Artist Information:
Amy Cheng
New Paltz, NY
United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
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Artist Statement:
My work is about the heart’s
longing to be connected with
the largeness life, the
timeless arc of the universe.
I invite the viewer to
meditate on very old images to
discover the ways they still
speak to us. My work sets up a
conversation between stable,
ancient forms that have a
traditional base and my own
shape-shifting playfulness.
The tension that lends my work
drama and strangeness is the
contrast between forms that
express a timeless collective
culture and a pastiche
sensibility commonplace in
contemporary art. What I bring
to the mix is a use of vibrant
color, intense pattern making,
and a sensual delight in the
decorative. It is the pattern,
repetition, design and color
in my work that excite the
emotions of the viewer.
Rummaging through art history,
some of my favorite sources of
inspiration are Asian and
Islamic decorative patterns,
Chinese folk art, Egyptian
wall paintings, and mystical
and alchemical imagery from
the Middle Ages.
My love of and interest in
folk art stems from the belief
that it is folk, or popular
art, that embodies the psyche
of the broadest swath of a
society. Such art, at its
best, has the virtue of ...
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Collections:
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals,
Collegeville, PA
WAM-Singapore
United States State
Department, U.S. Embassy,
Kazakhstan
State of Florida’s Collection
of Art, Florida Atlantic
University, Wimberly Library
Sheraton Hotels, Brussels,
Belgium
Scholastic Productions, New
York, NY
Robins Kaplan Miller Ciersi,
St. Paul, MN
Novartis Pharmaceuticals,
Philadelphia, PA
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &
McCloy, ...
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Commissions:
2006
New York Metropolitan Transit
Authority Arts for Transit
commission of seven faceted
glass windscreens at the
Cleveland Station on the
Jamaica (J, M, and Z) subway
line in the Cypress Hills
neighborhood of Brooklyn, New
York. Titled Las Flores,
Spanish for The Flowers, the
windscreen designs use flower
patterns...
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Amy Cheng's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Amy Cheng's Portfolio.
My work is about the heart’s longing to be connected with the largeness life, the timeless arc of the universe. I invite the viewer to meditate on very old images to discover the ways they still speak to us. My work sets up a conversation between stable, ancient forms that have a traditional base and my own shape-shifting playfulness. The tension that lends my work drama and strangeness is the contrast between forms that express a timeless collective culture and a pastiche sensibility commonplace in contemporary art. What I bring to the mix is a use of vibrant color, intense pattern making, and a sensual delight in the decorative. It is the pattern, repetition, design and color in my work that excite the emotions of the viewer.
Rummaging through art history, some of my favorite sources of inspiration are Asian and Islamic decorative patterns, Chinese folk art, Egyptian wall paintings, and mystical and alchemical imagery from the Middle Ages.
My love of and interest in folk art stems from the belief that it is folk, or popular art, that embodies the psyche of the broadest swath of a society. Such art, at its best, has the virtue of ... |
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