Why We Still Need “Useless” Art | Yong Jiang | TEDxDanjielin Road

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What is the value of art when everything is expected to be useful? Drawing on years of artistic practice and his experience studying and copying traditional murals in Xizang, this talk reflects on what happens when creation moves beyond individual expression. It explores art as a way of entering a larger order — one that can loosen our attachment to the self and allow tradition, experience, and the world around us to be encountered differently. Jiang Yong is a contemporary painter based in Xizang, China, and vice president of the Xizang Thangka Culture and Art Association. His work brings elements of Guge civilization and the artistic traditions of Xizang into a contemporary visual language. Through painting, he explores the relationship between traditional art and contemporary experience, asking how ancient cultural knowledge can be seen, understood, and reinterpreted today. His works have been exhibited in China and internationally. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED c

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