Project 4 presents :

FOON SHAM

May 9 - June 13, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9 6:00-9:00pm

Project to presents a solo exhibition by Washington DC based sculptor Foon Sham.

From their overall composition to how each component fits together, Foon Sham’s intricate wood sculptures utilize principles of design and nature to create a complex,
synthetic poetry. In his deepening study of structure the work has become more architectural in its reference to building as well as to the human body and the environment.

Glenn Harper, editor of Sculpture Magazine, writes, "...it is clear that Sham's work always approaches the viewer with more than a discrete aesthetic experience. His work approaches you through multiple perceptions and cognitions, channeled through the artist's as well as the viewer's conceptual and palpable experience of the world...the smooth and rough, the laminated and carved, the singular and the stacked, the minimal and the multiple are all integral aspects of the work."

Sham's current body of work continues this exploration of space through material by appropriating recycled phone book pages into the sculptural forms. The project began in China as a comment on population and identity, but has evolved into a conversation about his preferred medium, wood, and its relationship to the environment.

Foon Sham (b. 1953, Macao China) received a BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts and an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has
exhibited his work in museums and galleries worldwide and is in numerous public and private collections including the Museo De Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico, Washington Convention Center, Art Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY and the Nagyatad Sculpture Park, Hungary. Sham is a professor at the University of Maryland. He lives and works in Virginia.

For additional information please contact:
Anne Surak, director

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