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		•Rocks and Art: Nature Found and Made January 17 - March 9, 2002
			In this exhibit, Chinese scholar's rocks from the Ming and Qing dynasties are juxtaposed with works by contemporary artists from China and America who are responsive in widely different ways to this venerable Chinese tradition. Harvested from many different areas in China, the different types of rock were carefully selected and mounted on custom-made stands before being displayed in the domestic environment. The current exhibit includes a representative selection of stones of different types. Among the contemporary artists in the exhibit are Zhan Wang, Sui Jianguo, and Qiu Deshu.
		•A Minimal Vision - Furniture with Paintings by Yun Gee March 20 - April 20, 2002
			In this exhibit there is a dialogue between Chinese furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the remarkable paintings of Yun Gee (1906-1963). The emphasis in the current exhibit is on Chinese furniture at its most unadorned, notable for the clarity of its forms and structure. Nothing could be more elegant than the 17th century bookshelf in which the relationship between the four supporting columns and the four rectangular panels is left completely exposed.Yun Gee was born in Guangdong province in 1906 but left China in 1921 to join his father in San Francisco. His works, notable for their intuitive understanding of the Cubist idiom and for their brilliant coloration, were painted between 1926 and 1933 in San Francisco, Paris and New York. Included are self-portraits, figure-studies and three studies for the "Last Supper." Catalogue available.
		•Microcosm April 24 - May 11, 2002
			This exhibit is a photographic exploration of The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, located on Staten Island, New York. The exhibit explores this extraordinary environment through the eyes of three contemporary photographers, John Bigelow Taylor, Dianne Dubler and Sally Larsen.
		•Variations of Ink May 15 - June 29, 2002
			This exhibit is conceived as a series of variations on the theme of "ink," the fundamental material in the long history of Chinese painting. Although widely different in personality, the five artists in the exhibition - Yang Jiechang, Lu Qing, Chen Xinmao, Wang Tiande and Zhang Jianjun - favor abstract imagery that is boldly expressive and frequently monumental in scale. Seeking to demonstrate the expressive potential of "ink," curator Wu Hung has selected work that ranges from the site-specific installations of Lu Qing and Zhang Jianjun, to the muscular non-specific calligraphy of Yang Jiechang and the more nuanced approach of Chen Xinmao and Wang Tiande, both of whom live in Shanghai.
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