Lecture Presentation by Cai Qing, PhD
Performance Art as a Method of Creating Contemporary Art
Osman Jamal Auditorium, Faculty of Fine Art Campus
February 9, Thursday, 2023. 11am to 12pm
About Cai Qing, PhD
Cai Qing, born in China and currently a German citizen, is an artist, curator and art critic who is active in the field of contemporary art and performance art. He is also involved in education at fine-art academies, leading workshops and teaching courses in contemporary art.
Cai has also curated many art projects and exhibitions, including an underground art exhibition called “Trace of Existence,” which he initiated and curated in 1998 in Beijing, collaborating with Feng Boyi. Cai led several more exhibitions including: a performance art show called “Construction Before Deconstruction” at Zhengzhou Shifo village in 2008, “Parabiosis,” a large-scale international contemporary art exhibition at Chongqing Yangzi River Art Museum in 2016, and “China Action,” at Inter Art Center and Le Lieu Art Center in Quebec in 2018. he Curate the "Live Art Tour" every year in different locations around the world Including the 2022 "Overlapping Kassel".
Along with his artistic practice, he has written and published many books and articles on art criticism and art history, including “Performance Art and Spiritual Therapy,” which was the first publication on this subject in China, published by Beijing World Book Publishing Cooperation in 2012. Cai also wrote “Live Art Diary” in 2013 by Beijing World Book Publishing Cooperation, and “Experimental Art Practice – Action Overseas” in 2017 by China Today Art Museum Publishing House.