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University at Buffalo Reporter, May 26, 2005
Warhol foundation grant to support Chinese visual arts
By CYNTHIA MACHAMER, Reporter Contributor

A $75,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. to the UB Art Galleries will help produce a scholarly catalogue to accompany "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art," the largest exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever to travel beyond that country's borders.

[image] The UB Art Galleries has received a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to produce a catalogue for an historic and groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Chinese art that will be on display in the UB Art Galleries and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in October.

The exhibition, which will be on view from Oct. 21 to Jan. 29, 2006, is being organized by the UB Art Galleries, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Millennium Art Museum in Beijing, China.

"We are delighted to contribute to this project," said Pamela Clapp, director of the grant program at the Warhol foundation. "We believe this catalogue will break new ground in the scholarship and international appreciation of the Chinese visual arts."

The 450-page, full-color catalogue will be bilingual. Providing a complete history of Chinese contemporary art over the past two decades, the catalogue also will serve as a textbook for university students and researchers in the field. It will include images of all the works in "The Wall" exhibition, artists' biographies and a chronology of Chinese conceptual art from 1978-2004. It also will explore various themes, from socialist iconography to essays on Chinese film and theater in the 1980s and '90s.

The UB Art Galleries, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Millennium Art Museum are producing the catalogue, which will be available for "The Wall's" July opening in Beijing. The exhibition comes to Buffalo's Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the UB Art Galleries in October.

"We are grateful to the Andy Warhol Foundation for this generous grant," said Sandra H. Olsen, director of the UB Art Galleries. "Its support will enable us to expand this contemporary Chinese art exhibition beyond the walls of the museum and to encourage scholarship into this period of artistic endeavor."

The principal essayist and exhibition curator is Minglu Gao, UB assistant professor in the Department of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. "The 'wall' is a universal phenomenon, a crucial parameter that determines the definitions of ideas such as 'boundary,' 'family' and 'community,' regardless of one's race, age, culture and nationality," he said.

He added, "The 'wall' is particularly significant to Chinese history and culture because it is not only a fundamental element of classic Chinese architecture, but also constitutes a spatial system that reflects the Chinese mentality."

Gao is the principal documentarian of new Chinese art and author of six books on contemporary Chinese art.

The Andy Warhol Foundation Inc. was founded in 1987 to advance the visual arts. The foundation's objective is to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by encouraging and supporting cultural organizations that, in turn, directly or indirectly support artists and their work.

Additional funding for "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art" has been provided by the Asian Cultural Council, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activities Fund from the UB Office of the Vice President for Research and the collaborating institutions.

http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol36/vol36n35/articles/WarholGrant.html

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The Day, 5/24/2005
$2M Gift Establishes Asian Art Professorship At Conn

New London— Heidi and John F. Niblack have donated $2 million to Connecticut College to establish the Chu-Niblack Curator and Professor of Asian Art Fund.

The gift, made in honor of Charles J. Chu, an emeritus professor of Chinese, will support a professorship to focus on the field of Asian art, with particular emphasis on classical and modern Chinese art, and to curate the college's Chu-Griffis Collection of Asian Art.

“John and Heidi Niblack have so often identified needs at the college and quietly stepped forward to meet them,” Conn President Norman Fainstein said in a press release. “The college's Asian languages and Asian art programs have an outstanding reputation. This gift will add enormously to what the college is able to offer.”

The new professorship will be filled by Qiang Ning, a specialist in Chinese art and religion. Ning was most recently an assistant professor of art at the University of Michigan. His interests include the issues of art, religion, politics and gender in Chinese art and society. His most recent book is an examination of the interaction of art, religion and politics in the historical context of medieval China. Ning received his doctorate and master's degree from Harvard University.

John Niblack, who has served as a college trustee since 2002, is a former vice chairman of the board of directors of Pfizer Inc. and a former president of Pfizer Global Research and Development.

In 2001, in honor of a longtime professional and social friendship with Chu, he and his wife helped create the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Shain Library, which holds the Chu-Griffis Collection.

Begun in 1985 by Chu and New London attorney Hughes Griffis, the collection includes Asian art and calligraphy, Chinese paintings from the 15th to the 20th centuries and Japanese prints, with emphasis on landscapes and depictions of birds, flowers and animals.

