{"id":2194,"date":"2019-12-05T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodideaart.com\/?page_id=2194"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T07:15:50","slug":"%e7%b9%aa%e7%95%ab-%e8%91%89%e5%ad%90%e5%a5%87","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goodideaart.com\/en\/%e7%b9%aa%e7%95%ab-%e8%91%89%e5%ad%90%e5%a5%87\/","title":{"rendered":"PAINTING TZU-CHI YEH"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator style=”shadow”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2204″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]TZU-CHI YEH\uff081957- \uff09 <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1957<\/span><\/td>\nBorn in Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/span><\/td>\nMFA Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn College of City University\u00a0of New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/span><\/td>\nBFA Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976-1977<\/span><\/td>\nStudied at National Taiwan College of Art, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987-2006<\/span><\/td>\nWorked and Lived in New York<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006\/07<\/span><\/td>\nPresent Live in Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator style=”shadow”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]SOLO EXHIBITIONS
\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1985<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Legend of Life\u201d , Nan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Legend of Growth\u201d , Cultural Center of American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/span><\/td>\nMFA Thesis Exhibition, Westbeth Gallery, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMonologue\u201d , The Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMonologue II\u201d , New Trends Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/span><\/td>\n\u201c1978-1993 Selections\u201d , Hualien County Cultural Center, Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cNostalgia from the Bathroom: Dialogue & Monologue\u201d, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Sacrifice of Flowers\u201d , Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape 1988-96\u201d , Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01998<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cFlowers II\u201d , New Phase Art Space, Tainan, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01998<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cFlowers I\u201d , Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02000<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\u2027Taiwan\u201d ,Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02002<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\u2027Taiwan II\u201d , Dimensions Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02004<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMonologue\u2500Near and Far from Home, 1989-2004\u201d , Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02005<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMonologue\u2500Near and Far from Home, 1989-2005\u201d, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02007<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cTzuchi Yeh\u2019s Selections\u201d , Pine Garden, Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02007<\/span><\/td>\n\u201c1978-2007 Tzuchi Yeh\u2019s Selections\u201d , National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02007<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\u201d , Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02008<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\u201d , Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02009<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\uff0eTaiwan\u201d ,Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02010<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Memory of Tainan\u201d , Inart Space Jali Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02013<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMonologue, Dialogue \/Works from1980-2013\u201d, Eslite Gallery, Taipei<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02017<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cSong of Home Coming-HUALIEN\u201d , Pine Garden, Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02019<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cFlowers\uff0eLandscapes\u201d, Moon Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]JOINT EXHIBITIONS
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1980<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Prospects of Taiwan\u2019s Art World-Young Artists\u201d , Spring Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cAsian Young Artists Exhibition\u201d , Hong Kong, China<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span><\/td>\n\u201c101 Modern Art Group Exhibition\u201d , Multi-media Art Square, Kaohsiung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/span><\/td>\n\u201c101 Modern Art Group Exhibition\u201d , culture Center of American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cNew Trends Exhibition\u201d , Artist Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/span><\/td>\n\u201c101 Modern Art Group Exhibition\u201d , Taipei Social Education Hall, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe Style of Twenty-Two Artists\u201d , Taipei fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cContemporary Arts Trends in the Republic of China in 1986\u201d , Taipei Fine Arts\u00a0Museum, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThe New Look of Chinese Modern Art\u201d , National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cSecond Annual Dia De Los Muertos-Los Angetitos\u201d , Alternative Museum, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01990<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cNational Competition, Lennart Anderson\/Juror\u201d , First Street Gallery, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01990<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cMicro\/Macro\u201d , Helio Gallery, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01990<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cNew Talent\u201d , Alexander Milliken Gallery, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01990<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cThird Annual Dia De Los Muertos\u201d , Alternative Museum, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01991<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cA Spark of Genius: Power\/Strength\/Movement\u201d , Atrium Gallery, General Electric\u00a0Research & Evelopment Center, Schenectady, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01994<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cRereading Taiwan Modern Art-The Exploration of Style in Realistic Painting\u201d ,\u00a0Home Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01995<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLooking Through Lines\u201d, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01997<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cNew York-Hualien\u201d, Neocitizen Gallery, Hualien, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a01997<\/span><\/td>\nMarlene Yu, Taipei Gallery, New York, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cForce of Nature-Contemporary Paintings\u201d , co-curated by Ronny Cohen and<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02002<\/span><\/td>\nArt Center, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02002<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cSong of Clouds and Waters-New Realist Painting in Taiwan Since 1970s\u201d , Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02006<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cOeuvre of Contemporary Art in Taiwan\u201d , Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02011<\/span><\/td>\n Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02011<\/span><\/td>\nStraits of 2011\u201d , National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; National Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cDual Senses and Dynamic Views-Contemporary Art Exhibition Across the Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02012<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cLandscape\u201d , Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City, USA<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02014<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cTelling Details: Photorealism in Taiwan\u201d, The Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02014<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cHualien\u2027New York\u2027Paris\u201d, ip Gallery, Hualien,Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02014<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cJie: Boundaries of Self in Contemporary Art from Taiwan 1995-2013\u201d, Herbert F.\u00a0Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York State<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02019<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cTaiwan Panegyric\u201d, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02019<\/span><\/td>\n\u201cHyperrealism Art in Taiwan\u201d,Chimei Museum, Tainan, Taiwan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2007-2009
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a0200 \u00d7 300 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mountains in Hualien, Taroko<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Big Banyan Tree\u2027Tainan
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2009-2010
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a0127 \u00d7 213.4 cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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2012
\n<\/span>Oil over tempera on linen\u00a0127\u00d7213.5 cm <\/span><\/p>\n

