By Professor Paul Gladston

Journal articles

Gladston P, 2007, '‘Writing On The Wall – (and Entry Gate): A Critical Response to Recent Curatorial Meditations on the ‘Chineseness’ of Contemporary Chinese Visual Art’', Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art

Gladston P, 2006, '‘No Matter From Which Side It Is Still Possible To See: A Review of Karen Smith’s Nine Lives: the Birth of Avant-Garde Art in New China’', Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art

Conference Presentations

Gladston P, 2022, ''Dis-/Continuing Traditions: Interpreting the Translation of Endogenous Techne by Chinese Contemporary Artists from Parallaxic Trans-cultural Perspectives'', presented at Chinese Cultures, Translation and Contemporaneity: Literature – Cinema – Performance - the Visual Arts, 20 May 2022

Gladston P, 2021, '‘Pushing the Boundaries: Intersections between China’s Current National Self-image, Tianxia (‘all under heaven’) and Confucian Aesthetics.’', presented at University of Sydney, Department of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the China Studies Centre 'Language, Literature, Culture and Education' series., 08 September 2021

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2021, '“Thinking (and Practice In-/) Outside the (Yellow) Box: toward the curation of an artistic-cultural poly/cacophony'', presented at Rethinking the Curation of Chinese Contemporary Art: toward “post-West” artworlds, political economies, spatial practices, and historiographies, 28 April 2021

Gladston P, 2019, ''A Closer Look at Contemporary Chinese Art'', presented at 'A Closer Look at Contemporary Chinese Art', Ottawa Art Gallery, supported by Carleton University, Canada. In conjunction with the exhibition, 'Howie Tsui: Retainers of Anarchy'

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2019, ''Beyond Dialogue: Interpreting Xiao Lu’s Performance, One (Yi) in the Context of Contemporaneity'', presented at The China/Avant-Garde Exhibition and Xiao Lu: 30 Years On, in conjunction with an exhibition of Xiao Lu’s work at the 4A Center for Contemporary

Gladston P, 2019, ''Contemporary Chinese Art, Aesthetic Modernity and Zhang Peili: Towards a Critical Contemporaneity'', presented at post-graduate workshop, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada.

Gladston P; Cruickshank A, 2019, ''Contemporary Chinese Art: towards a critical contemporaneity'', presented at 'Contemporary Chinese Art: towards a critical contemporaneity', moderator Alan Cruickshank (di’van), 4A Centre for Asian Art, Sydney

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2019, ''Inside and Outside the Yellow Box: Rethinking Displays of Asian Art'', presented at Seminar series, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2019, ''Inside and Outside the Yellow Box: Rethinking Displays of Asian Art'', presented at Art Gallery of the University of Western Australia, “Conversations” series

Gladston P, 2019, ''Rethinking Contemporaneity: Zhang Peili’s Video Installation A Gust of Wind (Zeng feng) as an Index of Polylogic Aesthetic Social Engagement'', presented at Sharing and Participating - 'The Commons': Art and Social Aesthetic Education Summit 2019, China Academy of Art Hangzhou, Practice Base of Social Aesthetic Education, Qianfengxi Village, Ping'nan County, Ningde, Fujian Province, PR China.

Gladston P, 2019, ''Rethinking Contemporaneity: Zhang Peili’s Video Installation A Gust of Wind (Zeng feng) as an Index of Polylogic Critical Resistance'', presented at Aesthetics, Society and the Travels of Critical Theory International Conference, Beijing Normal University

Gladston P; Tai M, 2019, 'Discussant, public tour of the exhibition, The China/ Avant-Garde Exhibition and Xiao Lu: 30 Years On, 4A Center for Asian Art, Sydney', presented at Public tour of the exhibition, The China/ Avant-Garde Exhibition and Xiao Lu: 30 Years On, 4A Center for Asian Art, Sydney

Gladston P, 2019, 'Keynote speaker, Western Sydney University, Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture (ACIAC), Emerging Scholars’ Forum on Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture, Contrast, Converge and Commingle', presented at Emerging Scholars’ Forum on Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture, Contrast, Converge and Commingle

