Painting With Heart: Chinese Peasant Paintings from Shaanxi Province

Painting with Heart:
Chinese Peasant Paintings from Shaanxi Province
Exhibit and Sale
October 22–November 25, 2011
Opening Reception Saturday, October 22nd, 2-6 pm

Sun Gallery Chinese Art and Antiques presents a unique collection of colorful peasant paintings from Hu County in Shaanxi Province, China, October 22 through November 25, 2011.
It was seventeen years ago when Sun Gallery owner Jenny Sun first saw the colorful paintings of Hu County, near Xi'an, and immediately fell in love with this lively "peasant art" style.
The artists are everyday people without specialized art training, who paint as a hobby. The joyous and simple bright colors and designs of these paintings capture the themes and motifs of daily life in rural China, truly capturing "the heart" of the people.
China has changed dramatically since that time, even in the rural areas. The folk arts commonly practiced—papercutting, sculpture, painting—have now been collected by individuals and museums, as peasant life has modernized.


Sun Gallery Chinese Art & Antiques
1500 Jackson Street NE, Suite 451, Minneapolis, Minnesota
612-822-6388


Open every Saturday, 12–4 p.m.

From China to Minnesota: Contemporary Chinese Paintings

From China to Minnesota:
Oil Paintings by Emerging Contemporary Chinese Artists
Works by Mao Yigong, Song Jingzhe, Jin Ru, Yang Kaige, and Yun Qing
December 6–January 10

Opening reception
Saturday, December 6th, 5–8 p.m.

These exciting, colorful new portraits, still lifes, and landscapes explore the innovative range of today's Chinese art world in a range of styles from realistic to abstract.

Plus: Special Holiday Art Sale!
Special discount on selected items

Dancing Marks: Paintings and Calligraphy by Lampo Leong

Dancing Marks:
Paintings and Calligraphy by Lampo Leong
July 16 – Sept 15, 2008
Reception with Artist:
Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 5–8pm

Please join us for another exciting exhibition of brush paintings and calligraphy by master artist Lampo Leong. He utilizes traditional and modern art concepts and materials to create compelling, gripping and challenging works of art. A leading member of the contemporary art world, Professor Leong is currently the Chair of the Art Department at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and has exhibited in countless solo and group exhibitions worldwide, and won international recognition and awards. His works are included in many museum collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as well as public art commissions in San Francisco, Florida, Indonesia and Japan.

Image: Sublime II • Ink on rice-paper, 26”x17”, 2006