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Mountains in Hualien\u2014Lao River\u2014and The Rainbow Waterfall<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was at the upstream of Lao River, Hualien, on an April day. Beyond the thick forests was Rainbow Waterfall\u2014the scene in the movie Seediq Bale where Mona Rudo and his father sing an extraordinary duet, was filmed at this location. There I stood on the high ground, overlooking the dense mountains and the spot where water-flows meet. The mountains undulated, and I was surrounded by innumerable trees. The verdant canopies of camphor trees sang a high-pitched melody, which resonated with early spring\u2019s tone. The mist after noon enfolded the mountains and brought out an uncommon, gentle aura in the forests\u2014this was inspiration to the soul, as a human encounter with the earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014In Hualien, 2012, Tzuchi Yeh<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yeh\u2019s art possesses a basis of life\u2014though paintings, he commemorates his own family members, first love, affection for hometown, friendships, even inner feelings. In still life work and landscapes, during his long, downtempo painting process, Yeh\u2019s sensitive soul always experienced catharsis: sorrows, grieves, remembrance and thanksgiving. Whether a goldfish in its sleep, a fruit from his homeland, a camellia flower which belonged to his mother, or a piece of watermelon skin, enjoyed in the summer\u2026 All these pictures narrate the artist\u2019s personal, profound life stories. Yeh\u2019s works inherited the Tang-Song tradition of poetry, in which all beings have affections; yet his art is combined with life wisdom from Christian civilization:<\/span><\/p>\n

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For everything there is a season\u2026 a time to be born, and a time to die\u2026 a time to break down, and a time to build up\u2026\u2014\u2014Ecclesiastes 3:1-3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With such sensible perspectives, Yeh has paved a sound, straight path in the evolution of Taiwanese Art. If one were to understand Yeh\u2019s artwork, one could learn something from inquiring into the tales of his life. However, if one truly longs to possess Yeh\u2019s artistry, one has to face the canvas earnestly and search one\u2019s own inner life experiences, whether in the form of a slice of fruit skin, the edge of Sha-mao Mountains forests, or the lofty banyan tree from Cheng Kung University campus\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014Texts from\u300aTzuchi Yeh\uff1aThe Memory of Tainan\u300bInart Space, Tainan, Taiwan
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A Big Banyan Tree<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]About 40 years ago, my father held my hand as we arrived at Tainan for the first time\u2014I was nearly 10, and my father almost 60. This was our first and only trip round the island together. We set off to Taitung from Yuli, via South Link Highway we passed through Pingtung and Kaohsiung, and two days afterwards reached Tainan. My impression of Tainan was about the trees\u2014as we strolled along by the Tainan Park, with my hand in my father\u2019s. It was, and has always been, a city in which the people and trees get along.<\/span><\/p>\n

There, I was introduced to history. Father led me to climb along the staircases of Anping Fort, where the sea view met our gaze, I saw highlights of that time in history. On my diary cover\u2014the only one that remains from my 9th year\u2014I sketched a drawing of an ancient canon. About a decade afterward I came to Tainan\u2014it was August, 1975, I had flunked school admission twice, and finally managed to be accepted by National School of Arts. I came along with a classmate who was also accepted into the Western Painting program, to visit his hometown. I listened to him recount his miserable childhood: the death of his father in early childhood; family argument over the inheritance; his resulting maltreatment and persecution; his concubine mother’s marriage to a mainlander soldier to protect him; and finally withdrawing to faraway to Hualien. For these reasons, although his legal ancestral home by way of his stepfather was Henan, China, his Taiwanese has strong Tainan accent. We sat by the pond in front of Tainan train station and talked all night, waited together for the break of dawn.<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later I took the Joint College Entrance Examination for the 3rd time, and was admitted to Chinese Culture University\u2014hence parting with Tainan. Another 6 or 7 years passed, and in the first summer in 1983 I came back to Tainan again after serving in the military. Back when the romance between my wife and me was blossoming, we had our first long trip\u2014also to Tainan\u2014and visited a friend from Yuli, a fellow townsman whose mother was also from Tainan.<\/span><\/p>\n

