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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richmond Art Gallery unveils summer exhibitions that explore hybrid forms of storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">New exhibition features contemporary takes on classical Chinese aesthetics, spotlighting compelling works by local and international artists
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">June 23, 2025 (VANCOUVER, BC)
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<b>Richmond Art Gallery </b>presents two exciting new summer exhibitions from <b>
June 28 to Aug. 24, 2025</b>. Curated by Rebecca Wang, <b><i><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/roaming-peach-blossom-spring">The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring</a>
</i></b>features <b>Qiu Anxiong </b>(Shanghai) and <b>Howie Tsui </b>(Vancouver) who find inspiration in ancient mythology and martial arts fiction. Curated by Zoë Chan,
<b><i><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/enigmas-dreams">Enigmas & Dreams: Works on Paper by Alvin Jang & Anna Wong</a>
</i></b>highlights two under-recognized local Chinese Canadian artists whose radically differing works embrace experimentation, improvisation, and the unconscious.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">“<i>The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring
</i>brings together for the first time the work of two contemporary artists that draw on the cultural legacy of the Song dynasty (960–1279), a period widely regarded as the pinnacle of artistic achievement in Chinese history,” says Wang. “Richmond provides
a unique context for this exhibition, as more than half of its population consists of Chinese immigrants and people of Chinese descent. While the cultural references may particularly resonate with the Chinese community, the compelling visual language offers
an enriching experience for all visitors, as the works speak to prevalent global issues such as urbanization, ecological loss, and diaspora.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Qiu Anxiong (b. 1972) draws on the aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities of Song dynasty court and literati painting in his animated films, which adapt the
earliest encyclopedic cosmography, <i>Classic of Mountains and Seas </i>(c. 400 BCE–200 CE). The exhibition will mark the first time all three films in his major series
<i>The New Book of Mountains and Seas </i>(2006–2017) will be presented together in Canada. Howie Tsui (b. 1978) transposes the
<i>wuxia </i>(martial arts fiction) world into his paintings, lightboxes, and videos.
<i>Gif Roulette </i>(2020–ongoing) and <i>Jumbo </i>(2024)—both debuting in Vancouver—draw on looping fragments from the films and animations that shaped his youth, and extend the
<i>wuxia </i>realm to the now-sunken floating restaurant Jumbo Kingdom in Hong Kong. Presenting the two artists’ distinct practices and perspectives,
<i>The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring </i>explores the cultural complexity within shared ethnic identity and encourages dialogue across its diverse subgroups.
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<p class="Default" style="page-break-before:always"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Enigmas & Dreams: Works on Paper by Alvin Jang & Anna Wong
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">pair the work of two local artists. Alvin Jang (b. 1950) presents two sci-fi-inspired series:
<i>The Colony </i>(1982), which depicts a colourful world overrun by a dense population of worms, and
<i>Pillow Talk </i>(2000), which evokes the surreal realities of hallucinations, dreams, and fantasies. These are accompanied by a series of abstract drawings and prints from the late 1960s, by the late Anna Wong (b. 1930–d. 2013). Bringing to light the hybridity
of her visual vernacular, Wong’s work reveals the lively gesturality of Chinese brush painting and the experimental mark-making of Abstract Expressionism.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">“I wanted to curate an exhibition that would work well in conversation with
<i>The Roaming Peach Blossom</i>, and was drawn to both Alvin Jang and Anna Wong for their focus on drawings and their instinctive way of working,” says Chan. “Alvin and Anna seem compelled to create through the relinquishment of logic, using each work instead
to further experiment and play, rather than to stick to restricted, circumscribed paths. Eschewing straightforward interpretation, these enigmatic works resist fixed structures or finality in a really exciting way.”
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">She adds, “As deeply dedicated artists, both deserve much more recognition for their unique art-making and aesthetics. Jang has maintained a daily studio practice
from his home in Steveston since the 1970s, while Wong, who grew up in Vancouver’s Chinatown, studied and taught at the prestigious Pratt Institute in New York for several years.”
