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other 2010 exhibits
Personal Stories
February 4th through February 27th, 2010
Pacini Lubel Gallery is proud to present an exhibition titled "Personal Stories" from February 4th through February 27th in the East Gallery. Four artists, Wanxin Zhang, Joyce Scott, Sara Zin and Dianne Ding will exhibit diverse work utilizing different mediums with the common theme of the pressures of assimilation in present day America.
Ceramist, Wanxin Zhang was born in China and has lived in the United States for the past 18 years. As an art student in China, he visited Xian, where in 1974 the site of the "Terra Cotta Warriors" was excavated. This site was developed in 246 BC by Quin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of all China and took 11 eleven years to develop. This site was developed as the mausoleum for Quin Shi Huang and included over 7000 life sized terra cotta warriors, horses and soldiers in three different pits. The shear enormity of the mausoleum, in concomitance with the grandeur of the Emperor's protectors has influenced the sculpture of Wanxin. Wanxin Zhang creates sculptures that are clearly influenced by the terra cotta warriors but is contemporized by western symbols. John Lennon like sun glasses, American backpacks and skateboards will be presented with classic Chinese garb. This tussle of East and West are the common denominator in Wanxin's sculpture - the assimilation process that envelopes Wanxin is demonstrated in this body of work.
Wanxin Zhang will have a ten year retrospective exhibition begin on January 30th at the Arizona State University. This exhibition will continue to the Boise Art Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art and the Bellevue Art Museum, here in Washington.
Glass Bead and Mixed Media artist Joyce Scott will exhibit five pieces that will explore her experience as an African American woman living in America. Joyce is best known for her provocative sculpture that examines black culture, history, and gender roles within the African-American culture. This examination has a broader political and social commentary as the African-American experience is inexorably linked to slavery and the myriad of consequences resulting from this early American practice. Joyce Scott has studied the art of Native American's, West Africans, and Central American Cuna Indians. Additional influences include Japanese theater, East European decorative Arts and the beadwork of the peoples of Africa and American popular culture
Joyce Scott is represented by Museums throughout the country including the Renwick Museum, Smithsonian Institution, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum of Art and Design in New York and the Baltimore Museum of Art to name a few.
Please join us for our opening, Thursday, February 4 from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Wanxin Zhang
Yellow Chess Piece
33" x 22' x 22"
Wanxin Zhang
White Faced Grandma
11" x 23" x 12"
Wanxin Zhang
Fired Clay and Glaze
38" x 12" x 18"
Sold
Wanxin Zhang
Resting Warrior
Fired Clay and Glaze
19" x 14" x 11"
SOLD
Wanxin Zhang
Little Warrior
Fired Clay and Glaze
16" x 8" x 8"
SOLD
Wanxin Zhang
Three Friends
Fired Clay and Glaze
11' x 25" x 12"
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