Dr. Wu Hung

Biography

Wu Hung is a renowned expert in traditional and contemporary Chinese art, acclaimed for exploring innovative ways to integrate historically separate phases into compelling art historical narratives. His significant publications include 'Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture' (1995), 'Double Screen: Medium and Representation in Chinese Pictorial Art' (1996), 'Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space' (2005), 'Story Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture' (2012), and 'Zooming Histories: Photography in China' (2016). With ongoing projects delving into the interrelationship of art medium, pictorial image, and architectural space, Wu additionally investigates the dialectical relationship between absence and presence in Chinese art and visual culture. He has received numerous accolades, including the Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching at the University of Chicago (2007) and the Distinguished Teaching Award from the College Art Association (2008). A dedicated educator, Wu Hung serves as the Director of the Center for Art and East Asia at the University of Chicago and has been recognized as a member of prestigious institutions like the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He has made notable contributions to various advisory committees and research institutes across the U.S. and China and delivered the Andrew W. Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery of Art in 2019.

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