Mandarin Tour - Neighbours | 邻·礼: Xiangmei Su and Jiangang Su

Join us for a guided tour of the West Vancouver Art Museum’s exhibition, Neighbours | 邻·礼: Xiangmei Su and Jiangang Su, led in Mandarin.

FREE, DROP-IN

About the Exhibition | 关于展览

The West Vancouver Art Museum is proud to feature the works of Xiangmei Su and Jiangang Su, two highly accomplished artists from Suzhou, China, who have called British Columbia home for the past 10 years. Both artists draw on traditions from their place of origin, bringing with them expertly honed weaving and ink wash painting techniques to create artworks that reveal the intricate relationship between place and culture.

Xiangmei Su’s threaded works explore her family’s migration story through the lens of Suzhou’s textile history, connecting both past and present, East and West. Jiangang Su has drawn upon centuries of Song dynasty painting and Tang dynasty poetry within his work. Bringing these traditional artforms into a contemporary context, the artist seamlessly merges Chinese literati painting with Vancouver’s local flora and fauna.

Neighbours presents a blend of personal and cultural aspirations, woven into the multicultural fabric of the artist’s new home. Rooted in ancient Chinese traditions and aesthetics, their works offer audiences in the West a glimpse into the core humanistic philosophies of Chinese culture while providing new perspectives on how they “relocated” these traditions in a globalized world.

西温美术馆荣幸携手独立策展人宋贤军女士呈现《Neighbours | 邻·礼》艺术展，展示来自中国苏州的艺术家苏向与苏健刚移居加拿大后的艺术创作。两位艺术家从故土的传统文化中汲取灵感，分别以苏州的编织艺术与中国经典水墨创作出地域文化与个人情感所交织的独特作品，并将他们各自的艺术理想与实践融入加拿大的多元文化背景中。

苏向以苏州千年纺织业的“线”为媒介，织出连接历史与当下、东方与西方的艺术图景，述说移民的心路历程；苏健刚的书画作品则以古论今，融合本地自然及人文元素，重新演绎中国宋代绘画与唐朝诗歌中的经典并赋予其更为深刻的时代意义。

展览的作品根植于中国传统美学，作为来自东方的文化之礼，让生活在西方的观众得以一窥中国传统文化中所蕴含的核心人文思想。展览不仅探讨了中国文化在全球化和多元社区中的传承路径，也为其在海外的延续及传播提供了全新的视角与思考。