MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Come this September from 10 to 17, iPRECIATION will display about 50 exceptional ink paintings by multi-award winning artist IRENE CHOU (b.1924) at The Rotunda, Exchange Square!
Life is a Many Splendoured Thing is the choice title of the series of recent ink works by Chou, one of the few female pioneers in the New Ink Painting Movement, created between 2006 and 2007.Filled with an array of fascinating reds, greens and yellows that contrast brilliantly against her powerful brushstrokes in black ink, these entrancing ink works are the artistic expressions of Chou’s inner mental landscape.
Not only is Life is a Many Splendoured Thing a visual spectacle, these works are significantly meaningful because they are tantamount to the portrayal of the artist’s creative “rebirth” following an incapacitating stroke in 1991. Influenced by “Jingjin” that translates to the “essence of moving forward”, Chou’s new ink works reflect her tenacious fight towards recovery and beautifully showcase her spirit and growth as an artist and individual.
Hailing from Shanghai and a current resident of Brisbane Australia, works by IRENE CHOU are collected by prestigious museums including The Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, U.K.), Hong Kong Museum of Art and numerous others. Please check www.ipreciation.com\microsite\IreneChou for more information about her exhibitions and collections.
SO JOIN US & BE ENTHRALLED!
Private preview : 10 September 2007, 4 - 6pm
Exhibition : 11 - 17 September 2007
Venue : The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong