Narmandakh Tsultem, Institute of Fine Art at the Mongolian University of Arts and Culture, Ulaanbatatar, Mongolia
Translator: Uranchimeg Tsultem, Graduate Student, History of Art, UC Berkeley
Peter Marsh, Music Department, Cal State University-East Bay
| DATE: | Thursday, May 7, 2009 |
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| TIME: | 4:00 PM |
| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor |
| FORMAT: | Lecture |
| SPONSORS: | Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, East Asia National Resource Center |
Artist and calligrapher Narmandakh Tsultem, whose work is featured in the IEAS Gallery exhibition "Eternal Sky: Reviving the Art of Mongol Zurag," (on view April 22 - July 15), has sought to capture the spirit of Mongolia’s traditional arts in her work. Mongol Zurag (literally: Mongol picture) was largely neglected and suppressed in Mongolia during the seven decades of socialist regime, but has received renewed attention in recent years. With its flat and decorative quality, vibrant colors and distortion of forms, Mongol Zurag represents a distinctive form of visual expression in Mongolia. At a time when Mongolia seeks to re-establish its own identity in Asia, Narmandakh Tsultem, who has taught Mongol Zurag style painting at the Institute of Fine Art (IFA), Mongolian University of Arts and Culture (MUAC) since 1988, inspires and nurtures a new generation of artists exploring this idiom.
This event will feature Mongolian musical performances: khuumii (throat singing), morin huur (horse fiddle), and ever buree (horn).
Commenting on Mongolian traditional art and music will be ethnomusicologist and Mongolia specialist Peter Marsh, Music Department, Cal State University-East Bay.
Translation by Uranchimeg Tsultem, History of Art, UC Berkeley.
