Sarah Lee Elson, Class of 1984, International Artist-in-Residence Talk
Thu, 2/22 · 5:30 pm—7:00 pm · 016 Robertson Hall
Liu Xiaodong, painter
Join the Princeton University Art Museum and the Tang Center for East Asian Art for a conversation between the Beijing-based painter Liu Xiaodong and Zoe S. Kwok, the Nancy and Peter Lee Associate Curator of Asian Art. Liu is the Art Museum’s 2024 Sarah Lee Elson, Class of 1984, International Artist-in-Residence. He creates monumental social realist paintings; his practice involves photographing and painting carefully staged compositions that address social upheaval wrought by population displacement as well as economic and environmental crises.
Reception to follow.
This event is cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum and the Tang Center for East Asian Art.
LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. Additional support for this program has been provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.