“War, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948,” an outstanding exhibition of 200 Chinese woodblock prints from 1930s and 1940s China will be on display at the Picker Art Gallery of Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, from September 19 to December 15, 2024. The complete inventory of the Herman Collection of Modern Chinese Woodcuts, acquired by Theodore Herman in the 1940s and donated to Colgate, will be on view. The Herman Collection is the most comprehensive collection of Chinese woodcuts of that era in the United States. The exhibit will be accompanied by a set of related events to be held on the Colgate campus.

Exhibition:  War, Revolution, and the Heart of China, 1937-1948: The Herman Collection of Modern Chinese Woodcuts
19 September – 15 December 2024
Colgate University
Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center

Reception: Thursday, 19 September   5-6:50 PM
Colgate University, Dana Arts Center, 2nd Floor

Curatorial tour by Leslie Ann Eliet, visiting curator
Friday,  20 September @ Noon
Colgate University, Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center

Lecture:  Contemporary Printmaking in China
Wednesday, 13 November   4:30pm
Colgate University, Little Hall 105 (Golden Auditorium)

Symposium:  Something Revolutionary: print and visual culture in modern China
Friday, 15 November     8:00am-2:00 pm
Colgate University, Little Hall 105 (Golden Auditorium)

Printmaking demonstration and workshop led by artist Yang Hongwei of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Saturday, 16 November   9:30 am-12:30 pm
Colgate University, Little Hall 205 (Print Studio)