{"id":45772,"date":"2014-08-14T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T12:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=45772"},"modified":"2014-07-18T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:19:05","slug":"mocatalks-art-nature-poetry-an-artistic-journey-with-wei-jia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=45772","title":{"rendered":"MOCATALKS: Art, Nature, &amp; Poetry: An Artistic Journey with Wei Jia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, August 14, 2014, 7:00 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM<br \/>\nThe Museum of Chinese in America<br \/>\n215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MOCATALKS-Art-Nature-Poetry-An-Artistic-Journey-with-Wei-Jia.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[45772]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/MOCATALKS-Art-Nature-Poetry-An-Artistic-Journey-with-Wei-Jia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For painter Wei Jia, the label &#8220;contemporary Chinese painter&#8221; is an oversimplification of his identity as a transnational, multimedia artist. Expressionistic abstraction and traditional Chinese calligraphy burst in spontaneous flourishes throughout his paintings, creating a multi-layered sense of lineage that liberates his work from the limits of tradition. In conjunction with MOCA&#8217;s latest exhibition, Oil &amp; Water: Reinterpreting Ink, this MOCATALKS features a gallery tour and talk led by artist Wei Jia, who will reflect on his artistic vision, the elements of his work &#8211; from paper to calligraphy &#8211; and his techniques \u2013 repeated cycles of tearing, mounting and painting using handmade paper, gouache, and ink on canvas.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the event, please visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mocanyc.org\/visit\/events\/mocatalks_artist_talk_with_wei_jia\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mocanyc.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, August 14, 2014, 7:00 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM The Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street New York, NY 10013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45775,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45772\/revisions\/45775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}