east meet west
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Catalogue for the ART13 show with Yang Yongliang and VhilsTRANSCRIPT
YANG YONGLIANG杨泳梁
&
VHILSaka ALEXANDRE FARTO
EAST MEETS WEST
EAST MEETS WEST
YANG YONGLIANG杨泳梁
&
VHILSaka ALEXANDRE FARTO
EAST MEETS WEST
EAST MEETS WEST
ART IS THE FOOD FOR THE SOuL.
Whether in the East or the West for now more that centuries, and more than 5000 years in Chinese culture and about 17 000 years in Europe if we consider the Lascaux grottos as an example, art has been at the center of expression.
Potteryand ceramics as paintings on walls have been an important part of culture. Since the very beginning of our civilizations very refined artifacts and frescos have been produced by amazing artists.
As the gallery is now based in Shanghai and Paris, we are glad to put an emphasis on this eternal dialogue. Eastern artists, as the young chinese artists Yang Yongliang, are invited to reflect upon our modern civilization and Western artists, as young portuguese Vhils aka Alexandre Farto, to come to China throgh the gallery residency program and witness the changes chinese society is going through. Through the eyes of these two artists, it is our contemporary world, from the soul to the buildings, that they are witnessing.
Vhils came in 2012 for a few months to Shanghai and emerged himslef into the culture, working on the layers of this amazing city, going deep to the soul of what makes it essential : its inhabitants.
As an artist who links tradition art and modern technology, Yang Yongliang pays, in the “Bowl of Taipei” series, a special tribute to these roots of Chinese art.In this series art becomes a symbol for the everlasting food for the soul.
Magda Danysz, January 2013
EAST MEETS WEST
VHILS
Alexandre Farto aka VhilsOverload #5133x197cmunique PieceBillboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut
Alexandre Farto aka VhilsOverload #6167x190cmunique PieceBillboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut
Alexandre Farto aka VhilsOverload #7167x185cmunique PieceBillboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut
Alexandre Farto aka VhilsOverload #8154x177cmunique PieceBillboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut
EAST MEETS WEST
YANG YONGLIANG
A Bowl of Taipei 1 / 一碗台北之一Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013
140x140 cm, ed./3100x100 cm, ed. /7
A Bowl of Taipei 2 / 一碗台北之二Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013
140x140 cm, ed./3100x100 cm, ed. /7
A Bowl of Taipei 3 / 一碗台北之三Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013
140x140 cm, ed./3100x100 cm, ed. /7
BLACk OIL-DROP GLAzED BOWL, HuAIREN WARE, JIN. AD 1115 - 1234
A Bowl of Taipei 4 / 一碗台北之四Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013
140x140 cm, ed./3100x100 cm, ed. /7
A Bowl of Taipei 5 / 一碗台北之五Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013
140x140 cm, ed./3100x100 cm, ed. /7
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Published by : MD Editions
East Meets West is a limited edition catalogue published by magda danysz gallery (paris / shanghai)
& md editionson the occasion of the artists’ show in london with md gallery
‘2013
YANG YONGLIANG杨泳梁
&
VHILSaka ALEXANDRE FARTO
EAST MEETS WEST
EAST MEETS WEST