Burden or Legacy – From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to Contemporary Art

Dr Jiang Jiehong (Joshua) has lived and worked in Birmingham since 1998. Jiang's recent research and curatorial projects include an international symposium "The Visual Legacy of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in Contemporary Art" (Birmingham, 2004), and contemporary art exhibitions "Collective Space" (Hong Kong, 2005) and "Collective Identity" (Manchester and Hong Kong, 2007), which were supported by awards from the Art and Humanity Research Council UK (2003-04, 2006-07). Jiang has recently set up a Centre for Chinese Visual Arts (CCVA), based at UCE Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, where he is also responsible for postgraduate teaching and research degree supervision.

• Burden or Legacy: From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to Contemporary Art Jiang Jiehong; From Red Guard Art to Contemporary Art Wang Mingxian; The Image of Mao Zedong and Contemporary Chinese Art Yan Shanchun; Mesmerized by Power Chang Tsong-zung; Why the Manic Grin? Hysterical Bodies: Contemporary Art as (Male) Trauma in Post-Cultural Revolution China Katie Hill.