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Remembering Wu Guanzhong

Video Remembering Wu Guanzhong

TLF ID M012755

This is a slideshow of five artworks by renowned 20th-century Chinese artist, Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010). The slideshow is accompanied by an audio tribute to the artist by curator Melissa Chiu, which is also available as a text transcript. There is an enlargeable image of his landscape 'Camels in the desert' (1981), related hyperlinks, and a community blog for user responses to the tribute. Wu Guanzhong is considered to be the founder of contemporary Chinese landscape painting as he pushed the boundaries for using the traditional medium of ink.

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Educational value
  • This is a resource of great value for the Responding strand of the Visual arts curriculum in upper primary and lower secondary schooling. The content descriptions focus on students responding to the visual artworks of artists and considering the broader contexts of their works, and their contribution to the development of contemporary art. The resource gives students the opportunity to examine the paintings closely and to read and listen to a senior curator's response to the artist's career. Students can reflect on their own and other artists' works.
  • The resource contributes to students engaging with the cross-curriculum priority of Asia and Australia's relationship with Asia, particularly the fourth organising idea of the arts and literature of Asia influencing aesthetic and creative pursuits within Australia, the region and globally. The contribution of Wu Guanzhong as an innovative landscape artist has had a global impact on art.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10

Topics Regional art Australian art Cultural imperialism Cultural interaction Arts industry Composition (Visual arts) Artists Art exhibitions Visual arts Art movements Art materials Landscape art Culture Visual arts portfolios Audiences Chinese art Mixed media Cultural contexts Historical settings (Narratives) Social settings (Narratives) Cultural awareness Cultural identity Multimedia Narratives Ink painting Settings (Narratives) Symbolism (Art movements) Art themes Artistic purpose
Learning area
  • The Arts
  • Visual Arts

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Asia Society
  • Organization: Asia Society
  • URL: http://asiasociety.org
  • Publisher
  • Name: Asia Society
  • Organization: Asia Society
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://asiasociety.org
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Video
Rights
  • © 2013 Asia Society. This material may be downloaded, copied, used and communicated free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided all acknowledgements are retained.