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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY June 1 - 15, 2017
Yang Wu: Flower Statement
June 13 – August 28, 2017
The Flower Statement Series
is a compilation of works created
by Yang Wu over the past ten years
she has lived in Richmond and ex-
press her experiences with the nat-
ural and social environment as an
immigrant.
Wu’s decades-long career as
fabric and fashion designer has
led her to the path of a painter and
multimedia artist. Her passion for
fabrics and materials, especially
the repetitive nature of patterns,
has been the source of her inspi-
ration. Wu says, “To me, colour,
texture and details are the keys to
good design.”
The mood of the paintings in
the Flower Statement Series came
from the tranquility and beauty she
experiences in nature. Since im-
migrating to Canada in 2006 she
fell in love with the landscape and
liveliness of Richmond and Van-
couver. In addition to the land, her
attention was drawn to the rocks
and riverbanks, as they appear to
have so much character. As a fab-
ric and fashion designer she refer-
ences textiles designs, lace and co-
lour schemes, which envelope and
cover the rocks she paints.
Yang Wu was born in Beijing
and earned a Master’s degree, from
the Central Academy of Art and
Design and remained at the uni-
versity as a professor. In 1991, she
moved abroad to England to study
fashion design. With her studies,
Wu also worked as a designer for
various companies and took up a
part-time job as a journalist.
In 1996, she returned to China
and opened her own fashion brand.
She later entered the Art Academy
of Ren-Min University and resumed
her profession of a teacher once
again.
At the same time, Wu worked
on publishing a series of picture
books which introduced traditional
Chinese stories and architecture to
English-speaking audiences.
She immigrated to Vancouver
in 2006, where she began to paint
in oil. She has since participated in
many art exhibitions, concurrently
winning awards in numerous art
competitions.
The exhibition is on view dur-
ing regular business hours at Rich-
mond City Hall located at 6911 No.
3 Road until August 28, 2017.
Exhibitions at City Hall are or-
ganized by the Richmond Art Gal-
lery.●
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