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Friday, January 24, 2014
arts & entertainment
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Xiao Ming Xu’s works intricately depict buildings as if they were made of popsicle sticks.
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‘I have a unique painting language’ From Page 10 A selection of the 50-year-old artist’s large paintings are now on exhibition at Richmond City Hall. His works intricately depict buildings as if they were made of popsicle sticks. Xu developed his style in 2007, and has since created 50 paintings depicting structures and transportation.
Vestige by Xiao Ming Xu •A new art Richmond Art Gallery exhibition at Richmond City Hall Galleria •On until March 4; free viewing during city hall opening hours Architecture can represent different periods of history. Xu brings that history to life in his Seafair basement
studio that’s crowded with canvas paintings in acrylic and oil. “I have a unique painting language. One
Senior (American) Entrepreneurs From the Albuquerque Journal last week comes a story about a trend. More seniors than ever are launching “startup” companies. Partly because they are not ready to retire, partly because many cannot afford to retire, partly because they are healthy, partly because the “traditional” jobs seem to no longer be there. In 2012, people in the 55-64 age group started 23% of U.S. companies (up from 14.3% in 1996). And of the 500 recent applicants to a Florida Entrepreneurship program (funded partly by the U.S. Labor Department), the average age was 50. Apparently, people over 50 also have more confidence in their abilities than earlier generations. And oddly enough, these “older” startups may end up helping job creation in the U.S. What is it like in Canada? Well, we’re not known as an entrepreneurial nation to the degree of the U.S. However, a 2004 study by the American researcher Palmore suggests that ageism is less frequent (or at least less frequently reported) in the U.S. than here in Canada. That may lead to the conclusion that entrepreneurship is less common in the elderly in Canada. I suggest that, as life expectancy and financial uncertainty increase for many Canadians, we should see more Canadians, including older ones, launching their own business ventures. We may learn that creativity is not confined to the young!
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and only,” he says in his artist statement. “In my works I use the brilliant colours. This is my way to express the romanticism, the outpouring of my true feelings, and my pursuing for life.” Born in Tianjin, China, Xu’s artistic path started with drawing at age six. Finding it an ideal way to express himself, he didn’t stop. Painting later became his passion. Traditional Chinese art served as a great influence. Studying Western art in university awakened a broader interest in styles. After graduating, he began teaching watercolour and oil painting at Tianjin Normal University while exhibiting his work. But since coming to Canada in 2003, his work has had little exposure. Now his current Richmond City Hall Galleria exhibition— which includes selected works from numerous series—could be the first of many. Said Xu: “I hope to make more people understand my paintings, and accept my style.”