Introductory courses on regional contemporary art developed with AAA Collections

Taking AAA Collections as a point of departure, these courses allow educators to better understand contemporary art in its historical contexts, with videos and information on important incidents, artist-educators, and keywords. Suitable for learners of all levels, curricula, and disciplines.

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Fri, 22 Dec 2023

Threads, Trails, Travels: Mrinalini Mukherjee’s Artistic Research

WATCH: This talk introduces the archive of Mrinalini Mukherjee, unveiling the diverse sources of inspiration for her artistic creations.

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Mon, 21 Mar 2022

Art Education in China Since 1949

WATCH: This talk introduces art education in China from the 1950s to the 2000s, featuring the works of Chinese artists from different generations

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Fri, 20 Aug 2021

From Drawing to Performance: The Lee Wen Archive

WATCH: This talk Introduces the history of performance art in Singapore and South East Asia and the artistic practice of Lee Wen

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Mon, 7 Jan 2019

From Ladies at Leisure to Internet Avatar: Women in the Arts in China

WATCH: This talk discusses the position and representation of women in the visual arts in Mainland China from the late Qing dynasty to the present day.

Image: Yang Jiechang, <i>We Are Good at Everything, Except for Speaking Mandarin – PRD</i>, 2005.
Wed, 2 Jan 2019

Pearl River Delta: From World Factory to Cultural Community

WATCH: This talk introduces the PRD’s unique cultural, political, and economic background, and its development of contemporary art

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Mon, 5 Nov 2018

From Representable Object to Representing Subject: Women in the Modern and Contemporary Art of India

WATCH: Providing a background of representation of women in visual culture in India since the 19th Century and the Women's Movement in the 1970s, this talk traces the emergence of a feminist subjectivity in the arts of India.

Image: Lê Trọng Lân, Anh bộ đội [Soldier], 1981, woodblock print, 50 x 60 cm
Tue, 26 Sep 2017

Vietnam: The Making of the Modern and the Contemporary

WATCH: This talk unpacks and examines modern and contemporary art in Vietnam in relation its colonial history.

Image: Jyoti Bhatt, Documentatation of Life Study Class at the Department of Painting, 1970.
Thu, 11 May 2017

Towards Modernism: Art of India from 1950 to 1990

WATCH: This talk explores concepts central to modernist artistic practice in India between 1950 and 1990

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Wed, 19 Apr 2017

China 1980s: Art in the Age of Social Transformation

WATCH: This talk explores crucial issues that transformed Chinese society, perspectives, and art in the 1980s