Delaware Art Museum

West Meets East: Encounter with Chinese Art

January 12 , 2008 – February 24, 2008
Outlooks Exhibition Series

Organized by guest curator Taini Hsu, West Meets East features over 30 works by artists from Delaware north to New York, combining time-honored Chinese practices and subject matter with modern Western techniques and ideas. To highlight ancient Chinese artistic customs, the exhibition will also include historical masterworks from private collections of local Chinese families.

This exhibition displays both painting and calligraphy, called “sister arts” in Chinese culture. In each, mastery of brushstroke, line, and rhythm provide structure and discipline, creating the freedom to explore and express an emotional response to the subject. Since the early 20th century, many Chinese artists have also embraced Western styles, experimenting with ink-splashing and abstraction, but never entirely abandoning their artistic heritage.

West Meets East: Encounter with Chinese Art is the first installation from the Delaware Art Museum’s new Outlooks Exhibition Series. This program offers exhibitions created by regional organizations, individuals, and community groups and hosted by the Delaware Art Museum, furthering the Museum’s mission “to offer an inclusive and essential community resource.” Information and guidelines for the Outlooks Exhibition Series can be found here.

Lily Pond, 2007
Shao Ching Brittingham (born 1949)
Chinese brush painting
Watercolor on paper, 16 x 16 inches
Lent by the artist

About Outlooks

The Delaware Art Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series encourages community involvement in the creation of exhibitions that will be hosted by the Museum. The Delaware Art Museum accepts proposals for Outlooks exhibitions from organizations, community groups, and residents of our surrounding area, contributing to the Museum’s mission of providing an inclusive and essential community resource.

All Outlooks exhibitions are displayed in the Ammon Galleries on the Museum’s second floor.

Click here to learn more about the Outlooks Exhibition Series.

Sponsor

In Delaware, this exhibition is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.