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SUMMARY:Saturday University: Performing Identity in Contemporary Art of Mongolia
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Saturday University\, a monthly lecture series featuring experts
  from around the world. Gain new insights on Asia throughout time as our vi
 siting scholars\, authors\, artists\, and thought leaders delve into new th
 emes each season.\nPerforming Identity in Contemporary Art of Mongolia\nUra
 nchimeg (Orna) Tsultem\nMongolia’s transition into a new democratic nation 
 in 1992 started a dynamic transformation of Mongolian contemporary art. Man
 y artists established their presence in the global contemporary art through
  exhibitions at the Documenta or the various biennales around the world. Si
 nce the socialist taboo on the knowledge of traditions and history was lift
 ed and artists gained freedom of speech\, Mongolian artists are actively ex
 ploring their distinct identity as the country is establishing its new soci
 o-political positioning in the era of globalization. This talk rethinks mul
 tifaceted notions of identity as explored in the works of some prominent co
 ntemporary artists in Mongolia.\nOrna Tsultem received her PhD in Art Histo
 ry from University of California at Berkeley in 2009. Prior to Berkeley\, s
 he studied art history at Sophia University in Tokyo\, Japan\, and ELTE (Eö
 tvös Loránd University) in Budapest\, Hungary\, and at University of Arts a
 nd Culture\, Mongolia. She is Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Chair in Internation
 al Studies and Associate Professor at Indiana University’s Herron School of
  Art and Design. Orna’s work has received the  American Council of Learned 
 Societies/Robert Ho Foundation Collaborative Research Award in 2014-2016\, 
 John W. Kluge Fellowship from Library of Congress\, Washington\, D.C. in 20
 13\, and Fulbright/IIE Fellowship in 2002-2005. She was awarded IU Presiden
 tial Arts and Humanities Fellowship in 2022-2024. Her monograph A Monastery
  on the Move: Art and Politics in Later Buddhist Mongolia (Hawaii Universit
 y Press\, 2020) received Art Book Award from International Convention of As
 ia Scholars in Leiden\, the Netherlands. Orna also is an active curator who
  has shown contemporary art exhibitions at 9th Shanghai Biennale in 2012\, 
 56th Venice Biennale in 2015\, 60th Venice Biennale in 2024\, among others.
 \nTickets\n$15\n$10 SAM members &amp\; students with ID\nTickets include ga
 llery access
LOCATION:Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 1400 E Prospect St\, Seattle\, WA 98112
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