 27th March, +44 (0) 207 307 5454
Dazzling Arms and Armour from the East
by Seoyoung Kim
Aunique opportunity to discover more about the varied & exquisite forms of surface decoration found on Eastern arms and armour in the Collection
Time: 1pm-2pm
Location: Victoria & Albert Museum
Tickets: Admission is free
Information: +44 (0) 207 224 2155, exhibitions@wallacecollection.org
Buddhist Art Forum
This Forum will be a major event of an exceptional kind, seeking to address the philosophical issues concerning Buddhism and art in a profound and holistic way. Drawing contributors from widely varied backgrounds from Asia and the rest of the world, the Forum will have four overarching themes dealing with Buddhist art: definition; creation and function; conservation; and its role in the contemporary world.
Time: 9.45am-8.45pm
Location: Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Tickets: £100 (£75 Courtauld staff/students and concessions)
Information: +44 (0) 207 848 2785, researchforum@courtauld.ac.uk
The Annual Benjamin Zucker Lecture on Mughal Art
Time: Doors open 6.30. Lecture 7pm
Location: Victoria & Albert Museum
Tickets: Admission is free
Information: +44 (0) 207 942 2244, d.blenkinsopp@vam.ac.uk