March 5, 2015
All Day
Traditions Room of the Ohio Union
Many materials and media other than ink have been used to represent and indeed extend, strengthen, or refocus the aesthetics of Japanese and/or Asian ink, often without spilling a drop of actual ink. Media such as photography, oil-on-canvas, video, and digital imaging, but also tomato juice, soy sauce, gun-powder, tv commercials, and computer games have contributed substantial new dimensions to qualities of ink associated with Asian tradition. The modern vibrant and multifarious visual epistemology of Japanese and Asian ink painting owes much to acts of remediation in non-ink media, perhaps more than works made with actual ink.
Dr. Bert Winther-Tamaki is a Professor and Chair of Art History at University of California, Irvine. This visit is co-sponsored by Asian American Studies, History of Art, Japanese Studies, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
