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Hussein Salim | Tatham Art Gallery

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Contemporary Reflections: New Art from Old Tatham Art Gallery May14 – June28, 2009 The Tatham Art Gallery, one of the major art museums in South Africa, dates back to 1903. Situated in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal, the Tatham Art … Continue reading

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Hussein Salim | Centre for Visual Art | Pietermaritzburg

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Hussein Salim’s work, at once spare and welcoming, is a response to histories, recent and old, to personal circumstances and social upheaval.

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Launch of DianeFarrisGallery.com

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Launching September 15, 2011 Diane Farris Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. On September 15, 2011 the gallery’s existing website and blog will be replaced with a brand new art site, blog, events calendar and … Continue reading

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ArtNexus, 2003

I am Who I am, mixed media installation, Panama City

Gu Xiong: I Am Who I Am MultipleCity, Panama 2003 (Fundacion Arte Panama) Excerpted from ArtNexus.com Timed to coincide with the nation’s centennial, MultipleCity presented a radical new vision of art as social praxis. The exhibition featured fourteen local and … Continue reading

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Georgia Straight, 2005

In Pepsi Home, from his new photography show at Diane Farris Gallery, Gu Xiong captures the plight of a family that has left the countryside for Shanghai.

Gu Xiong: Shifting By Robin Laurence Georgia Straight September 22, 2005 Gu Xiong has always held a sensitive finger to the cultural pulse. Born in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, in the People’s Republic of China, he was trained there in traditional … Continue reading

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Melbourne, 2003

Xue Mo, Blue Series 4, 2002

Portrait or Portrayal – Paintings by Xue  Mo By Katherine Wilkinson Melbourne, 2003 In the 20th Century, many Asian artists have sited, in the human figure, the portrayal and exploration of their  own and their society’s identity and history and its changing  relationship … Continue reading

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Phil Borges | Women Empowered, 2009

Asgal, 52, archival digital print, 28.5 x 27.5 inches framed

Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver February 19 – March 7, 2009 Artist Talk: March 7, 1:30 – 2 pm, artist in attendance 1 – 3 pm

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Simple Objects: Vicky Marshall’s Still Life Paintings

Mossy Nest, 2010, oil on canvas, 48 x 54 inches

Walking through a gallery filled with Vicky Marshall’s still life paintings is a journey both affecting and disarming. Marshall’s approach to her subject matter is so spontaneous, so intuitive, so uncomplicated by cultural theories or critical proscriptions that you feel … Continue reading

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Nest, 2010

Green Nest, 2010, oil, 48 x 54 inches

October 7 – 30, 2010 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC Walking through a gallery filled with Vicky Marshall’s still life paintings is a journey both affecting and disarming. Marshall’s approach to her subject matter is so spontaneous, so intuitive, so … Continue reading

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Essay by Arthur Kroker

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Attila Richard Lukacs: Painting the Hysterical Male by Arthur Kroker Attila Richard Lukacs is the contemporary successor to the artistic vision of Francis Bacon. Just as Bacon painted the male body at that point where it exploded into schizophrenia so … Continue reading

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