Revelation
Visual Arts
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Pearl Lam Galleries is pleased to present Revelation, a solo exhibition by Chinese female artist Pang Tao (b. 1934), featuring a selection of paintings from the 1970s to the present. Although Pang was one of the earliest artists in modern China to explore abstract painting, she has been largely ignored by Chinese modern and contemporary art history. This show aims to illuminate Pang’s original artistic experimentations in the historical context of Chinese contemporary art.
The exhibition starts with work from the late 1970s that were influenced by the socialist realist style of new China. One highlight is Just Borrowed Catalogue (1979), which depicts Pang’s daughter, Lin Yan, gazing afar and holding onto a much sought-after Rembrandt catalogue. Breaking Waves (1979) is an expressive seascape that conveys a deep longing for freedom and captures the artist’s own struggle to make art for art’s sake after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Untitled 87 is a painting from 1987 that experimented with mixed media that altered the viewer’s perception of light and colour.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2019" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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