WVAM! Drop-In Family Art Project
West Vancouver Art Museum 680 17 Street, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7V 3T2
Outside Image: Xiangmei Su苏向, “Gateway通路 (detail),” 2024; Inside Image: Jiangang Su苏健刚, “Hide-and-Seek捉迷藏 (detail),” 2024
Outside Image: Liusu thread, wood 流苏，木 188 cm x 102 cm x 25 cm x five pieces; Inside Image: ink and colour on rice paper 纸本设色 96 x 180 cm (courtesy of the artists), (photos by Blaine Campbell)
On selected Saturdays, the WVAM Family Art Project invites families to drop in to the museum for a free afternoon art workshop based on the topic of the West Vancouver Art Museum’s current exhibition, Neighbours | 邻·礼: Xiangmei Su and Jiangang Su. All art supplies are provided.
This workshop is generously supported by the West Vancouver Foundation.
About the Exhibition
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.