The exhibition “East-West Contemplations: A Retrospective of Mio Pang Fei” was inaugurated at the Macao Museum of Art (MAM) in Nape on Friday.
The exhibition is organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and co-organised by the Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau.
To celebrate the late Shanghai-born local artist Mio Pang Fei’s 90th birth anniversary, the exhibition brings together 90 works spanning painting, mixed media, installation and manuscripts from the collection of his family, friends and MAM, exploring Macau’s contemporary art trailblazer’s artistic evolution over five decades, according to IC.
The exhibition is divided into six evocative sections – “Shanghai – Experiment”, “Macao – Practice”, “The Shui Hu Series”, “On Human Condition”, “Post-Calligraphy”, and “The Legacy of Neo-Orientalism”.
The “Neo-Orientalism” section focuses on Mio’s artistic evolution from theory to maturity.
Through the reconstruction of studio scene and the exhibition of precious documents, it specifically showcases the artist’s artistic practice of “taking the spirit of Eastern culture as the essence with the use of Western modern languages”.
Mio, an advocate of “Neo-Orientalism”, had developed an aesthetic theory with local characteristics and an international perspective. He represented Macau at the 56th Venice Biennale and was awarded the “Medal of Cultural Merit” twice, making great contributions to the development of modern art in Macau.
The exhibition “East-West Contemplations: A Retrospective of Mio Pang Fei” is held from 4 July to 11 October on MAM’s first and second floors.
The exhibition is open daily from 10 am to 7 pm (no admission after 6:30 pm), including on public holidays, except Mondays. Admission is free. For more information about the exhibition and activities, visit MAM’s website.
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