Date: Saturday, September 18 · 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Address: 71 Broadway 14C, NY, NY 10006

This will be the 1st art solon activities we are hosting here at 71 Broadway 14C.

The topic of today is “Eastern Ink at Western culture”. The format is in a interview of Helen Liu to Artist Zheng Lianjie.

It is free to everyone. Tea and snacks will be served. Donation of $5 each person is suggested to support future art activities.

Here are the “Art Thoughts” of Lianjie:

Pursuing the dream of ink painting for the twenty years has kept me in a constant state of experimentation and self-examination. No matter whether in China or America, past recollections and remote, classical symbols are moving through unique emotional spaces. I am in the passing, floating dust, in love with the natural spirit of that space, where I find a psychological freedom. I work diligently with strong dreams, pursing the struggle between the luminous and the cloudy, establishing a meaningful present with the best of traditional culture.
Sometimes I think living for extended periods in the city is dangerous. I wonder if surrounding my body and self constantly with concrete, without forests, grasslands, mountains or solitude, will only lead to the creation of the vulgar and mundane. It is a frightening possibility in this world of the artificial image. Walking the streets of Manhattan I see clouds and mist between the dark and ice-cold buildings and crowds of people in a piled up rush.