[Aug.10.2018] Luo Ming Jun “Identity” 罗明君：”身份”

Luo Mingjun – Identity

Presentation by Luo Mingjun and conversation with Sun Mulan, followed by an aperitif

Date: Friday 10.8.2018, 18:30
Place: Loft Corner @ Colab, top floor, Sihlquai 131, 8005 Zurich
Speaker: Luo Ming Jun, Chinese artist
Language: English + Chinese
Cost: SCAA members free, Nonmembers CHF 30, Students CHF 10
RSVP: info@scaa.ch (Alisa Voronova)

讲座题目：身份

罗明君移居瑞士31年，是一位穿梭于两种不同文化的艺术家。之前在中国湖南接受了完整的学院式教育，上世纪八十年代初，中国新潮美术风起云涌时，年轻的艺术家便采用了西方现代艺术之法，将“现成品”运用于作品中。以先锋姿态，颠覆或批判陈旧的艺术观念。87年她移居瑞士，在异国他乡生活和工作时，两种不同文化内在的冲突与自我身份的焦虑，成为艺术家不得不思考的课题。面对两个相对立的文化环境所带来的意识形态与文化身份的转变， 她为自己创建了一个易于对话和交流的中间地带，一个“第三空间”，或者说一个“无人之地”而获得关注。罗明君将在讲座中通过对部分作品的解读让大家了解其创作的过程与心得。

Lecture Theme: Identity
LUO Mingjun lives in Switzerland since 31 years. She is an artist who commutes between two different cultures. Previously, she obtained a complete academic education in Hunan province in China. In the early 1980s, when the 85 New Wave movement rose in China, young artists adopted the method of Western contemporary art and applied “readymade products” to their works by taking a pioneering attitude, subverting or criticising the concepts of obsolete art. When Luo moved to Switzerland in 1987, while living and working in a foreign country, the inner conflict and anxiety of self-identity in the two different cultures became big subjects that the artist had to think about. Facing the transformation of ideology and cultural identity caused by two opposing cultural environments, she created an intermediate zone for her own dialogue and communication, a “Third Space”, or a “No Man’s Land” and got attention. Luo Mingjun will present the process and experience of her creation through the interpretation of some of her works in the lecture (with SCAA).

More information:
www.luomingjun.com