BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20211013T0603Z-1634105033.4375-EO-22157-37@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T231024Z CREATED:20170120T001157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T192136Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20091015T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20091015T190000 SUMMARY: Satyagraha: Yang Shu DESCRIPTION: The gallery located in Room 112\, Koerner Library presents Sat yagraha (October 15th – 31st\, 2009)\, the first Vancouver exhibition of Ch inese artist Yang Shu. The word Satyagraha is a synthesis of the Sanskrit w ords Satya (truth) and Agraha (holding firmly to). It is a philosophy and p ractice of nonviolent resistance developed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. [ …] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The gallery located in Room 112\, Koerner Library presents Satyagraha (October 15th – 31st\, 2009)\, the first Vancou ver exhibition of Chinese artist Yang Shu. The word Satyagraha is a synthesis of the Sanskrit words Satya (truth) and Agraha (holding firmly to). It is a philosophy and practice of nonviolent resistance devel oped by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. For Gandhi\, these two words linked tog ether serve as a synonym for force\, a united front representing truth and love. With that said\, this exhibition presents Shu’s recent series of pain ting and paper collage works. These new works exude a forcefully raw and sp ontaneous visual power. His canvasses are crowded with superimposed scrawli ng\, multiple layers of colour\, abstract figures\, and Chinese script. His impulsive brushstrokes and broken images walk a line between freedom and r estraint. Yang Shu’s new works are explosive and provocative yet offer a su btle simplicity.
Since the early 1980s Shu has developed an extensive painting and installation based practice\, showing extensively throughout China\, and internationally (Shanghai\, Beijing\, Hong Kong\, Amsterdam\, N ew York\, Sydney)\, including the iconic China/Avant-Garde Art exhibition a t the National Art Museum of China in 1989. In excess of his individual art istic success\, Shu is also a professor at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and coordinates an independent artist-run space called Organhaus\, both loc ated in Huang Jiaoping.
Join us Thursday October 15th\, 2009 from 4 – 7pm for the opening reception of Satyagraha\, the artist will be in attendance.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Saturday noon-4pm
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LOCATION:AHVA Library Gallery\, Room 112\, Koerner Library GEO:49.266692;-123.254348 ORGANIZER;CN="Caterina Minniti":MAILTO:kate.minniti@alumni.ubc.ca URL;VALUE=URI:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/satyagraha-yang-shu/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/05/811.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20090416T110000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR