A Chinese New Year Residency at the Kwan Fong Gallery
Artists and Speakers Series
The Kwan Fong presents this residency in collaboration with the Rolland Gallery exhibition “Chinese Figurative Realism in the 21st Century.” Resident artists are Z.S. Liang, Nan Liu, Mian Situ, Jove Wang, Xu Weixin and Yu Ji.
Lectures and demonstrations:
Nan Liu, Ph.D.
Tuesday, Feb. 10
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “Introducing traditional Chinese brush painting.”
1–5 p.m.
Demonstration of traditional Chinese brush painting.
Wednesday, Feb. 11
9 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m.
Brush painting demonstration.
Nan Liu is an associate professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Florida A&M University.
Xu Weixin
Thursday, Feb. 12
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “Chinese contemporary art observation – thinking and practice.”
1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: The Miner
Friday, Feb. 13
9 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: The Miner
Xu Weixin is a professor and artist in the School of Arts, Renmin University of China.
Jove Wang
Saturday, Feb. 14
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “Art reflects personality"; book signing.
1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: Mongolian Bride
As a celebration of Valentine’s Day, Wang will paint a traditional Mongolian couple on the day of their wedding ceremony.
Monday, Feb. 16
9 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: Mongolian Bride
Jove Wang is a California Art Club Signature Artist. He is the author of Instinct & Feeling, Jove Wang’s Oil Painting (Jove Wang Art Studio, 2002).
Mian Situ
Tuesday, Feb. 17
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “Chinese immigration history and my art”; book signing.
1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: Chinese immigration in San Francisco in 1905. Situ will paint a Chinese model wearing traditional clothing.
Mian Situ is a California Art Club Signature Artist. He is co-author with John Geraghty of The Overseas Oil Painter of China, The Works of Mian Situ’s Oil Painting (Tianjin People’s Arts Publishing House, 2007).
Z.S. Liang
Wednesday, Feb. 18
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “American Indian culture and my art”; book signing.
1–5 p.m.
Oil painting demonstration: American Indian scene. Liang will paint a Native American model wearing traditional clothing.
Z.S. Liang is an award-winning painter whose works hang in corporate and private collections. He is the subject of a book by Tom Saubert titled Z.S. Liang, Native Trails Fresh Tracks (The Greenwich Workshop, 2014).
Yu Ji
Thursday, Feb. 19
9–10 a.m.
Lecture: “American & Chinese street culture and my art.”
1–5 p.m.
Demonstration: Figurative drawing, composition in art.
Yu Ji is a professor of art at University of California Long Beach.
Admission is free. Guest curator: Aihua Zhou.
Image by Mian Situ, The Overseer, San Francisco, 1905, 38 by 48 inches, 2006.
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