Published August 7, 2024
Victoria Udondian presents work at Taoxichuan Art Center
Department of Art Faculty Victoria Udondian was invited to be an artist-in-residence at the Taoxichuan Art Center, in China. She created sculptures at the Center and presented a lecture.
After The Last Supper
Lecture time
Wed. 19:30 , Aug. 7th, 2024
Lecture location
Taoxichuan S3 Multi-media Room
(2nd floor）
Language
CN | Eng
Taoxichuan Art Center Lecture invited Artist-in-Residence Victoria-Idongesit Udondian to present a lecture on the theme of "After The Last Supper" at 19:30 on Wednesday, 7th August 2024 at the Taoxichuan S3 Multi-media Room(2nd floor）.
The lecture is be about Victoria-Idongesit Udondian's personal journey into ceramics. Using Leonardo da Vinci's painting ‘The Last Supper’ as a starting point. Building on her previous work, it explores Africa's colonial history, the global trading system and the evolving relationship between Africa and China.
This lecture is intended to be an open and interactive sharing session, where audience are encouraged to ask questions and engage at any point.There will be a performance art show after the talk and all are welcome!
"After the Last Supper" is a sculptural Ceramic installation/ performance that takes Leonardo da Vinci's painting, "The Last Supper," as a point of departure. It builds upon Victoria's previous works, which have explored Africa's colonial history, global trade systems, and the evolving relationships between Africa and China.
Taoxichuan International Art Center
The Taoxichuan International Art Center has run the three-month Taoxichuan Art Center Residency Program since 2015, inviting art institutions of over 50 countries and regions to recommend artists to join the program. Artists create at the Jingdezhen International Studio. Jingdezhen is a city in the Jianxi province of eastern China, famous for its porcelain which has been produced in the area for over 1,000 years. Situated close to the city center, an extensive area of large former factory buildings set up for the production of porcelain in the mid-twentieth century is being redeveloped as a new mixed-use quarter.