TALK: What is Chinese About Chinese Art?: Archaeology,
Politics, and Identity in Republican Period China
(1928-1947)
Sarah Elizabeth Fraser (Art History, Northwestern)
Thursday, April 26 / 4:00 pm
MultiCultural Center Theater
Professor Fraser's talk highlights the intersection
of art, ethnography and colonialism in the far western
regions of China during the Republican Period (1928-1947). A
key focus is the copies of ancient Buddhist mural paintings
by Chang Dai-chien (1898-1983) at the ancient oasis
city of Dunhuang. Sarah Elizabeth Fraser is Associate
Professor and Chair of the Department of Art History,
Northwestern University, and the author of Performing
the Visual: Making Wall Paintings in China and Central
Asia (Stanford University Press, 2004).
Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art
and Architecture, Department of East Asian Languages
and Cultural Studies
