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March Issue 2004
Francis Marion University
in Florence, SC, Features Works by Kichung Lizee and Zenobia Washngton
When East
Meets West,
featuring Eastern calligraphy by Kichung Lizee, and The Women
of Inspiration, featuring dolls by Zenobia Washington, will
be on display in the Hyman Fine Arts Center gallerie at Francis
Marion University as part of the university's Art Gallery Series,
through Apr. 8, 2004.
Lizee's exhibit is a unique blend of Eastern calligraphy and Western
thematic material. The energy and pulse of calligraphy offer insight
into many aspects of the living world. In Lizee's work, the living
spirit of this Eastern art form comes together with Western forms
such as Abstract Expressionism. This fusion aims for a more universal
expression than may be possible through working in the individual
traditions.
Lizee recently traveled and studied in Korea. She was a featured
artist at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum in Oct., 2003. She
currently lives in Butler, TN.
Zenobia Washington currently creates her art in Georgetown, SC.
She is an artist-in-residence with the South Carolina Arts Commission
and teaches a quarterly doll-making workshop at Art Works in Pawleys
Island, SC.
The "amazing women" in her family inspired Washington
to create her dolls. Initially, Washington's dolls helped her
grieve the loss of her brother. Now, they have become a celebration
of life. Each one is named, Bold Woman, The Healer, and
Finder of Lost Souls, to represent the spirit she senses
in a completed work.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery
listings, call Todd J. Hudak at 843/661-1227, or e-mail to (thudak@fmarion.edu).
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