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April 19.
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work by Armando Sosa, I- at EllarslieMansionin CadTuesHsiung Ju, Ayami Aoyama, waladerPark is open:
l1
through
Saturday,.
day
and John McDevitt.
a.m.to 3 p.m.; SundayI to
Mr. Sosahand weavesbril- 4 p.m.For moreinformation,
liantly coloredtapestrieson contactthe TrentonMuseum
looms he built himself. The Societyat (609)989-1191or
tapestriesrcflect imagesand [email protected],
or visit:
iconsof his nativeGuatemala, www.ellarslie.org.
somedating back to his Maheriyan and pre-Columbian
tage and othersto memories
of a Central American childhood.
Thelatel-HsiungJu worked
in the tradition of scroll
paintings bordered in silk
of his native China. Central
to this tradition is the fusion
of painting, philosophy, and
poetry evidentin the contem.
plative stance of the artist
toward nature, including the
flora, fauna, and landscapes
of both China and America.
The abstract modernity of
the sculpturesof Ms.Aoyama
and Mr.' McDevitt complements the figurative traditionalism of the tapestries
and scroll paintings.Far from
her nativeJapan,Ms. Aoyama carvesstoneto uncover
the life waiting within, while
American-bornMr. McDevitt
welds shapedsteel into emblemsof self-transformation.
Theirworkshavein common
a spirituality arising from the
skill and vision of the sculptor in transcendingresistant
.materialsto createobjectsof
sensuousbeauty.
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