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Lecture Divination and Personal Destiny Target Free Thursday Nights Thursday, January 12, 2006 7:30 pm Cinema In 1400 BC, citizens of Greece consulted the Oracle at Delphi regarding their destiny. As early as the 8th century BC, the Chinese used the I-Ching (Book of Changes) to understand and predict changing conditions. How do we engage in... read more » |
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Art Lab Activity Art Lab: Games of Chance Thursday, November 17, 2005, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2005, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Star Tribune Foundation Art Lab Huang Yong Ping made Four Paintings Created According to Random Instructions (1985) with a roulette wheel derived from a Chinese compass that originated in the 12th century BC. Using a multidisc wheel constructed in a similar fashion, create your own work of art by chance. read more » |
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Gallery Talk Part One: Mythologizing Animals Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:00 pm Bazinet Garden Lobby Animal symbols—as well as living creatures—appear throughout Huang Yong Ping’s work, referencing Taoist divination and Chinese culture. Join Carol Brash, PhD candidate in art history at the University of Minnesota, for a “decoding” of these signs and a discussion of Eastern mythology. read more » |
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Family Program Random Ruckus Free First Saturday Saturday, November 5, 2005 10:00 am to 5:00 pm ... read more » |
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Lecture Howard French on China and the West Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:00 pm Cinema In his recent book A Continent for the Taking, Howard French provides an account of the disastrous consequences of the fateful, centuries-old encounter between Africa and the West. Raised in Washington, DC, French first traveled to Africa after college, before joining... read more » |
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Book Club The Artist’s Bookshelf: Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie Thursday, November 3, 2005 7:00 pm Conference Room The Walker book club offers group discussions about literature that shares themes with art on view in the galleries. Echoing questions proposed in Huang Yong Ping’s work, Dai Sijie’s newest novel presents a complex series of East-West cultural collisions resulting from the journey of the... read more » |
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Talk Gallery Talk: Cultures of Medicine and the Human Body Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:00 pm Lecture Room Several of Huang’s works reference practices of traditional Chinese medicine and concepts such as ch’i, the energy that fl ows through all existing beings; yin and yang; and the body as a microcosm for the cosmic universe as expressed through various symbols and materials. Join Chinese medical... read more » |
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Exhibition Tour Opening-day Curator Tour Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:00 pm Bazinet Garden Lobby Cosmology, bestiary, Joseph Beuys, digestion. Exhibition curators Philippe Vergne and Doryun Chong discuss these and other themes and influences in Huang’s work. read more » |