East meet West

YANG YONGLIANG 杨泳梁 &

VHILS

aka ALEXANDRE FARTO

EAST MEETS WEST

YANG YONGLIANG 杨泳梁 &

VHILS

aka ALEXANDRE FARTO

EAST MEETS WEST

Art IS THE food for the soul.

Whether in the East or the West for now more that centuries, and more than 5000 years in Chinese culture and about 17 000 years in Europe if we consider the Lascaux grottos as an example, art has been at the center of expression.

Potteryand ceramics as paintings on walls have been an important part of culture.

Since the very beginning of our civilizations very refined artifacts and frescos have been produced by amazing artists.

As the gallery is now based in Shanghai and Paris, we are glad to put an emphasis on this eternal dialogue. Eastern artists, as the young chinese artists Yang Yongliang, are invited to reflect upon our modern civilization and Western artists, as young portuguese Vhils aka Alexandre Farto, to come to China throgh the gallery residency program and witness the changes chinese society is going through.

Through the eyes of these two artists, it is our contemporary world, from the soul to the buildings, that they are witnessing.

Vhils came in 2012 for a few months to Shanghai and emerged himslef into the culture, working on the layers of this amazing city, going deep to the soul of what makes it essential : its inhabitants.

As an artist who links tradition art and modern technology, Yang Yongliang pays, in the “Bowl of Taipei� series, a special tribute to these roots of Chinese art.

In this series art becomes a symbol for the everlasting food for the soul.

Magda Danysz, January 2013

EAST MEETS WEST VHILS

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils Overload #5 133x197cm Unique Piece Billboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils Overload #6 167x190cm Unique Piece Billboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils Overload #7 167x185cm Unique Piece Billboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut

Alexandre Farto aka Vhils Overload #8 154x177cm Unique Piece Billboards collected from the street, hand carved and laser cut

EAST MEETS WEST YANG YONGLIANG

A Bowl of Taipei 1 / 一碗台北之一 Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013 140x140 cm, ed./3 100x100 cm, ed. /7

A Bowl of Taipei 2 / 一碗台北之二 Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013 140x140 cm, ed./3 100x100 cm, ed. /7

A Bowl of Taipei 3 / 一碗台北之三 Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013 140x140 cm, ed./3 100x100 cm, ed. /7

Black oil-drop Glazed Bowl, Huairen ware, Jin. AD 1115 - 1234

A Bowl of Taipei 4 / 一碗台北之四 Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013 140x140 cm, ed./3 100x100 cm, ed. /7

A Bowl of Taipei 5 / 一碗台北之五 Inkjet on fine art paper, 2013 140x140 cm, ed./3 100x100 cm, ed. /7

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Printed in the PRC. Published by : MD Editions

East Meets West is a limited edition catalogue published by Magda Danysz Gallery (Paris / Shanghai) & MD Editions on the occasion of the artists’ show in London with MD Gallery ‘2013 info@magda-gallery.com www.magda-gallery.com

YANG YONGLIANG 杨泳梁 &

VHILS

aka ALEXANDRE FARTO

EAST MEETS WEST