Lee L; See P; Silver T; Vigneron F; Gladston P, 2019, 'Panel moderator and organiser, 'Diffractions: Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian Aesthetics in Trans-Cultural Contemporary Art', Sydney Contemporary 2019', presented at 'Diffractions: Daoist, Buddhist and Confucian Aesthetics in Trans-Cultural Contemporary Art', Sydney Contemporary 2019

Nithiyendran RM; Silver T; Gladston P, 2019, 'Panel moderator, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Tim Silver in Conversation with Prof Paul Gladston, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney.', presented at Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Tim Silver in Conversation with Prof Paul Gladston, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney.

Gladston P; Harsono FX; Setyawan AY, 2019, 'Panel moderator, with FX Harsono and Albert Yonathan Setyawan, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Future Past', Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney.', presented at panel moderator, in conjunction with the exhibition, 'Future Past', Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

Gladston P, 2018, ''Asia Society @ MCA | Conversation Starters: ‘Truth and Censorship behind the great firewall of China’', presented at Asia Society @ MCA | Conversation Starters: ‘Truth and Censorship behind the great firewall of China’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2018, ''Inside and Outside the Yellow Box: Asian Interventions in the White Cube'', presented at Research Talk, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

Gladston P; Vigneron F; Bo Z; Hsui E, 2018, '‘Accessing contemporary art in/from China and its near neighbours’', presented at ‘Accessing contemporary art in/from China and its near neighbours’

Gladston P, 2018, '‘Contemporary Chinese Art and Aesthetic Modernity: Towards a Critical Contemporaneity’', presented at Invited speaker, Department of Fine Arts, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Gladston P; Ono S, 2018, '‘Setsuko Ono in Conversation with Paul Gladston: Contemporary Art and Global Change in the Twenty-First Century’', presented at ‘Setsuko Ono – Solo Exhibition’, Asia House, London

Gladston P, 2017, '‘(Bad) Faith in Painting(?):Critically Re-evaluating the Significance of Yu Youhan’s Political Pop Series’', presented at research seminar series, University of Barcelona

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2017, '‘Critical Mass: Contemporary Video Art from Shanghai and Hangzhou’', presented at Research seminar series, University of Barcelona and Autonomous University of Barcelona

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2017, '‘Inside the Yellow Box: Cultural exceptionalism and the problematic traces of neo-Confucianism’', presented at Research seminar series, University of Barcelona

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2017, '‘Of Nühua (‘women’s painting’) and the Absenting of Ink — A Critical Meditation on Works by the Artist Fu Xiaotong’', presented at Wuhan’s First Ink Painting Biennale International Academic Forum: The Chinese Ink Painting System and Its Ideological Change - ‘Exploring the Contemporary Transformation of Chinese Ink Painting’,, Wuhan Art Museum

Gladston P; Jiang J, 2017, 'Panel Chair, 'Contemporary Chinese Art'', presented at Oxford China Forum, Said Business School, Oxford University

Gladston P, 2016, '‘(Bad) Faith in Painting(?):Critically Re-evaluating the Significance of Yu Youhan’s Political Pop Series’', presented at Research seminar series, Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies, University of Stockholm

Gladston P, 2016, '‘(Bad) Faith in Painting(?):Critically Re-evaluating the Significance of Yu Youhan’s Political Pop Series’', presented at Invited Speaker, research seminar series, Department of Art History, Edinburgh College of Art

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2016, '‘Critical Mass: Contemporary Video Art from Shanghai and Hangzhou’', presented at Research seminar series, Department of Art Science, University of Stockholm

Gladston P; Howarth-Gladston L, 2016, '‘Power-Corruption-Lies: Gordon Cheung’s New Order Series, Lens-based Painting and East-West Cultural Intersection’', presented at Gordon Cheung’s solo exhibition, Here be Dragons at the Nottingham Castle Museum

Gladston P, 2016, 'Distinguished keynote speaker and panel chair, ‘Contemporary Art and the Margins of Criticality’', presented at Visualizing Chinese Borders, Manchester Metropolitan University,

