Jewell House NYC: ‘Isn’t It Too Pretty?’ Featuring Fanyu Lin

Jewell House
46 E21st Street, 3FL New York, NY, 10010

ISN’T IT TOO PRETTY?’ – A JEWELL HOUSE ART EVENT AND CONVERSATION FEATURING FANYU LIN

DATE: Wednesday, July 17th

TIME 7pm-9pm

Please join us on July 17 from 7-9 p.m. at the Jewell House to celebrate the exhibition “hOMe”: Breathe in — Breathe out — curated by Lina Takeuchi, showcasing Fanyu Lin’s recent paintings.

The evening will feature a conversation with the artist Fanyu Lin, alongside Richard Vine, esteemed art critic and former Managing Editor of Art in America magazine, and Fei Bo, entrepreneur, investor and Executive Director of the Asian Family Legacy Foundation.

We look forward to seeing you on this beautiful evening of artistic and intellectual exploration!

Isn’t It Too Pretty?

Can a picture be too pleasing? Why is pure visual pleasure so often regarded as suspect by the advocates of serious art? These are some of the questions raised by the abstract paintings of Fanyu Lin, an emerging artist who presents her flowing gestural compositions as part of a holistic way-of-being. Equal parts therapeutic artist, writer, architect, Lin melds the ancient Chinese notion of the artist as sage with the historic Western model of the artist as engaged community member—thereby creating her own surprisingly up-to-date aesthetic. Is her work “merely decorative,” as skeptics in the Modernist and Postmodernist vein might contend? Or does her art offer a richly conflicted but ultimately reassuring response to contemporary issues, both social and individual? These questions and more will be addressed by Lin in her public conversation with art critic Richard Vine and entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist Fei Bo.