Ohio State professor Julia Andrews gives a presentation on female Chinese artists in the 1900s at the Harn Museum of Art Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Kamryn Bailey | The Independent Florida Alligator
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By Zoe Thomas
Julia Andrews may have been the one speaking, but most eyes in the Harn Museum’s auditorium were not on her. Instead, audience members — including local families and UF students — had a hard time looking away from the colorful paintings flashing across the projector behind her as she spoke.
Andrews, an Ohio State University Chinese art professor, visited the Harn Wednesday to talk about female artists in 20th-century China to an audience of over 40. The event was developed to complement the museum’s exhibit “She/Her/Hers: Women in the Arts of China,” which opened in March 2022 and will run until April 2024.
“‘She/Her/Hers’ focuses on women’s different roles in art throughout Chinese history,” said Tongyun Yin, curator of Asian art at the Harn. “It’s interesting to see the limitations or constraints that different generations of women have faced and conquered through their artwork.”
During the talk, Andrews spoke about the history of the women’s rights movement in China and also shared her own experiences from her time as a female art student in Beijing. Although female artists around the globe had to combat misogyny to create art throughout the 20th century, Andrew said, the struggle was especially prevalent in China.