Cross-Cultural Experiments | MILL FINE ART

In an effort to foster discussion and understanding of contemporary Chinese art, Mill Fine Art is pleased to be introducing the Oct. 19 exhibit, ?Facing East: Contemporary Work From Four Chinese Artists in America.? This group show will bring together a unique array of perspectives, visions, and personal narratives as it seeks to explore the multi-cultured experience of Chinese-American artists. As the title suggests, viewers will ?face East? as they move through the exhibit?which is at once historical, cultural, political, economic, and personal. Lastly, this collection of work by well-known Chinese artists hopes to engage a dialogue about what it is like to be ?in-between? cultures.

Wen-Hao Tien - Left Hand

The third artist whose work will be on display in ?Facing East? uses traditional materials to create modern images. Having moved from Taiwan to New England to pursue her graduate studies, Wen-Hao Tien apprenticed with renowned calligrapher, Bai Quianshen, deepening her understanding of Chinese culture. With this background, the aesthetic qualities of her art have both an ?essence? of Chinese culture and a Western expressionist style. In the works that will be shown at Mill Fine Art, Tien ?used [her] right hand to interpret the essence of words and the beauty of lines?and [her] left hand to channel the precipitated accidents that oftentimes reveal an even deeper dynamic.? This combination of focused intention and spontaneous discovery is a marvelous cross-cultural experiment. In ?Left Hand,? one can see traces of calligraphy overtaken by abstraction.

Zhu-qing Jiang

Zhu-qing Jiang also uses calligraphic symbols in her work, but she is perhaps more fascinated with abstracting mixed media to interpret the human form. In many ways, Zhu-qing epitomizes the current generation of Chinese contemporary artists who have found success, studying at Beijing Central Academy of Arts and Design and continuing on to a professorship at Tsinghua University. With her art, Zhu-qing ?hopes to make people think about the important relationship between human beings and the world.? For a 2008 exhibit at the Huan Tie Art Museum, she displayed an abstract painting that used cassette tape ribbon and black hair clips to embroider an elegant human shape. ?Here,? she says, ?artist use new technology to present art.? This ?new technology? gives Zhu-qing?s traditional designs a Western abstract quality.

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Please join Mill Fine Art as we welcome four voices of contemporary Chinese art to our gallery this fall. ?Facing East? will open Oct. 19 with an artist reception from 5-7 p.m. and will be on display until Nov. 24.

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Source: http://www.millfineart.com/blog/2012/09/27/cross-cultural-experiments/

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