Park Dae Sung, Artist Talk and Symposium

Keynote Address: Park Dae Sung, Artist
Organizers: Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University  and Sunglim Kim, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College

This symposium is made possible with the generous support of the Jeffrey D. and Jean K. Lee Korea Institute Fund and the Gana Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, Korea.

Link to Symposium Program

1:00 – 2:30 Session I: Artist talk
Moderator: Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History, Harvard University
Welcoming Remarks: Nicholas Harkness, Modern Korean Economy and Society Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University 
Introduction of the Artist: Sunglim Kim, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College

Keynote: Park Dae Sung 

2:30 – 2:45 Break 

2:45 – 4:15 Session II: Ink and Brush in Park Dae Sung’s Work  
Moderator:  Melissa McCormick, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture, Harvard University   
Panelists: 
Suzie Kim , Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of Mary Washington 
“Visualizing the Ideal Relationship between Animals and Humans: Park Dae Sung’s Zoomorphic and Anthropomorphic Images”
Jungsil Jenny Lee, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies , University of Cincinnati, Ohio 
“Resurrected Ruins and Renovated Visions of Gyeongju: Dream Journey of Park Dae Sung” 
Jinyoung A. Jin, Director of Cultural Programs, Charles B. Wang Center, Stony Brook University  
"Everything New is Old Again: How Park Dae Sung’s Archaic Beauty Paintings Reinvent the Past"

4:15 – 4:30 Break 

4:30 – 6:00 Session III: Ink and Brush in Asia  
Moderator:  Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator, Harvard Art Museums  
Panelists:    
Yukio Lippit, Jeffrey T. Chambers and Andrea Okamura Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University 
“Ink Painting: Past and Present” 
Eugene Y. Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art, Harvard University
"What is the 'Modern' in Modern Ink Painting: Park Dae Sung and the Medium Properties of East Asian Inkscape"
Christina Yu Yu, Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of Asian Art, Museum of Fine Arts 
“Not Just Ink And Brush”

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