I got a chance to see the artwork of He Qi at Gustavus over the weekend. His work will be in Minneapolis this month. His work will be showing in December 2004 and January 2005 at Premier Gallery, 141 South 11th Street, Downtown Minneapolis.
He Qi Web site
http://www.heqiarts.com/about/about.html
Premier Gallery in Minneapolis
http://www.premiergallery.com/current_exhibit.htm
141 South 7th St.
Minneapolis
612 338-4541
Contemporary Christian artist He Qi of China is going to be in the Twin Cities in throughout December. He Qi is a professor a Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, Nanjing, China, and his work was featured at Christmas in Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter.
based on press release at http://www.aapress.com/webdec3/a-heqi.htm.
Take a look at Ed Scheier's sculpture. My favorite is the 7th from the end on this site:
http://www.4hands1heart.com/gallery.php?user_id=12&gallery_id=31
His sculpture shows the influence of African art and is very symbolic.
Send a postcard from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
http://www.artsmia.org/postcards/
for example, grab something at random from Foot in the Door
One of my favorites: Jinsoo Song's Chicken Ewer(w/ nest)Gallery Location: Column 255
This mandala is a work that my Behold group studied a few months ago.
Behold: Arts for the Church Year is a magazine we started using in September 2003. Each issue includes at least one image for each week that relates to the liturgical season, plus a thought-provoking poem or brief quotation for the season. The readings for each Sunday are listed. We've noticed that the images are matched more to the general seasonal theme rather than to any specific reading. Behold is a resource from Seasons of the Spirit.
MORE ON THE MANDALA: Comments from ck, a member of our group:
"I went back to a book I have on Mandala: Journey to the Center which
includes the Hildegard of Bingen and you won't believe it...the center is
eggshell cream color. It looks like an egg or a lovely full moon. Very
different than the image we have in the Behold issue.
Here's what it says:
Born in 1098 in Bermesheim, Germany, Hildegard became a Benedictine nun at
the age of 18. In 1140, four years after assuming leadership of the female
monastic community in Disibodenburg, Hildegard had an awakening experience,
a series of "illuminations" or enlightening visions which she was compelled
to share with others through written word, songs, and art. Author Matthew
Fox comments that Hildegard's ability to see "revelation of the divine in
nature," led her to gather information from scientific minds of her day to
create encyclopedias of knowledge before such books existed. "All science
comes from God," she said, and blended her reverence for both in her work.
Hildegard created many beautiful mandalas, each a representation of a
vision. Here, in a mandala Fox titles "All Beings Celebrate Creation,"
Hildegard has created a mandala to express the "joy and jubilation that all
creatures celebrate together."
So...Matthew Fox actually titled the illustration "All Beings Celebrate
Creation." Hildegard, apparently, titled it "Sixth Vision from book of
Scivias (or Illumination #15, depending on your source)."
THANKS ck!
MORE ON BEHOLD:
Finding Behold on the Web is not easy. Here's the path:
Go to the Seasons of the Spirit Web site at www.spiritseasons.com
Click on the "Ordering" tab on the far right.
Then click on Curriculum ordering
Then click the country on the pull down menu,
Select Episcopal...and other Protestant... as denominational distributor,
and then the Season by Season.
Behold is near the bottom of the page despite the apparent alphabetical order!
Individual copies of Behold are $8.95, if you purchase 10 or more the price is $7.95.
Description from the Web site
Drawing on ALL the senses&
BEHOLD / 1-9 COPIES 2003/2004 (P2)
