SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Landscape Art Past and Present

Xu Longsen’s ‘Mountains and Water’ brings one of the most creative Chinese artist’s work to London for the first time. The symposium invites international speakers who will discuss the landscape art traditions in China and in other parts of the world.

Programme

Time/Session	Description
9:30 am	Registration
10:00 am	Opening remarks: Wang Tao (SOAS)
Session One	Chair: Roderick Whitfield (SOAS) & Shao Dazheng 邵大箴 (Central Academy of Fine Arts)
10:15 am	Angelo Capasso (Art critic, Rome) Landscapes: China and the Western Traditions
10:45 am	Yang Xiaoneng (Stanford University) Seeking Directions: Explorations in Contemporary Landscape 现代山 水画发展的历程和困惑
11:15 am	Tea Break
11:30 am	Li Xiaoshan (Nanjing Institute of Fine Art) Endless and boundless of Chinese Shanshui painting 说不尽的 中国山水
12:00 pm	Shane MaCausland (SOAS) Song/Yuan masters of landscape painting
12:30 pm	Jan Stuart (British Museum) Innovation and old masters: Xu Bing’s experiment
1:00-2:00 pm	Lunch Break
2:00-2:15 pm	Video showcase: Xu Longsen’s Shanshui Art
Session Two	Chair: Richard Vinograd (Stanford University) & Shane MaCausland (SOAS)
2:15-3:00 pm	Yang Lian (independent, London) Classicism: the pursuit of an idea 经典性: 一种思想追求 - 徐龙森的沉潜之山
3:00-3:45 pm	Wang Yuechuan (Peking University) Cosmology and ink painting 吞吐宇宙 , 墨走五行 - 徐龙森大山 水生态美学现象
3:45-4:15 pm	Wang Tao (SOAS) Miniature landscape and scholars’ rocks
4:15-5:00 pm	Tea Break/calligraphy performance
5:00-6:00 pm	Questions and Discussion
6:30-8:00 pm	Wine reception

Mountains and Water: An exhibition of landscape paintings by XU Longsen

‘Mountains & Water’ is an exhibition of Shanshui or landscape art including a series of the artists smaller works on paper and an 8.5mtr high installation piece the "Shanshui Totem" specially created for this exhibition.  Further details about the exhibition