This fellow had just graduated from Cheng Kung University, and he warmheartedly showed us a big banyan tree in the campus, very similar to the one I knew from childhood. In Tainan Park, I sang a song for my wife for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three of us rode on a scooter together, wandered around Tainan, and strolled around Hutoupi Reservoir. It was 10 years afterwards when I came back to that same tree\u2014I had studied abroad, got married, and my father had passed away. Another 5 years afterwards I held my first solo exhibition in Tainan, at New Life Art Space (current Inart Space), in summer 1995. As if that was yesterday, this year I hold another solo exhibition here again in Tainan\u2014one full zodiac cycle has passed, 12 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Growth of trees is a kind of promise\u2014a commitment that persists through winds and rains, a vow to sunlight and to the soil. Thus is life, and thus also one\u2019s ideal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014The Memory of Tainan, Tzuchi Yeh<\/span><\/p>\n

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2013-2014
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a0152.5 \u00d7 152.5 cm <\/span><\/p>\n

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2000-2019
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a076.2 \u00d7 106.7 cm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Clouds in the Pacific Ocean<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It was early summer, 2000, when we first brought our daughter and son back to Hualien\u2014after my solo exhibition opening party\/cocktail, we admired the sea together by Qixingtan beach. Above the sea from a distance, the wind was blowing through the clouds and they were shaped into a series of various figures. Also on the same day, my one-year-old son learned to walk his first step\u2014in Hualien, my beloved land.<\/span><\/p>\n

The world keeps turning, and life never stops changing; yet family bonds and memories\u2014just like those clouds on an early summer day\u2014will remain in Qixintan beach, to eternity.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator style=”shadow”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Silence of Fragrance<\/span><\/p>\n

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2011-2019
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a076.2 \u00d7 50.8 cm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2017-2019
\nOil over tempera on linen
\n127 \u00d7 86.5 cm <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ginger Lilies<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \u201cOnce upon a time, there was a river in everyone\u2019s childhood memories, and the one in mine, is surrounded by a rolling sea of ginger lilies. That piece of memory is linked to my hometown\u2014Yuli, Hualien.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Tzuchi Yeh<\/span><\/p>\n

To Tzuchi Yeh, the Ginger Lily serves as an emblem of childhood and romance, as his works have been like diaries and records of personal life. Whether in landscapes or still life works, he paints in a realistic yet allegorical language with diverse characteristics\u2014which comprise a rich, unique personal attitude, and an intriguing, mystical yet bona fide symbol system. He is a master of capturing daily scenes and objects, and of reshaping these mundanities to another kind of extraordinary and unique quality. Such endeavors demonstrate his search for life vision and his attitude towards it. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator style=”shadow”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Fragrance of Summer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nobody sees a flower- really.
\nIt is so small. We haven\u2019t time,
\nand to see takes time,
\nlike to have a friend takes time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014\u2014Georgia O\u2019Keeffe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Georgia O\u2019Keefe once said, \u201cNobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time\u2014like to have a friend takes time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Poet Su Tong-Po also wrote so in lyrics\u2014\u201cthough similar to flowers, yet they are not flowers per se, while no one ever feel for them, they wither and fall\u201d. Today, people are too occupied to slow down and actually appreciate a flower, or, a painting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It was May 17th, 2010, when I brought home several white champak flowers in blossoms along with their leaves, plucked from a 4-stories-tall tree in Hualien. They bloomed in the middle of the night and the room was filled with fragrance. Though many have seen them without observing, these white champak flowers proudly display an extraordinary pose and unique elegance.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2235″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1575534851275{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

2018-2019
\nOil over tempera on linen\u00a076.2 \u00d7 106.7 cm<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2020
\nOil over tempera on linen 152.4 x 122cm
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Take Out – Memories of 2020
\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]“Take Out” is the connection between two worlds – the outside and the inside, and a temporary taste of freedom for those confined within. \u00a0The sudden onset of a new corona virus in 2020 disrupted the normality of everyone’s lives, and forced humanity to face the darkest barriers and the most dire revelations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take-out paper bags used to be my warmest memories, of the days when the wind blew, rain poured, and the snow fell, in my 19 years of overseas life. \u00a0Faced with paper bags today, what\u2019s sealed within is fear of the unknown, loss for the yesterday\u2019s past, but also, importantly, hope for the future. It is a symbol, a monument, and a memory of 2020.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator style=”shadow”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Summer Storm Approaching<\/span><\/p>\n

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2020
\nOil over tempera on linen 61 \u00d7 91.4cm<\/span><\/p>\n

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