PAINT 2021

In 2017, Loh established Boers-Li Gallery, New York space on East 81st Street. She managed the gallery and represented Boers-Li NY at international art fairs including Frieze New York, Frieze Masters London, Art Basel Miami, Art Basel Hong Kong, and FIAC in Paris. Loh has also curated museum exhibitions at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Museum of Chinese in America in New York, and Today Art Museum in Beijing as well as at Christie’s New York and the Ping Yao International Photo Festival. CURATOR STATEMENT PAINT 2021 encompasses works by 46 visual artists; among them a composer, a film maker, and a neuro-scientist. The forty seven come from Canada, England, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, and the US. Employing paint as an integral part of their art, they created a wide range of works from drawings to paintings to mini sculptures to animations. As we seek paths through the stages of this pandemic, and social justice movements call on us to hear other voices, what can or should art do? This exhibition offers a creative and authentic perspective: art can bridge social divisions, nationalities and personal histories. Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein maintained that not everything that can be thought can be said. The corollary in this case is that not everything that can be seen can be described. The more rewarding experience lies in a personal connection with the work, a moment of encounter where our paths cross with the artist’s. Their stories are enriched by our interpretation.... Less »