101 Diasporas: Artists of Chinese Descent in Britain
101 Diasporas is the title of a project, incorporating an imminent publication and an online gallery and database, which has been undertaken by Sajid Rizvi with financial assistance from Arts Council England.
The project is conceived, designed, authored and curated by Sajid Rizvi, Publisher and Founding Editor of Eastern Art Report and Eastern Art Report Online.
101 Diasporas explores, examines and highlights the work of several generations of the artists of Chinese descent who are or have been resident in the United Kingdom. The project supplements the pioneering work already undertaken by EAR in the field.
EAR's 1992 seminar at the University of London, Chinese Art in the 1990s, furnished the first forum of its kind for a public discourse on the work of the artists of Chinese origin who have settled in Britain or have practiced on a regular basis in the country.
The discussions were attended by academics who, with a few notable exceptions, had been involved with traditional Chinese art or "oriental art" in general, educators from Britain and abroad, and practicing artists. A lively discussion during the day-long proceedings centred on contemporary practice. Edited proceedings of that seminar now form part of the publicaiton, 101 Diasporas: Artists of Chinese Descent in Britain (ISBN 1-872843-239)
EAR followed the seminar with the publication in 1997 of a special issue subtitled Chinese Art in the 1990s I, which focused on the work of the artists of Chinese origin based in Britain.
During subsequent discussions with artists from different backgrounds and different age groups, it has emerged that not only has each artist an almost unique story to tell of his/her artistic career--as no doubt can be expected--but also that each has a singular sense of belonging or not belonging, or what it means to be in diaspora.
Most remarkably, artists who have been born and brought up in Britain also feel that they are in a state of diaspora. Why? The purpose of the project is to bring together their stories, to publish them and to bring to global attention the work of these practitioners of art.
For an introduction to the subject go to online articles from the printed version of EAR, including --
For reasons of copyright protection, further development of this database is being deferred till after the publicaiton of the book, 101 Diasporas.
Are you a 101 Diasporas artist?
If you are a practicing artist based in Britain or have spent significant amounts of time in Britain and would like your work to be included in the project, please send an e-mail to Sajid Rizvi, or write to him at:
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