{"id":1580,"date":"2022-10-29T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rastudios.co.uk\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2022-10-29T18:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T17:03:16","slug":"china-an-enigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rastudios.co.uk\/2022\/10\/china-an-enigma\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA, AN ENIGMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Oh! to be a person like this<\/em> Peter Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

China,\nan enigma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter\nLewis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 \u2013 27 November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private View: Thursday 3 November 6-9pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Project Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China, an enigma <\/em>is a new body of work, which began at Red Gate\nGallery in Beijing\u2019s 798 Artzone. The catalyst for its development was an\nInternational Art Residency in 2019, which included the opportunity of living\namongst the local community and experiencing the intensity of China\u2019s capital city.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography was used as a\nmethod to record personal observations of China, from the banal to the\npeculiar. The work is an exhibition of ceramics, paintings, collage and mixed\nmedia, in response to the residency period in Beijing, but also includes experiences\nprompted by visits to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Jingdezhen and Xi\u2019an City.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source material to further\ndevelop ideas, comes from a mixture of collected ephemera from China and the\nUK, with items being acquired from second hand shops, in both countries. The\nwork uses imagery alluding to aspects of Chinese history, culture and contemporary\nlife, but also incorporates British history in an attempt to set up a dialogue,\nwhich teases out comparisons as well as differences between the two countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An additional layer of\nmeaning communicated is the legacy of the Cultural Revolution, manifestations\nof this ten-year period still exist in China today. Upheaval and turmoil are\ncommon features in our turbulent world\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many years ago heroes ruled the world
(some died for love in a cruel world)
They were the only ones in a cruel world<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyrics by Level 42 – The Chinese Way \u00a9\nPeermusic Publishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The residency in Beijing was\nsupported by Wales Arts International (WAI), and the subsequent artworks\nendorsed by Palis Advisory GmbH, Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

peter_lou8@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.peterlewisartist.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: @peter8art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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