Tag: Initial Gallery
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Solo Exhibition: Of Myth and Men – Extended
My solo exhibition of paintings Of Myth and Men has been extended at Initial Gallery. The show will now run until Saturday, July 19th. Initial Gallery, 2339 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC June 19 – July 19, 2014 Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 pm
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Solo Exhibition: Of Myth and Men
Initial Gallery is pleased to present Of Myth and Men featuring recent oil paintings by Vancouver-based artist Roselina Hung. Combining art-historical and well-known mythological motifs with self-reflective imagery Hung’s fantastical oil paintings toy with modern myth-making. The artist, herself often portrayed in obvious disguise, interacts with characters and symbols pulled from mythological story lines and…
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Press: The Georgia Straight
My upcoming solo exhibition Of Myth and Men, at Initial Gallery, has been mentioned in the June 12, 2014 edition of The Georgia Straight. Highlighted in the Arts section as a must-see event in the Summer in the City issue, Janet Smith writes, “We can’t wait to see rising Vancouver painter Roselina Hung’s Of Myth and Men show at the…
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Press: Inside Vancouver
Inside Vancouver’s Shawn Conner has written about my exhibition Of Myth and Men, which opens next Thursday, June 19th, at Initial Gallery. Conner writes, “For her new series Of Myth and Men, [Roselina Hung] draws on her own personal history by inserting herself into scenes evoking Greek myth and even the Old Testament. Joining Hung in the paintings are other…
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Of Myth and Men
Of Myth and Men is both a visually and thematically collage-like series of oil paintings. I mix art-historical images from Greek and Old Testament myths with romantic, familial and platonic relationships from my own life. I have chosen to work with popular myths that I personally identify with but that have also been repeatedly painted throughout history. A…