In her work, Kansas-based Chinese artist Hong Chun Zhang (張春紅) reimagines the world around her as enveloped in hair. In conversation with "The Wave," Harvard’s Asian literary and arts magazine, Zhang will explore how her identity, the environment, and the dual pandemics are woven into her recent work. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Explore Hong Chun Zhang's works in the Harvard Art Museums' collection: https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/68583?person=68583 + The Wave Magazine: https://www.waveartsmagazine.com/ + Hong Chun Zhang, Chinese, "Take Out #2, from the series Hairy Objects," 2016. Chinese ink and watercolor on rice paper. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Christina Marcove, 2021.42. © Hong Chun Zhang. https://hvrd.art/o/372644 SPEAKERS: + Hong Chun Zhang, artist; + Jerrica Li ’22, founder, "The Wave" magazine, Harvard University; + Sarah Laursen, Alan J. Dworsky Associate Curator of Chinese Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums + Introductions by Laura Muir, Associate Director of Academic and Public Programs and Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums. TIMESTAMPS: + 00:00 Introduction and Land Acknowledgement by Laura Muir + 01:14 Webinar logisitics + 02:14 Introduction to speakers with Sarah Laursen + 04:37 Artist Talk with Hong Chun Zhang + 25:14 Artist interview with Jerrica Li and Hong Chun Zhang + 46:41 Q&A with audience, moderated by Sarah Laursen + 58:08 Thanks and acknowledgements ---- All images and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Video Thumbnail Image: Screencapture of conversation with Hong Chun Zhang from her studio. December 10, 2021. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Images: All photography and works by Hong Chun Zhang © Hong Chun Zhang. Video: Recorded Friday, December 10, 2021. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Division of Academic & Public Programming. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.