Exhibitions and Events
Images of Women IX
Works by Cai Lei, Chen Fei, Chen Li, Chen Yu, Fan You Rong, Hou Yan Yan, Jiang Guo Fang, Li Gui Jun, Liu Fei, Liu Hong Yuan, Mok Wai Hong, Peng Wei, Shuai Mei, Wang Yi Guang, Weng Dan Xian, Yang Gao, Yang Mian, Zhao Yi Qian, Zhu Yi Yong
Vernissage: 16 March 2011,
5:00pm
- 11:59pm
Exhibition Continues: 17 March 2011 - 4 April 2011
Main Gallery, 21 - 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Schoeni Art Gallery is pleased to announce the return of our renowned serial exhibition entitled Images of Women IX on 16 March 2011, coinciding with Hong Kong’s largest charity art event the HK Artwalk 2011. The first Images of Women exhibition was held in 1995 and curated by our gallery’s founder, the late Manfred Schoeni. The exhibition had been held for 8 times over the years since its first showing. Images of Women aimed to explore the different interpretations of the female from a variety of contemporary Chinese artists. Many iconic artists of Chinese contemporary art, whether from the Realism or Avant-Garde school, have exhibited in these serial exhibitions at some point of their career, including Jiang Guo Fang, Ai Xuan, Li Gui Jun, Wang Yi Dong, Zhong Biao, Zhu Yi Yong, Qi Zhi Long and Liu Ye amongst many others. We are delighted to bring back once again the splendour and magnificence of the female form, represented artistically by some of China’s most intriguing artists, to our audience.
Throughout art history, women and the female form have always fascinated male artists, as well as female artists alike. The female protagonists in paintings have served many purposes including men’s interests, obsession, masculine desires, fantasies and anxieties, or from time to time, even gender issues and feminist concerns. The many faces of women and their characteristics such as their sensuality, sensitivity, delicate subtlety, courage and mysteriousness have continued to amuse many artists, arousing their imagination as they repeatedly attempt to portray the enigmatic spirit of this complex creature in their oeuvre.
Schoeni is proud to exhibit artworks in a variety of mediums by over 20 Chinese artists in this year’s Images of Women IX. The combination will demonstrate the essential aesthetic values of women, as well as its changes in the recent decades. Represented artists can mainly be divided into 3 groups, the Realism (Li Gui Jun, Jiang Guo Fang, Zhu Yi Yong etc.), the Avant Garde (Chen Yu, Liu Fei, Peng Wei etc…), and the post 80’s “Me” Generation (Chen Fei, Cai Lei, Mok Wai Hong etc…). Their art not only range dramatically in style but also reflect the interpretation of women and their identity through the eyes of different generations and decades.
Schoeni Art Gallery is pleased to participate in the 11th Hong Kong ArtWalk on 16 March 2011. Hong Kong’s biggest and best known art charity event, Hong Kong ArtWalk, provides a once a year opportunity for its audience to contribute to charity, while at the same time immersing in a plethora of art, along with fine wine and canapés within an extended area from Soho to Aberdeen. The benefitting organisation for this year continues to be the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO). More details about HK ArtWalk 2011, including ticket price, date of sale and participating galleries, will be announced in February 2011. HK ArtWalk tickets will be on sale at galleries situated in Central along Hollywood Road and Wyndham Street, including Schoeni Art Gallery (Hollywood Road Branch). For more details, please visit www.hongkongartwalk.com
In continual support of the Society for Community Organisation’s charitable mission, Schoeni Art Gallery is proud to once again sponsor our branch gallery venue to the Society. More details about the exhibition and dates will be announced in February 2011.
TICKETS FOR HK ARTWALK 2011 ARE REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO THE VERNISSAGE OF IMAGES OF WOMEN IX.
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