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=7004bbae-8a84-4a66-995f-a8fcd3e50e40

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	May 31, 2005: [achtung! kunst] funding & sponsors Warhol Foundation: The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art - Niblack donation: Asian Art Professorship

	University at Buffalo Reporter, May 26, 2005 Warhol foundation grant to support Chinese visual arts By CYNTHIA MACHAMER, Reporter Contributor A $75,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. to the UB Art Galleries will help produce a scholarly catalogue to accompany "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art," the largest exhibition of contemporary Chinese art ever to travel beyond that country's borders. [image] The UB Art Galleries has received a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to produce a catalogue for an historic and groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary Chinese art that will be on display in the UB Art Galleries and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in October. The exhibition, which will be on view from Oct. 21 to Jan. 29, 2006, is being organized by the UB Art Galleries, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Millennium Art Museum in Beijing, China. "We are delighted to contribute to this project," said Pamela Clapp, director of the grant program at the Warhol foundation. "We believe this catalogue will break new ground in the scholarship and international appreciation of the Chinese visual arts." The 450-page, full-color catalogue will be bilingual. Providing a complete history of Chinese contemporary art over the past two decades, the catalogue also will serve as a textbook for university students and researchers in the field. It will include images of all the works in "The Wall" exhibition, artists' biographies and a chronology of Chinese conceptual art from 1978-2004. It also will explore various themes, from socialist iconography to essays on Chinese film and theater in the 1980s and '90s. The UB Art Galleries, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Millennium Art Museum are producing the catalogue, which will be available for "The Wall's" July opening in Beijing. The exhibition comes to Buffalo's Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the UB Art Galleries in October. "We are grateful to the Andy Warhol Foundation for this generous grant," said Sandra H. Olsen, director of the UB Art Galleries. "Its support will enable us to expand this contemporary Chinese art exhibition beyond the walls of the museum and to encourage scholarship into this period of artistic endeavor." The principal essayist and exhibition curator is Minglu Gao, UB assistant professor in the Department of Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. "The 'wall' is a universal phenomenon, a crucial parameter that determines the definitions of ideas such as 'boundary,' 'family' and 'community,' regardless of one's race, age, culture and nationality," he said. He added, "The 'wall' is particularly significant to Chinese history and culture because it is not only a fundamental element of classic Chinese architecture, but also constitutes a spatial system that reflects the Chinese mentality." Gao is the principal documentarian of new Chinese art and author of six books on contemporary Chinese art. The Andy Warhol Foundation Inc. was founded in 1987 to advance the visual arts. The foundation's objective is to foster innovative artistic expression and the creative process by encouraging and supporting cultural organizations that, in turn, directly or indirectly support artists and their work. Additional funding for "The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art" has been provided by the Asian Cultural Council, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Research and Creative Activities Fund from the UB Office of the Vice President for Research and the collaborating institutions. http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol36/vol36n35/articles/WarholGrant.html ***************************** The Day, 5/24/2005 $2M Gift Establishes Asian Art Professorship At Conn New London— Heidi and John F. Niblack have donated $2 million to Connecticut College to establish the Chu-Niblack Curator and Professor of Asian Art Fund. The gift, made in honor of Charles J. Chu, an emeritus professor of Chinese, will support a professorship to focus on the field of Asian art, with particular emphasis on classical and modern Chinese art, and to curate the college's Chu-Griffis Collection of Asian Art. “John and Heidi Niblack have so often identified needs at the college and quietly stepped forward to meet them,” Conn President Norman Fainstein said in a press release. “The college's Asian languages and Asian art programs have an outstanding reputation. This gift will add enormously to what the college is able to offer.” The new professorship will be filled by Qiang Ning, a specialist in Chinese art and religion. Ning was most recently an assistant professor of art at the University of Michigan. His interests include the issues of art, religion, politics and gender in Chinese art and society. His most recent book is an examination of the interaction of art, religion and politics in the historical context of medieval China. Ning received his doctorate and master's degree from Harvard University. John Niblack, who has served as a college trustee since 2002, is a former vice chairman of the board of directors of Pfizer Inc. and a former president of Pfizer Global Research and Development. In 2001, in honor of a longtime professional and social friendship with Chu, he and his wife helped create the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room in Shain Library, which holds the Chu-Griffis Collection. Begun in 1985 by Chu and New London attorney Hughes Griffis, the collection includes Asian art and calligraphy, Chinese paintings from the 15th to the 20th centuries and Japanese prints, with emphasis on landscapes and depictions of birds, flowers and animals. http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=7004bbae-8a84-4a66-995f-a8fcd3e50e40 __________________ with kind regards, Matthias Arnold (Art-Eastasia list) http://www.chinaresource.org http://www.fluktor.de __________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/art-eastasia.html For postings earlier than 2005-02-23 please go to: http://www.fluktor.de/study/office/newsletter.htm