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Many immigrants have found Calgary a desirable destination despite the temperamental air mass that governs the city year round. Newcomers are attracted to the many economic opportunities and Calgary's high quality of life. In 1988, a group of ethnically diverse artists coalesced to form the Meeting Point Artists Association (MPAA). Their goal was to promote cultural exchange with no hidden agendas and only the purest of intentions. In the process they hoped to transcend traditional parameters and create a bridge between Canadian and Asian communities through art. To this day the MPAA reaches out to contemporary artists who are interested in blending Occidental and Oriental philosophies in art and life. Full Circle implies no beginning and no end. A variety of concepts are explored in this exhibition, such as the symbiotic relationship between Yin and Yang. In the natural world this is illustrated by opposing forces (dualities) interconnected and interdependent within a greater whole, such as male and female; day and night; summer and winter. Cofounding member Simon Wong offers the following analogy: "The West is 'Yang' and East is 'Yin'... in Western art you find rendering of external subjects with strong light and colour, but Eastern art is 'Yin' which tends to induce thoughts about places you don't see, which you have to find internally or through meditation. That is why East and West should meet and balance each other." The featured artists include Paresh Athparia, Billie D. Avery, John Chong, Honsun Chu, Helena Hadala, Winnie Ho, Morley Hollenberg, Catherine Huang-Tam, Isabelle Hunt-Johnson, Josette Khu, Lap Lam, Setsuko Onishi Moulton, Ferdinando (Fred) Spina, Pat Strakowski, Simon Y.S. Wong and Myken Woods. Curator: Les Pinter, Alberta Society of Artists
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