Date: March 27, 2025 Time: 1:30 pm Venue: Li Dak Sum Building 214, CUHK Speakers: Liu Ding & Carol Yinghua Lu Moderator: Yongwoo Lee (Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies, CUHK) Abstract: The exhibition 'Youhan and Yu Youhan: Yu Youhan's Early Experience and Late Style' will present a comprehensive exploration of the renowned artist Yu Youhan (1943-2023). The exhibition will focus on two significant phases of his artistic development: his formative years, marked by the so called “cultural fever” of the 1980s, which sought to merge Western modernism with China's cultural heritage; and his late style, from 2002 to 2019, during which he revisits and incorporates his early influences and his extensive life experiences into his artistic experimentation. As the first survey exhibition of his oeuvre after his passing in 2023, this presentation will detail the research process by curators that informed the exhibition and discuss how the research findings were translated into a compelling exhibition format. The exhibition will open on March 25, preceding Art Basel Hong Kong week and providing a unique opportunity to engage with Yu Youhan's remarkable legacy. About the speakers: LIU Ding and Carol Yinghua LU have worked collaboratively as a research and curatorial team since 2007. They were the artistic directors for the 8th Yokohama Triennale (2024). They have curated many shows, including: Trans-Southeast Asia Triennial: Sounds as Silence: The Academic Value of Life (2021), Anren Biennale: Crossroads (2017), Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale (2012), Little Movements: Self-practice in Contemporary Art I\II\III (2011 in OCAT Shenzhen, China; 2013 in MUSEION, Bolzano, Italy and, 2015 in ACC, Gwangju, Korea), and Liberation (2010). Since 2013, they have curated a series of thematic and solo exhibitions based on their ongoing research on the resonance of socialist realism in contemporary art in China. This talk is co-organised by Master of Arts in Cultural Management Programme, CUHK and YING Center for Contemporary Art, and supported by the Centre for Cultural Studies, CUHK.