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...Chinese art is the representation of an idea," Wu Hung explains. "In Western art, there is less emphasis on the political attitude of the painter; instead, there is a personal relationship between the viewer and the painting...
According to Wu Hung, Chinese art now is in a transitional stage. He says he feels it's important to encourage young artists, and he has arranged a series of displays of modern Chinese paintings in the Adams House common room in order to stimulate interest in the Asian art scene...
...antiquarian who's deeply involved in contemporary culture, Wu Hung has done a great deal to further our understanding of Chinese art," says Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art John M. Rosenfield...
...Wu Hung isn't sure what he'll be doing after he receives his doctorate in January. While he wants to finish writing one or two more books here first, he plans eventually to return to his native country. "I haven't been back in five years and I feel very alienated from China. Everything I know is from The New York Times," he says...
...hope I can find a way to go back and forth," Wu Hung says. "It's important that there be dialogues between Chinese and Western scholars and it's important that people exchange this kind of scholarship on a regular basis. Otherwise knowledge becomes dated...