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mandalas that interpret the ancient traditions of Buddhism, drawing from historic metaphor, Chinese fable, and the aesthetics of the Tibetan mandala. Tis series, entitled Indra’s Jewels, uses historic Las Vegas neon signage as well as architectural elements from the 1950s and 1960s in the works that was shot in the Mojave Desert. At Jorge Welsh’s gallery, which has an emphasis on Chinese export porcelain, the exhibition is Turn of the Sea: Art from the Eastern Trade Routes, which focuses on the period between the 16th century and 19th century and displays works that were not only the result, but also contributed to the creation of global connections. Included in the exhibition are works from Benin, Congo, India, Sri Lanka and Japan, that illustrate this extraordinary period of cross-cultural encounters (by appointment only on 5 November).


ST. JAMES’S Sunday 5 November, 5-9pm Atkis Gallery, Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Art, Rosemary Bandini, Joost van den Burgh, Cohen & Cohen, Rob Dean Art, Malcolm Fairley, Peter Finer, Genrokuart, Grosvenor Gallery, Hanga Ten, Littleton & Hennessy, Simon Pilling, Priestley & Ferraro, Simon Ray Indian & Islamic Works of Art, Roell Fine art, Runjeet Singh, Jacqueline Simcox, Grace Tsumugi Fine Art, and Jonathan Tucker & Antonia Tozer Asian Art


LATE NIGHT OPENING


Atkis Gallery presents a solo exhibition of the Chinese modern master Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013) at 10-11 Park Place,


whilst Raquelle Azran is


showing contemporary Vietnamese art in Sun Rising over the Mekong: 50 Years of Vietnamese Painting at the Guy Peppiatt/Stephen Ongpin Gallery. Te exhibition features iconic painters trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine in Hanoi – founded in


Notre Dame (1962) by Vinh Phoi, Raquelle Azran


1925 by colleagues of Matisse, and later renamed Te Vietnam Fine Arts University – the works offer an intimate glance into the heady, artistic milieu of Vietnam then and now. Participating artists include Nguyen Tu Nghiem (1922-2016), Vinh Phoi (1937-2017),


Hoang Tich Chu


(1912-2003), Tran Huu Chat (b 1933), and Phung Pham (b 1934). Joost van den Bergh specialises in Indian and Japanese art and is showing recent acquisitions at Benappi Fine Art in Dover Street. Chinese export specialists, Cohen & Cohen, are presenting Take Two at Colnaghi’s at 26 Bury Street during Asian Art in London. Rob Dean, exhibiting with the Grosvenor Gallery at 35 Bury Street, is exhibiting Tipu, the Daniells & Co: Company School Painting in India


(closed 11 November).


Te exhibition focuses on paintings of India by British Artists working in the 18th and 19th centuries and by Indian artists working for European patrons


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Netsuke of a bear by Okakoto, Kyoto, circa 1800, length 4.2 cm, Rosemary Bandini


over a similar period . Te art historical term Company School is derived from the patrons, who for the most part, were employees of the various European East India Companies. A romantic fascination with Indian everyday life led the Europeans to commission large sets of paintings to send back to friends and family.


Man in a Red Turban, Delhi, India, circa 1820, Rob Dean Art


Popular subjects included architecture, local crafts and tradesmen and local flora and fauna. From the turn of the 19th century, increasing numbers of Indian artists, who had originally trained in the court ateliers of the Mughal and Rajput leaders as painters, adopted Western techniques and


styles to appeal to new European patrons. Tese artists were inspired by the paintings of Western artists working in India at this period and the exhibition places British and European paintings alongside those of their Indian counterparts.


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in Copenhagen


PREVIEW IN COPENHAGEN: 22 - 27 NOVEMBER AUCTION: 29 NOVEMBER


PREVIEW IN LONDON: 5 - 8 NOVEMBER 2017


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RECEPTION: MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER AT 5-9 PM


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