Gladston P; Lupke C; Manfredi P, 2016, 'Distinguished Speaker, ‘Wordimage: visual-verbal interstices in contemporary Chinese Art’', presented at ‘Wordimage: visual-verbal interstices in contemporary Chinese Art’,

Gladston P, 2016, 'Invited Panel Chair, ‘Perspectives on Contemporary Art’, Ecologies of Art: a Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Debate', presented at ‘Perspectives on Contemporary Art’, Ecologies of Art: a Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art Debate

Gladston P, 2015, 'Distinguished Speaker, Constructing and Deconstructing Histories of Contemporary Cultural and Aesthetic Practices', presented at Constructing and Deconstructing Histories of Contemporary Cultural and Aesthetic Practices, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

Gladston P, 2015, 'Keynote speaker and panel chair, (In)direct Speech: Chineseness in Contemporary Chinese art Discourse and Practice , University of Lisbon', presented at (In)direct Speech: Chineseness in Contemporary Chinese art Discourse and Practice, University of Lisbon

Gladston P; Hammond D; Koch F; Howarth-Gladston L, 2015, 'Public Panel, Djanogly Gallery, University of Nottingham', presented at Contemporary Video from Shanghai and Hangzhou

Gladston P, 2014, '‘Avant-Garde Art in Reform-Era China’', presented at Exploring Ideological Translation: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Centre for the Study of Political Ideologies, University of Nottingham

Gladston P, 2014, '‘Non-antagonistic’ Art from the PRC and Taiwan’', presented at Taiwanese Contemporary Art Symposium, Site Gallery, Sheffield

Collings M; Gladston P; Biggs E, 2014, '‘Writing around Contemporary Art: A Talk by Matthew Collings and Emma Biggs’', presented at Public talk and panel, University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham, Djanogly Theatre

Gladston P, 2014, 'Invitation by the internationally renowned artist Wang Guangyi to give a keynote public talk as part of the symposium, Implosion and Crises: International Forum on Contemporary Art at Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China', presented at Implosion and Crises: International Forum on Contemporary Art, Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China

Gladston P, 2014, 'Keynote Speaker, What Work Does the Artwork Do?: Criticality and Context, Institute of Contemporary Art London', presented at What Work Does the Artwork Do?: Criticality and Context, Institute of Contemporary Art London

Gladston P, 2013, ''Chinese Contemporary Art and Cultural Memory'', presented at China and Memory in the Yangtze Delta since 2001, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

Gladston P, 2013, '‘Academic Publishing in China: from Hard Copies to Digital Networks (and Back Again)’', presented at Invited Speaker, Conference: From Print to Publishing: The Changing Role of the Book in China and the UK, Chinese Contemporary Art Centre, Manchester

Gladston P, 2013, '‘Somewhere (and Nowhere) between Modernity and Tradition: Towards a Polylogue between Differing International and Indigenous Perspectives on the Significance of Contemporary Chinese Art’', presented at Invited speaker, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Network Beaux-arts: Going Global – Avant-gardes, Academies, Revolutions, 1900-2013

Gladston P, 2013, '‘Somewhere (and Nowhere) between Modernity and Tradition: Towards a Polylogue between Differing International and Indigenous Perspectives on the Significance of Contemporary Chinese Art’', presented at Invited Speaker, Conference: Negotiating Histories: Traditions in Modern and Contemporary Asia-Pacific Art, Tate Modern

Gladston P; Lu C, 2013, 'Seminar: Contemporary Chinese Art and Socialist Realism', presented at Contemporary Chinese Art and Socialist Realism, TATE Modern

Gladston P; Dodd P; Hu H, 2012, 'Keynote speaker, Education in Contemporary Art Museums in China, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai', presented at Education in Contemporary Art Museums in China

Gladston P, 2011, '‘Theorizing Contemporary Chinese Art : Towards a Polylogue of International Post-Modernist and Contemporary Chinese Perspectives’', presented at Guest Speaker, the University of Maryland – sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, Confucius Institute, Department of Art History and Wang Fangyu Endowment for Calligraphy Education at the University of Maryland

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