Tapestries
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have been painting in America since 1984, but Chinese history has always been the essence of my work. I grew up singing The Internationale.
In my middle school English class, our teacher gave us the English version of the lyrics. We once truly believed in Communism, in a socialist utopian dream, and in heroism. I have since replaced those beliefs with a kind of modern humanism, but some fundamental values and ideology from my thirty-six years in China stay with me. I was never interested in being a victim struggling in an authoritarian society. I admired heroes and wanted to be a tough solider.
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2011 Byron Cohen Gallery
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