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Valences of Ascendancy

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Valences of Ascendancy (triptych)
2009
Acrylic on silk and satin
83.5 x 111.5 in.

Artist Statement
My work is an intersection of contemporary abstraction and traditional Chinese painting, where both aspire to elucidate the relationship between nature and consciousness through an idiosyncratic yet lyrical sensibility. With a quixotic nod to science, science fiction and scientific theories, my organic forms suggest a microscopic to macrocosmic continuum inherent to nature. I incorporate a process that is by turns both premeditated and improvisational by pouring, dripping and brushing paint onto fabric such as canvas, linen, satin or silk. With attention to the formal aspects of modernist painting such as surface, support, and color, I also look to the various genres of traditional Chinese painting where forms are composed upon long vertical, horizontal and multi-panel formats, or on circular and fan-shaped works. The conflation of these elements informs the process where my intimations can first be spontaneously expressed, then developed, and finally compellingly arranged.
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Panel Discussion
Saturday, March 20, 3:00-4:30pm

In conjunction with Here & Now: Chinese Artists in New York artist Eric Jiaju Lee moderates a discussion with art critic Jonathan Goodman, and the artists of Chapter 3: Towards Transculturalism, Emily Cheng, Hung-Chih Peng, YoYo Xiao and Shen Chen.

Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013 (map)
(b/w Howard & Grand Sts; one block north of Canal St)

This program is part of Asia Week New York 2010

Seeing Red
February 11 - March 21, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2-5pm

Crossing Art
136-17 39th Ave. Ground Floor
Flushing, New York 11354 (map)

Emerging Patterns
Curated by Midori Yoshimoto
February 19 - July 11, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 19, 5-7:30pm

The Gallery at 14 Maple
Arts Council of the Morris Area
14 Maple Ave. 3rd Floor
Morristown, NJ 07960 (map)

Two Degrees of Separation
Curated by Eun Young Choi
December 9, 2009 - January 24, 2010
Opening reception: Thursday, Dec. 9, 6-8pm

Gallery SATORI
164 Stanton St.
New York, NY 10002 (map)
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