PUTNEY — A survey of Cai Xi's work, which includes her portraits and landscapes of the 1980s, her “Edge” series of the 1990s, the “WuJi (Infinity Within)” series of the past decade, and recent monumental portraits will be on display at the Michael S. Currier Center at The Putney School through Nov. 6.
There will be an artist reception on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the Currier Center Gallery, according to a news release.
Cai was in the first generation of art students when universities in China reopened after the Cultural Revolution. This four-decade retrospective at Currier Art Center traces a path from the Shanghai Style of the 1980s - with colors straight from the tube and brushwork with bold and loose strokes - to the present, through a selection of her portraits, landscapes, and abstractions.
In her artist statement, Cai writes, “the process of my portraits are dialoguing with each person, connecting with their inner beauty and their stories, a journey that shares and celebrates each person's unique experience, time and space. The experience of 'Edge' is about stepping into and out of myself.”