Art Exhibits & Reception: China Avant Garde + Procelain Ware from the Cultural Revolution
Exhibits at Arena 1 (in Santa Monica) and the adjacent Sherry Frumkin Gallery
Saturday, May 07, 2005
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Two exhibits of contemporary Chinese art will be held simultaneously in Arena 1 and the adjacent Sherry Frumkin Gallery.
China Avant Gard
Arena 1 - 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405 - 310 397-7456
Exhibition: May 7 to June 18, 2005
Hours: Wed - Sat, 12 noon to 6 pm
Exibit of the works of:
Lin Tianmao ("an elaborate meditation on ghosts, change, memory, and fashion. Surreal color-drained figures dance mysteriously through a mutating urban landscape."
Sheng Qi (photos "represent his own mutilated hand, symbolizing a part of Sheng Qi left behind when he moved to London . . . shortly after the Tiananmen Square incident")
Huang Yan ("white procelain Mao busts")
Shi Zhongying ("metal welding. . . His elongated figures express loneliness and vulnerability but also a feeling of movement and life")
Zhao Nengzhi ("lyrical and subtle . . . grey protraits are more than a face")
Song Yonghong ("the colors are rich and the force of water gushing onto the body is sensual and exciting)
Gao brothers ("an ongoing performance via the internet")
Hong Mao ("thousands of scanned images of objects from his own life")
Procelain Ware from the Chinese Cultural Revolution
from the Doug Wong collection
Sherry Frumkin Gallery - 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405 - tel 310 397-7493
Exhibition: May 7 to May 18
The Doug Wong collection focuses on procelain ware produced during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Highlights such as porcelain tiles, plates, statutes, and plaques wil be on public display for the first time. Although the items were mass produced to advance Mao's cult of personality, the composition of idealized Socialist Realist representations, the craft, and imagery are exquisite.
RECEPTION
Saturday, May 7
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Arena 1 - 3026 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405 - tel 310 397-7456
For more information please contact
Sherry Frumkin
Tel: 310 397-7456
Sponsor(s): Arena 1 and Sherry Frumkin Gallery
