Art Works Gallery hosts Yidan Guo watercolor exhibit

Art Works Gallery hosts Yidan Guo watercolor exhibit

By Linda Kiley

Art Works Gallery will host “Searching for Souls,” an exhibit of watercolor portraits by Yidan Guo. The opening reception takes place April 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Art Works Gallery in Cedar City. The exhibit shows through May 19.

In Guo’s art, her goal is not only to show what she sees and feels but also to share the deeper emotions behind her subjects. When people model for Guo, she forms an inner connection with them. Her portraits are a way of revealing a state of mind that is shared by every human being, a common concern about happiness, fulfillment, mortality, and eternity. These paintings convey the deep and subtle feelings involved in the connection between Guo and her models. The layers of emotion she feels for them results in the quality of her paintings.

Guo is currently is a visiting art professor at Southern Utah University. Prior to this, she taught at the School of Art at Renmin University in Beijing. Guo earned a master’s degree of philosophy of aesthetics from Renmin University of China, and a bachelor’s degree from the most prestigious fine arts institution of China: the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

Art Works is a fine art and fine craft gallery located in Cedar City. The gallery represents local, regional, and national artists who create in a wide variety of media and styles. The gallery’s mission is to facilitate a culture that validates artists at all professional levels and cultivates the idea that “good” art is defined not always by formula but by the viewer’s emotional response.

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