GUAN KAN: THINKING WITH CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART RELAUNCHED
Guan Kan is a journal edited by undergraduate students at the University of Western Australia, and features essays and interviews about Chinese Contemporary Art by students in Australia and China. It was recently relaunched after a gruelling journey to Beijing and Chengdu by undergraduate, art history students from the School of Design that spent 10 hour days visiting studios and galleries, and meeting with contemporary artists.
The relaunch features interviews with the two most influential thinkers on Chinese contemporary art, critic and curator Li Xianting and Lu Peng, ‘the Gombrich of Chinese art history’. The relaunch also publishes a position paper on their different approaches to Cynical Realism by UWA art history student Kye Fisher. As borders become harder to navigate and Chinese artists face increasing difficulty in finding their voice both nationally and internationally, Guan Kan aims to foreground their stories and the social issues they tackle in their work.
Guan Kan’s essays can be found at https://www.guankanjournal.art/journalessays
Image: Qi Zhilong in his studio, 2024. Photo by Kye Fisher
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