LQM Gallery Presents 'East Meets West: A Prospective' Art Exhibition Opening

'East
Meets West: A Prospective' is LQM Gallery's newest exhibition
featuring four Chinese Women artists taking part in the ICAS
(International Contemporary Art Space) International Residency
program. With painterly and expressive brush strokes
and Eastern traditional manner, each artist has a passion for life
and art. Molded by their experiences and a desire to discover and
take part in new journeys, these artists draw their inspiration from
the paths they've taken and those they look to follow next.

Loose
and expressive applications of paint and themes which touch both on
both traditional and modern forms of art demonstrate the effervescent
nature of these four women artists from China. Each has worked
diligently to establish themselves within a number of artistic
societies and institutes and has strong ambition to explore,
experiment and grow further. Artist Zhang Shuyun finds beauty and
peace within nature. Her work is an expression of her thoughts and
spirit. Meditative and in the moment, her works become an extension
of herself and the world she experiences around her. She is a
painter at the Xu Beihong Art Institute, member of the Beijing Oil
Painting Society and director of Qinhuangdao Artists group. Xu
Chunli uses her imaginative vision to whimsically render every day
objects and scenery as well as pieces which touch lightly on the
beauty and frailties of the human condition. Along with a number of
international exhibits including the Beijing Olympics Contemporary
Art Exhibition, Xu is also a teacher, member of the Hebei Artists
Association, Deputy Secretary-General of the Qinhuangdao Artists
Association and Vice President of the Qinhuangdao Oil Painting Arts
Council. Artist Ben Ni uses themes and images from traditional
Chinese folk paper cuts and Buddhism and combines them with elements
from nature such as birds and flowers in order to display and parody
the interactions between tradition and what is modern. She desires
to be imbue her artwork with harmonious feeling and elements which
reflect her thoughts and imagination. She is a college lecturer as
well as a member of the Artists Association of Hebei Province.
Artist Guan Yuling is a freelance painter with a powerful and
youthful exuberance which she portrays in her artworks. She derives
her inspirations from her travels, experiences and inward reflections
on herself. In creating thousands of expressive and energetic works,
her perceptions of the world around her take precedence over more
direct reproductions of nature and humanity.

The
artists will be available to meet with the public at the show opening
Saturday October 19th
from 6pm to 8pm. The exhibit runs from October 12th
to the 31st
and is free and open to the public with complimentary refreshments.
Along with this exhibition the artists will also be available along
side other invited local women artists as part of an Artist
Discussion Panel, host by Afarin Rahmanifar, Assistant Professor of
Art at Eastern Connecticut State University. This will also take
place on October 19th
from 3pm to 5pm prior to the show opening and is free and open to the
public as well. The artists will also be available to work along
side other local artists and members of the community interested in
participating in group figure drawing and landscape painting
sessions. LQM Gallery is located in the Harris Building Atrium room
106, at 165 State St. New London CT. Summer Gallery hours are
Wed-Friday 11-4:30pm. Saturday 10:30am-9pm and Sunday from 1pm to
4:30pm or by appointment. For more information or to set up an
appointment contact us either via email at info@lqmgallery.com
or call our Artistic Director Qimin Liu (860) 237-1081 or Gallery
Director Clint Slowik (860) 501-9024. Also visit www.lqmgallery.com
or the LQM Facebook page at facebook.com/LQMGallery for updates about
this and future events, workshops and exhibitions.