Victor Wang
MA work
MA work
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Victor Wang, me 2012
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In Defence of the Poor Image, 2013. Installation shot. Curated by Victor Wang, 2013
Exhibition
Photographer: OUTPOST Gallery
Future Institutions in the Age of a Global Art History
What does the museum of the 21st century look like?
In his scholarly inquiry, Wang delves into the imminent transformation of 21st-century museums. His dissertation critically examines the decline of Euro-American-centric institutions, envisioning a paradigm shift toward a decentralized art system. Wang proposes the emergence of multi-centered institutions, challenging established spatial, temporal, and ideological norms inherent in the Western art-historical canon.
Central to his study is the profound interrogation: What defines global art, and how does its temporal trajectory intersect with the contemporary? Moreover, Wang grapples with the notion of narrating modernity and contemporaneity, exploring the transformative potential when viewed through diverse geographies and epistemologies from East Asia to South America. Through this lens, he explores global artistic expression in performance and sound art, redefining our understanding of cultural continuity and historical discourse.
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Curating Contemporary Art, 2014
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Contact
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Victor Wang is an independent curator working between China and Europe. With cultural exchange emerging as a common thread in his work, Wang has curated exhibitions and presentations that highlight connections and exchange between Asia(s) and the West.
He is currently working as an Assistant Curator with the exhibition team of the Twelfth Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, and is a research fellow at Contemporary Art Heritage Flanders (CAHF), a research environment and knowledge platform initiated by and built around the collections of the four contemporary art museums in Flanders, Belgium: S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Mu.ZEE (Ostend), M HKA & Middelheimmuseum (Antwerp).
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Degrees
- BA Commerce and Economics, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
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Experience
- Research fellow at Contemporary Art Heritage Flanders (CAHF): S.M.A.K. (Ghent), Mu.ZEE (Ostend), M HKA & Middelheimmuseum; Assistant Curator, Twelfth Havana Biennial (2015), Havana, Cuba; Student Forum Member at Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2013–14; ICI Curatorial Intensive Program, (Curating Performance), New York, 2011; Curatorial Assistant, Vancouver Pavilion at the 9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China, 2011–12; Vancouver Art Gallery, Curatorial Department Internship, Vancouver, 2012; Galerie Johann König, Artist and Exhibitions Internship, Berlin, 2010–12
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Exhibitions
- Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Student Forum projects: ‘Man, Machine and Images in Motion’ (2014), with contributions by: Murat Akagündüz , Mark lecky, Elizabeth Price, Zineb Sedira, and Jeremy Shaw; ‘New Terms: Reading Group with Daniel Silver and Heather Phillipson’ (2014), ‘A Return to Pre-Modernity’, (2014), with contributions by: Yto Barrada, Rodrigo Braga and Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla; ‘Manga Made’, (2013).
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Awards
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Conferences
- Art History Graduate Conference 2014. “Performing Money: The Problematic of Performance Art and the Art Market”. University of Essex, Colchester, UK. (Speaker); Independent Curators International (ICI) Curatorial Symposium. New York, 2011. (Speaker); The Sound of Conversation. Satellite Gallery (Presentation House Gallery, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Museum of Anthropology). Vancouver, 2011. (Speaker); The Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art Tenth Year Anniversary. LET'S TWIST AGAIN: The Archaeology of the Future. Vancouver, 2010. (Speaker)
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Publications
- 'Zhang Enli, "Space Painting" Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, January/February (13), 2014; 'Forgotten Poems’, images by John Akomfrah, Poetry by Amiri Baraka'. Arc (17:1) Rural, 2013; ‘Performing Around Capitalism: Museum as a Place of Art Production, Performa Biennale Magazine, 2013