The Columbia City Gallery is pleased to announce two concurrent exhibits opening Wed., March 4. In the Guest Gallery: “Upsidedownism” by Vietnamese artist Dai-Giang Nguyen and in the Main Gallery: “Thinly Veiled,” new work by gallery artists Jacqui Beck, Shari Kaufman, Fasika Moges & Annie Moorehouse:
Dai-Giang introduces us to his philosophy, rendered in rich color and strokes and thought-provoking imagery with “Upsidedownism”. In these paintings, he expresses his grounding in Eastern thought – how things are interrelated, and the duality of right and wrong, life and death, happiness and suffering – by turning certain elements of his subjects, like the head of a man or an animal, upside down.
“In Upsidedownism, magnanimity wins; rightness, reasonableness get along with wrongness, unreasonableness,” said Dai-Giang.
One of the aims of art is, of course, to ask the viewer to see things differently. With this work, Dai-Giang asks that what we see enlarges our compassion for “the other” and an understanding of our relatedness.
The Artists’ Reception is planned for Sat., March 7, from 5 to 8 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Both exhibits run from March 4 through April 12.
Thinly Veiled
In the Main Gallery, member artists show new work in an exhibit titled “Thinly Veiled.” This exhibit includes work by Jacqui Beck, Shari Kaufman, Fasika Moges & Annie Moorehouse.
Jacqui Beck shows work from her Tribal Suite series, which are about connection: the necessity of connection to each other, to the earth, to our deeper selves. She explores the barriers and connections between herself and others, what is conscious and what is solid and spirit.
CCG is an artists’ cooperative and a program of SEEDArts and is located at 4864 Rainier Avenue South. Top center: “Ca Tru,” by Dai-Giang Nguyen. Oil on canvas, 36” x 40”, 2006. Bottom right: “pas de duex,” by Jacqui Beck. Acrylic and mixed media, 24” x 24”, 2008
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Excellent news! Bravo to RVP for promoting arts and cultural events to help our community exposed to diverse arts and cultures that leads to closing the gaps of cultural divides.
You know, according to the Othello Tracks statistics (the most updated and current), 46% of residents living in RV are Asian Americans. Yet the dominant voices and cultural scenes are less than reflective of this, and many other diverse communities in SE neighborhoods.
I encourage everyone to come,to open our minds and hearts, and to embrace cultures other than our own. My belief is by doing so, we can grow to be more tolerant and willing to fight to protect the diversity of this community.
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