21.07.2025

Dialog zwischen Disziplinen: Zwischen Entweder/Oder: Gustav Seitz, die frühe VR China und das geteilte Nachkriegsdeutschland

Thursday, July 24, 2025 16-18, c.t., China Centrum Tübingen, Hintere Grabenstr. 26, 72070 Tübingen

As part of the exhibition program Studienblätter from China: Gustav Seitz’ China in Ink, Bronze, and Photography, we invite you to an interdisciplinary dialogue. Dr. Robert Pursche from the History Department and Junior Professor Emily Graf from the Sinology Department will discuss how the work of sculptor Gustav Seitz navigated between the early People’s Republic of China and divided post-war Germany, engaging with political systems, artistic ideals, and processes of intercultural exchanges. 

The talk will be in German. 

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Gustav Seitz (1906–1969) is regarded as one of the most important German sculptors of the twentieth century. During a 1951 trip to China as part of a German Democratic Republic delegation, he produced a remarkable series of ink studies depicting everyday life in the People’s Republic of China shortly after its founding.

For more information about the exhibition, please see the flyer. We warmly invite you to join us!