The catalogue for a solo exhibition of the Chinese American artist, Emily Cheng. Her paintings are filled with a fascination with rhythm and movement, suggested by the flowing draperies and fabrics of characters taken from both Chinese and Western paintings. Through her stylized human forms, Cheng is searching for reconciliation between East and West, and searching for equilibrium. The artist herself has once declared, ‘I’m looking at art that I love, paintings that I find fascinating; for me it’s about the pleasure and complexity of visuality. I also use these images to enrich meaning, to formulate a meaning that is mine and not one that I have inherited. They constitute my history yet I believe they can direct the viewer towards a collective meaning.’ Catalogue includes biography of artist.



本圖錄收錄了美籍華裔藝術家成瑞嫻的個展作品。她畫中的人物往往取材自中外名畫,他們衣袂飄飄、紋理流暢,處處顯露出她對韻律和動態的一絲不苟。成瑞嫻以自成一格的人體繪畫,致力於在中西方之間達致和諧與平衡的境界。畫家曾說道:「我在看我喜歡的藝術和教我着迷的畫作,於我,這是一種樂趣,也反映了視覺的複雜性。我也同時利用影像去增添作品的含意,建立屬於我個人而非承襲而來的意義。它們既構成我的歷史,對觀眾而言也具有廣泛的意義。」本圖錄亦載有藝術家的簡歷。

Alternative title

cheng rui xian

Access level

Onsite

Location code
MON.CHE
Language

Chinese - Traditional, 

English

Publication/Creation date

1996

No of pages

8

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Emily's World: Painting According to Emily Cheng - Lilly WEI, 魏愷

Of Ghosts and Angels - CHANG Tsongzung Johnson, 張頌仁

Emily Cheng
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Emily Cheng, 成瑞嫻