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China: Impermanent Beauty 1996-97
Saturday, February 20, 2010 - Sunday, May 16, 2010
Photographs by Ka Yeung
The inauguration of the newly dedicated gallery space at the Crow Collection, LinkAsia, will present art works that provide a contemporary global path to understanding Asia through unique perspectives and mediums. Coinciding with the reveal of the space is yet another launch, Ka Yeung.
Born in 1953, in Hong Kong, Ka Yeung has built a body of personal work in the photography medium that will be presented for the first time. During the past thirty years of his commercial photography career, Yeung has continued to extend his personal vision to subjects that express his spiritual and poetic nature.
While visiting China in 1996-97, Yeung wished to specifically view the Yangtze River (Long River) before the middle stream was flooded by the Three Gorges Dam. A large part of Chinese history relates to this river and for Yeung, it is a significant example of change in our world.
The scale of the black and white prints endeavor to bring the viewer to the forefront of his discoveries and provide a portal into a fading landscape, a city of contrasts, a layered garden wall crumbling, a bicycle parking area obsolete while still in use. The images hold the viewer in the present and allow an initial reaction of still, tranquil beauty to dream, without a melancholy longing for faded beauty. The power of the photography is in the documentation that was, and is, the past, along with the future. There is no difference and no sentimental desire. We can see through the eyes of Yeung that the simplest of views and objects are the beauty of the moment, as nothing is permanent.
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Seizing the New World: Recent Paintings by Yang Jin Long
Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Sunday, April 18, 2010
Seizing the New World presents Yang Jin Long's new paintings created in the last two years. Yang moved to the United States from China three years ago. Since his arrival, Yang has been exploring his new surroundings by creating vibrant, provocative and imaginative paintings. Eight pairs of large canvas paintings, one series depicting the Four Seasons and second series a colorful exploration of bright hues and celebration of good wishes and fortune. A set of smaller paintings of Chinese Zodiac will be included in the exhibition to commemorate the 2010 Year of the Tiger.
Yang’s extensive training in traditional Chinese painting gives him great poetical depth in his approach to oil painting. Yang expressed, "At last, I am able to paint with colors and images with no limitation." These paintings show Yang’s acute talent and ability to transform his new medium to a marvelous visual feast bringing together on the same stage, references to Western and Chinese art masterpieces, music, literature, science, and culture.
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Miniature Mountain
China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, 1762
nephrite, gilding, and huanghuali wood
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Blossoming Stone: Qing Dynasty Jade
Saturday, September 19, 2009 - Sunday, August 01, 2010
In conjunction with Wild Flowering: The Crow Family and Asia, the special exhibition Blossoming Stone: Qing Dynasty Jade will present a selection of over 100 pieces from the museum's jade collection, long noted for its impressive craftsmanship, diverse artistic styles, and comprehensive nature. This collection was formed by the late Trammell Crow in a period spanning over three decades. Guided by his discerning connoisseurship and instinct for beauty, Trammell created this collection that is the heart and soul of the Crow Collection of Asian Art.
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