Guest Speaker:  Shao Qi (Professor and graduate student advisor, School of Fine Arts, Shanghai Normal University)
Date:   9: 30 am, September 20, 2014 (Saturday)
Venue:  Multifunctional Hall, 4F, Shanghai Library (1555 Huaihai Zhong Road)

Introduction:

Why is the motif of Chinese paintings mostly landscape, and that of Western paintings mostly human figures? This is not only a cultural and artistic phenomenon, but also an issue of historical culture. At this lecture, Professor Shao Qi from the School of Fine Arts, Shanghai Normal University will reveal the cultural essence behind the difference between the motifs of Chinese and Western paintings from a historical perspective,.

About the Guest Speaker
Shao Qi was born in Shanghai and graduated from the Chinese Department of the East China Normal University. He was formerly an editor and later editor-in-chief of the Duoyun magazine published by the Shanghai Paintings and Calligraphy Press, and an associate professor of Chinese Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently a professor and graduate student advisor of the School of Fine Arts, Shanghai Normal University; a member of the Shanghai Artists Association; a painter of the Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Gallery. He has published about three million words, including such books and papers as "The Cultural Tradition of Chinese Paintings", "The Context and Semantics of Chinese Paintings since the Late Ming Dynasty", "Notes from My Library" and etc. He has also published 4 collections of his paintings, including "Shao Qi’s Landscape Paintings" and gave his solo landscape painting exhibition at the Peking University Centennial Auditorium in 2011.