New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The Rainforest Art Foundation partners with the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary Collegein exhibiting Marlene Tseng Yu's The
Dream Series from Saturday, February 21, through Saturday, May 2, 2015. The public is invited to a free opening reception for the artist on Saturday, February 28, from 5-7 p.m. Marlene Yu will speak about her artwork at 5:30 p.m.
The
Dream Series by Yu is the fifth exhibition of the "Lucky Sevens" series, namely seven different exhibitions at seven local venues in honor of Yu's 77th year. Yu, a native of Taiwan and participant in the New York City art scene for much of her life, founded the Rainforest Art Foundation to raise environmental awareness through art. She is now honored by the Marlene Yu Museum in downtown Shreveport, one of the few museums in the nation dedicated to preserving and curating the work of a single artist.
Marlene Yu states, "The techniques may vary greatly from painting to painting, as to embody the scope of my expression. The reference to nature is the focus of all my paintings." Many of her paintings, including those already exhibited throughout Shreveport, depict colorful abstractions based on natural forms.
The
Dream Series, created in the 1980s, is unusual in Yu's large body of work, however. It is more representational than abstract, with a focus on nature and human relationships. In the Meadows' exhibition, the female body is surrounded by animals that symbolize the male aspect, creating a dreamlike meditation on love.
Art critic, editor, and poet Cynthia Nadelman commented on The
Dream Series:
"Marlene Tseng Yu's dreams seem suspended in a watery medium…And indeed they are. Limpid and floating as this world of hers may seem, though, it is rendered in clear crystalline strokes before her water-based media - watercolor and water-thinned acrylic on large sheets of saturated paper - have a chance to dry. Rather than coaxing and worrying paint, the artist uses the time she has to illustrate visions from her mind's eye. Occasionally, she accentuates the images with pencil or ink."
About the Rainforest Art Foundation
The Rainforest Art Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit with the mission to increase appreciation of nature through art. For information, contact Iris MacLean, Public Relations at the Rainforest Art Foundation and Marlene Yu Museum, 318.840.5213, or irisrainforestart(at)gmail.com.
For additional events, see https://www.marleneyumuseum.org and https://www.rainforestartfoundation.org.
About the Meadows Museum of Art
The Meadows Museum of Art is located on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana at 2911 Centenary Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Museum is free and open to the public
Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and
Saturdays from 12-4 p.m. For more information or to schedule field trips visit https://www.centenary.edu/meadows.
