Detail: Dunhuang’s tradition, with its timeless charm and depth, continues to invigorate
artists, teachers and students in their quest for education, self-cultivation and
artistic creation. Highlighting paintings and sculptures by a dozen modern and
contemporary artists, Inspired by Dunhuang: Re-creation in Contemporary Chinese
Art will explore the historical site’s profound influence on generations of
artists beginning with master painter Zhang Daqian. Other artists to be featured
in the exhibition include contemporary art luminaries such as Zhang Hongtu, Liu
Jude, Liu Dan and Yu Hong.
This exhibition is organized by China Institute Gallery and co-curated by Willow
Hai Chang, Director of China Institute Gallery, and Jerome Silbergeld, the P. Y.
and Kinmay W. Tang Professor of Chinese Art History and Director of the Tang
Center for East Asian Art at Princeton University.