I think that sculpture should be focused on people and the depiction of people, because people are social beings and creators of art. When we lose people and the human spirit, art loses its soul. Chinese methods and Western methods are different, and I was determined to return to Chinese methods. Chinese methods revere spontaneity, but also stress regularity. You must observe closely and imprint things in your memory, but when you start, you can’t be a stickler; you must simp

Please join us for a panel discussion: Organized by Ying Qian (Assistant Professor of Chinese Cinema and Media, Columbia EALAC) and Jim Cheng (Director, the C.V. Starr Library) Introduced by Eugenia Lean (Director, WEAI and Professor of Chinese History, Columbia EALAC) Panelists: Charlotte Brooks (Professor of History, CUNY Baruch College) Jane Gaines (Professor of Film, Columbia University) Caroline Hsu-Balcer (Filmmaker, designer and art programmer) Ssu Weng (Physician, dau