Pnline academic lecture entitled “The Art and Theory of Bie-Modernism”

At 7:00 p.m. on March 31, 2022, Dunhuang College invited Professor Wang Jianjiang, doctoral supervisors from the School of Humanities of Shanghai Normal University, director of the Institute of Aesthetics and Aesthetic Education, founder of Bie-Modern Theory, director of the Chinese Society of Aesthetics, director of the Chinese Society of Literature and Art Theory , the academic consultant of the “Center for Chinese Bie-Modern Studies (CCBMS)” in the United States, gave an online academic lecture entitled “The Art and Theory of Bie-Modernism”. The lecture was presided over by Professor Tian Weige, Dean of Dunhuang College, and was attended by teachers and students of Dunhuang College. The lecture also attracted the participation of many outside scholars.

Before the lecture, Dean Tian Weige first introduced the academic achievements of Professor Wang Jianjiang. Professor Wang Jianjiang has independent and influential specialized researches in philosophy, aesthetics and art theory. Bie-modern theory have international influence. Georgia Southwest State University in the United States and Primoska University in Slovenia, a member state of the European Union, independently established the Center for Bie-Modern Studies to study other modern issues. On behalf of all teachers and students, Dean Tian Weige expressed his sincere thanks and warm welcome to Professor Wang Jianjiang.

At the beginning of the lecture, Professor Wang mainly talked about the definitions of proper nouns such as “Bie-modern” and “Bie-modernism”, the origin and process of Bie-modern theory, as well as Bie-modern’s discourse, thought, theory and innovation. Professor Wang went on to explain Bie-modernism art. While explaining, he showed a series of art works to the students, such as Zhang Yimou’s early film “The Lawsuit of Qiu Ju” and works by artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Fang Lijun, Wang Guangyi and Zeng Fanzhi in the field of fine arts, the form of watching and teaching is both vivid and intuitive, as well as in-depth explanation, helping students to understand Bie-modernism art more accurately.

Bie-modernism art advocates seeking different thinking and the market of ideas, which coincides with cultural creativity and artistic creation. Creating something out of nothing is the key to creative thinking, and it is also an essential link in inheriting innovation and learning from innovation. At the end of his lecture, Prof. Wang talked about the theory of Dunhuang art regeneration. He believes that the regeneration of Dunhuang art must have an ethereal and elegant spirit of freedom, a compassionate spirit to pity the common people, a creative spirit to build a different world, and a revival spirit that converges with hundreds of rivers. He once again explained the creative inspiration brought by “Flowers and Rain on the Silk Road” and “The Great Dream of Dunhuang” with examples, which made people benefit a lot. He encourage students to innovate Dunhuang art with Bie-modernism ideas and methods.

After Professor Wang’s speech, teachers and students of Dunhuang College and scholars outside the school actively asked Professor Wang Jianjiang questions around the concept of “Bie-modernism”, and formed a dialogue and interaction.