6th Gwangju Biennale 2006: Asian Art Forum

World Contemporary Art in the Eyes of Asia

Venue: Yong-bong Culture Centre, Chonnam National University, Gwangju

The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006: Asian Art Forum takes place as a part of the Festival for A Culture Hub City of Asia, Gwangju. Thematically related to the concept of the Gwangju Biennale 2006, this forum will deal with issues on Asian discourses and aesthetics in search of a new Asian identity. Furthermore, it will discuss a possibility of global networking in Asian art and realization of a communal vision in the global culture. This forum will be an opportunity to further refine the exhibition concept of the Biennale and also to share discussions of Asian issues.

Keynote Speech
The 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 and the Problematics of Identity in Visual Art
– Korean Case_19
Kim Hong-hee Artistic, Director of Gwangju Biennale 2006

Session 1: Tradition and New Identity of Asia

Reflections on “Regional” Contemporary Art
Wu Hung, Chief Curator of The First Chapter, Gwangju Biennale 2006

Traditions for the Future: Case Studies for Asian Artists
Melissa Chiu, Director of Asia Society Museum

Glimpses of Cosmopolitanism, after the Multiculturalism that never was…
Nikos Papastergiadis, Professor at the University of Melbourne

Asia’s Pursuit of Tradition and a New Identity
Song Mi-sook, Professor at Sungshin Women’s University

Session 2: Asian Contemporary Art and Global Networking

The City of Minjung Art
Beck Jee-sook, Project Director of Insa Art Space

Please Don’t Deny Them Agency
Shaheen Merali, Head of Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

Locale and Internationale – Resituating Global Networks
Lu Jie, Founder and President of Long March Foundation

Gwangju as ‘Epicenter’ and ‘Asia’
Kim Sang-yun, Chief Programmer of Gwangju Biennale 2006

Participants List

Session 1: Tradition and New Identity of Asia

Moderator:
Kim Hong-nam, Director of the National Folk Museum of Korea (Korea)

Speakers:
Kim Hong-hee, Artistic Director of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (Korea)
Wu Hung, Chief Curator of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (USA/China)
Melissa Chiu, Director of the Asia Society Museum, New York (Australia)
Nikos Papastergiadis Professor, the University of Melbourne (Australia/Greece)
Song Mi-sook, Professor, Sungshin Women’s University (Korea)

Discussants:
Lee Won-bok, Director of Gwangju National Museum (Korea)
Jo Song-sig, Professor, Chosun University (Korea)
Eugene Tan, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore)
Shinji Kohmoto, Senior Curator of the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (Japan)
Binghui Huangfu, Director of Asia-Australia Arts Centre (Australia)
Jacquelynn Baas, Director Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum (USA)

Session 2 : Asian Contemporary Art and Global Networking

Moderator:
Choi Eun-ju, Chief Curator of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (Korea)

Speakers:
Beck Jee-sook, Project Director of Insa Art Space (Korea)
Shaheen Merali, Head of Exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (UK)
Lu Jie, Founder and President of Long March Foundation (China)
Kim Sang-yun, Chief Programmer of Gwangju Biennale 2006 (Korea)

Discussants:
Kim Ha-lim, Professor, Chosun University (Korea)
Manray Hsu, Independent curator, art critic/ Curator of 2006 Liverpool Biennale(Taiwan)
Davide Quadrio, Director of BizArt, Shanghai (Italy)
Robert C. Morgan, Visiting Professor, Chosun University (USA)
Ryu Jae-han, Professor, Chonnam National University (Korea)
Chris Gilbert, Curator, University of California, Bekeley Art Museum (USA)