"Speak to the Stones and Stars"

Ongoing through June 2, 2018 is Speak to the Stones and Stars a group show by two international artists. The content of the show are photographs- sublimation on aluminum and stainless steel sculptures. Linda Connor's 30 years taking pictures of various countries culminates with her series presented at the Haines gallery. Earth quake vaults, long exposure celestial pictures of the stars and sculptures of figures from Pompei are some of her subject matter. Zhan Wang's sculpture of rocks which are symbolic in the ancient literati scriptures studied by monks in China speaks to the ancient symbolism of rock as it relates to the postmodern society of China's people who move from the rural country to work in the city just to find that life is not as it seems. Perhaps living in the rural country is not so bad where people can contemplate life and study rocks? The remarkable artwork  by Zhan is meticulously rendered to a even handed high gloss polish on all his sculptures which take on complex forms. His process is complex and patented by the artist. His rock sculptures are a series numbered in numeric order and his work places him a postmodern artist as he intersects ancient philosophy with contemporary social trends in China.

Zhan Wang's front view of his rock sculpture

Zhan Wang's largest piece in the gallery back view. 8'x4"

Zhan's signature series number and edition count.

A smaller piece 3'x2'.