Pearl Lam Galleries is pleased to announce its second participation in the third edition of ArtInternational at Haliç Congress Centre in Istanbul.
The Galleries continues its mission of acting as a bridge between the East and West by exhibiting leading contemporary artists from a variety of cultural backgrounds. The fair will be a showcase for 17 artists aiming to provide an environment for cross-cultural dialogue and understanding. The Galleries will exhibit works by Chinese artists Du Zhenjun, Li Tianbing, Pan Jian, Qin Yufen, Qiu Deshu, Su Dong Ping, Su Xiaobai, and Zhu Jinshi, as well as works by Kwang Young Chun (Korea), Golnaz Fathi (Iran), Adetomiwa A. Gbadebo (Nigeria), Jason Martin (UK), Gatot Pujiarto (Indonesia), Ben Quilty (Australia), Carlos Rolón/Dzine (USA), Mehmet Ali Uysal (Turkey), and Morgan Wong (Hong Kong).
Stand highlights include works by Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi, who bases her work on fundamental Persian calligraphic practices and techniques, but uses modern media, and often bold colour, to explore more abstract forms. Fathi’s works can be read as visual meditation or a form of prayer, which are open for interpretation.
Chinese artist Li Tianbing, who is currently based in Los Angeles, will present oil paintings from his Children series in which he explores themes of loneliness, social propaganda, and nostalgia for the old city before rapid modernisation and urbanisation. Due to China’s one-child policy, Li grew up as an only child in Guilin. He populates his paintings with imagined brothers and playmates as a cathartic tool in coping with his loneliness, which was the result of an authoritative dictate. Li uses a photographic style to reflect society back at itself. The artist recently opened his first Singapore solo exhibition this past spring to critical acclaim.
Other highlights include works by leading gallery artists Su Xiaobai and Zhu Jinshi, who both exhibited at ArtInternational 2014. Both Chinese artists have spent a number of years living and working in Germany, resulting in works influenced by both the East and West. Zhu, who credits the Diamond Sutra and Foucault as sources of inspiration, creates vibrant impastoed oil paintings that represent inner spirituality. Su devised a new way of working with Chinese lacquer to create sculptural paintings that are both rooted in Modernism and Chinese tradition.