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Enigmas & Dreams
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">also features a specially commissioned title wall by
<b>Brother Jopa</b>, a Vancouver-based lettering artist, designer, and muralist, who specializes in hand-drawn typography and calligraphy.
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Qiu Anxiong & Howie Tsui: The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring is presented with the support of the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies through the Department
of Art History, Visual Art and Theory in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Public programming
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Visit the Gallery’s
<a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/">website</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/richmondartgallerybc">
social media</a> for the most up-to-date information on upcoming programs and registration. Scheduled events include, among others:
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/summerexhibits">Opening Reception and Curatorial Tours</a>
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Saturday, June 28: 2-4 pm
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">The Gallery kicks off the opening of their summer exhibitions with an informal tour of the exhibitions by curators Zoë Chan & Rebecca Wang and some of the artists.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/artisttalkqiutsui">Virtual Artist Talk with Qiu Anxiong and Howie Tsui</a>
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Wednesday, July 16: 7-8pm
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Join the exhibiting artists of
<i>The Roaming Peach Blossom </i>for a discussion of their fascinating practices. More details at
<a href="richmondartgallery.org/artisttalkqiutsui">richmondartgallery.org/artisttalkqiutsui</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/hkscreening">Film Screening and Conversation:
<i>The Swordsman </i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"MS Gothic"">笑傲江湖</span> (1990)</i></a><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Thursday, July 31: 6–9:00pm
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<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richmond Cultural Centre: Performance Hall
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<p class="Default" style="page-break-before:always"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Learn more about Hong Kong cinema with UBC Hong Kong Studies professor Helena Wu and guest curator Rebecca Wang. After watching
this martial arts thriller set in Ming dynasty China, join us for a conversation on the cultural context of
<i>jianghu</i>, and how the martial arts fiction genre is referenced in the current exhibition.
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/publiccritique">Public Critique on
<i>Qiu Anxiong & Howie Tsui: The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring</i></a><i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Thursday, Aug. 5: 4–5:30pm
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Join guest curator Rebecca Wang and Vancouver Art Gallery curator and critic Diana Freundl for the public critique of Wang’s Practicum Curatorial Project, presented
as part of her MA in Critical and Curatorial Studies at UBC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.richmondartgallery.org/tourcalligraphy"><span lang="EN-US">免費中文導覽</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">&</span><span lang="EN-US">水墨工坊</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
– Exhibition Tour in Mandarin & Chinese Ink Workshop</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Saturday, Aug. 9: 2–3pm
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic";color:windowtext">歡迎參加由客座策展人王晨釔主持的國語導覽，透過導覽和茶歇交流，深入了解展覽主題。導覽之後，本地藝術家蘇健剛將主持一場特別的水墨工坊，帶領大家體會水墨與書法的魅力。名額有限，請提前預約。</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Drop in for a tour of the current Richmond Art Gallery exhibition in Mandarin with curator Rebecca Wang. Learn more about the themes of the exhibition through
a guided visit and informal discussion over a cup of tea, followed by a demonstration of ink calligraphy painting with local artist Jiangang Su.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">About Richmond Art Gallery
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) is a non-profit municipal art gallery established in 1980. The Gallery produces an array of exhibitions and programs that connect,
empower, and provoke conversation with our diverse Richmond, BC communities. RAG actively contributes to Richmond’s cultural communities through our commitment to supporting artists via its exhibitions, educational programs, publications, and permanent collection.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richmond Art Gallery
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Richmond Cultural Centre
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">7700 Minoru Gate Richmond, BC V6Y 1R8
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Monday–Friday from 10am–6pm
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Press kit and photos
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Press contact
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ines Min
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Image credit: Alvin Jang, <i>The Colony</i> (excerpt), 1982, Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Byron Dauncey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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