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Portrait Gallery 2 |
Private Viewing |
Artist Clem So with 'Frank' |
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Artist Clem So with 'Transient' |
Firebird:the life and death of a painting |
Clem So: Portraits of the Afterlife, tracing the intangible
Clem successfully completed his first solo show as part of Devon Open Studios that ran from the 6th September until the 12th September 2009
at Birdwood House, Totnes.
The exhibition Clem So: Portraits of the Afterlife: tracing the intangible attracted just shy of 600 visitors in the space of one week as many visitors came back for more and brought along their friends. The response was one of surprise and intrigue as the images proved highly emotive, emanating with real inherent power.
One visitor said that she had been recommended to see the exhibition on the street on three separate occasions. Over the week several people had been moved to tears by the deeply personal nature of the narrative and the intensity of the show that dealt with ancestry, heritage, cultural identity and lost family connection.
On display were some unique portraits executed in Chinese ink and fused with digital imagery along with installations and more traditional painting and drawings.