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February Issue 2006
Hayes George Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by Andrew Lui and Allison Stewart
Hayes George Gallery in Charlotte, NC, proudly unveils Compass an exhibition featuring works by Andrew Lui and Allison Stewart, from Feb. 3 through Mar. 11, 2006. This two-person exhibition of new paintings and works on paper celebrates the beauty of line from its most graceful to its most direct as it relates to movement.
Andrew Lui and Allison
Stewart both explore "the journey" as a concept in their
work. One is a directed journey and the other transcendence. Both
Lui and Stewart choose to express the nature of movement through
line. Both fluid and controlled, the use of line helps to tell
a story of destiny and of loss.
Andrew Lui
Lui's paintings of ink
and acrylic on rice paper capture a moment in time. The intensity
in his paintings reflects his personal journey from a childhood
in communist China to his present life in Canada as an internationally
represented artist. Lui's images of horse and rider setting forth
on a pilgrimage are told by his expressionistic use of line. He
begins each of his paintings with a cross to anchor and give direction
to the compassion, like a symbolic Compass Rose for the journey.
The gestural brushstrokes convey energy and intention with a sense
of urgency.
Lui's bold new paintings are the first to arrive in Charlotte
after his remarkable exhibition opened at Beatos gallery in Hong
Kong, China and his successful showing at the Toronto International
Art Fair in 2005.
Alison Stewart
In contrast, Allison
Stewart's paintings and works on paper are romantic sentimental
treasures. The loosely painted images of petals, branches and
leaves feel as though they are collected mementos of time and
place. The graceful fluid strokes emulate nature and the outdoors,
while the formal geometric shapes layered beneath help to create
tension within the composition. The rigged directional lines and
fields of color express the human place in a measured landscape
such as a garden path or a plot of land.
In the spring of 2005 Stewart received a glowing review in Art
in America for her work dealing with the loss of the Louisiana
coastline. Now with the recent effect of hurricane Katrina her
work is more relevant than ever. The loss of such beauty and the
elusive quality of nature is felt in Stewart's work.
For further information
check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at
704/332-3278 or at (www.HayesGeorgeGallery.com).
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