Sesow Made in China


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Matt Sesow paints in China during july 2008

"Made in China"
show at Longview Gallery DC
August/September 2008
"DC Examiner": published September 4, 2008 (daily print edition and online):



"Critic's Pick" DC City Paper:
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"Northwest Current":
Paintings completed in China and for the "made in china" show at longview gallery... by matt sesow:
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"China Time"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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China Travel Journal

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on paper
10" x 7"
36 pages
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"Factory Worker"

acrylic/oil on unstretched canvas
33" x 45"
(began in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"Long March"

acrylic/oil/mixed on DC street banner
and handmade paper from china
30" x 60"
(paper and collage collected from Panjiayuan Market
in Beijing China 2008)
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"When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Mao"

acrylic/oil on unstretched canvas
33" x 45"
*SOLD
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"Water buffalo"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"red Hand"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Downward Slide"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Made in China"
30" x 40"
acrylic/house paint on stretched canvas
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China Travel Journal

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on paper
10" x 7"
36 pages
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"Fixed Income"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Democracy"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"The Army and the People are All One Family"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Be Prepared"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
sesow brut outsider

"Pong"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Commie"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Terra Cotta Soldiers"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"Opening Ceremony"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
sesow brut outsider

"Tour Guide Look Away"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Ten Thousand Buddhas"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"Guaridan Angel in China"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"A Bad Element is publicly criticized"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling through 3 gorges damn
*SOLD
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"Kung Foo High School"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Cup O' Bunny"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling through 3 gorges damn
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"Lucky Pandas"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Two Fingers
(with american missle)"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling on yangtze in china
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"best Guarantee"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"Paper Tiger"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Last Kiss"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling through 3 gorges damn
sesow brut outsider

"Soldiers and Members of the Party"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Work is Struggling"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"It Takes a Worried Man,
to Sing a Worried Song"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Bombs Away"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Study Hard, Make Progress Every Day"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
*SOLD
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"Party Girl"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
11" x 14"
(created in China July 2008)
hong kong
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"Mao in Henan

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Joker"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Yangtze Smoke"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Blues Lute China"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"China Man"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)

SEE photos from Matt Sesow in China by CLICKING here...
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"Dream to be Shanghai Acrobat"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Eastern-style Squat"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling through 3 garges dam locks in china
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"Colonialism"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling on yangtze in china
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"Ideal"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
while traveling on yangtze in china
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"Mao"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Young Girls on Bike"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD

SEE photos from Matt Sesow in China by CLICKING here...
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"Zhan Zhan rides a Bike"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Punch Panda"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
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"h5n1 (chicken fight back)"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
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"American Buddha"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Sounds Familiar"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Affection"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Broken"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Scottie"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Abacus"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Undercover"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
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"Sesow in China"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Meat"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Just Visiting"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Imperial"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Conservative"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Mao Pong"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Single Child Twin Policy"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Mao in Beijing"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Burning Hearts"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"half American"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
*SOLD
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"Party Elite"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Pals."

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Six Party"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
*SOLD
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"Cocoa"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Subcontinent Development"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Smiles"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Ready to Serve"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Toast"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
sesow brut outsider

"Out Jezebel"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
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"Mainland Tourist"
Paintings from China 2008

9"x12"

(created in China July 2008)
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Paintings from China 2008

journal sample.. not done, in progress

(created in China July 2008)
sample of journal in progresspage1
sample of journal in progresspage2
sample of journal in progresspage3
sample of journal in progresspage4
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"Shanghi Trendy"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Loudmouth"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Acrobat Waiting"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Disappointment"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
inspired by 'China Daily' newspaper
original picture attached on back
sesow brut outsider

"Friendship"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
sesow brut outsider

"Made in China"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
sesow brut outsider

"Bicyclist"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Kitty"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"One Child Policy"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD

SEE photos from Matt Sesow in China by CLICKING here...
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"Maoist"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Handicraft"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Factory"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Condolences"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Piece"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Made on the Yangtze"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Outside the Restaurant"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Buddha Bud"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"McGoo"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Shipwreck"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Yangtze River Boat Commander"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
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"Perfect Catch"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Party Priveleged"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Education"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
*SOLD
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"Breadth of Mind"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Member"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
sesow brut outsider

"Mao Wave"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"The Clap"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
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"Happy"

acrylic/mixed (media obtained while in China)
on bristol paper
9" x 12"
(created in China July 2008)
Full text from above Washington Post article:
A Chinese Holiday, Caught on Canvas: Two local artists, Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow, did what many of us wish we could do and took off for a three-week jaunt through China just before the Olympics kicked off in Beijing. But it was a working holiday: Political painter Ellyn and expressionist Sesow painted and drew what they saw there, ending up with documentary-style works that capture factory workers, daily life and even an impression left by Mao. A show of some of the resulting works opened at Long View Gallery this month. Free. Wednesday-Sunday 11am-7pm through Sept 20. Long View Gallery, 1302 Ninth Street, NW 202-23204788.
Full text from above City Paper article:
"Made in China"
At Long View Gallery to September 20

By Maura Judkis
Posted: August 27, 2008

With the Olympic athletes gone, China is back to what it was when local artists Matt Sesow and Dana Ellyn visited for three weeks in July to create the works in "Made in China." And because the pair took a state-sponsored tour with other Westerners, their view of the country often evokes the sterilized images we saw while watching the Olympics„happy acrobats, pandas, posters of a waving Chairman Mao, smiling schoolchildren. A few of the paintings hint at darker themes, though, such as Ellyn's China Trendy, which shows four girls wearing fashionable air-quality masks, or her self-explanatory Puppies in the Pantry. The show, which includes paintings and collage works, also captures the artists' reactions to their trip with humor and a critical eye. Sesow's illustrated journal has snippets from the plane ride: "The pilot said we would be traveling over the North Pole. Santa?" while Ellyn's reaction to their less-than-enthusiastic tour group is No Place Like Home, a tall portrait of a pained-looking American in a Dorothy costume, clutching a McDonald's cup and a Chinese fan, surrounded by fascinated Chinese schoolchildren. The two artists' styles contrast especially in how they, as Westerners, portray the eyes of their Chinese subjects„Sesow's are cartoonishly round, anxious, and expressionistic, while Ellyn's are sunken and dark. Their China, while polite and stereotypical, doesn't lack for color or intrigue. "MADE IN CHINA" IS ON VIEW FROM 11 A.M. TO 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, TO Saturday, SEPT. 20, AT LONG VIEW GALLERY, 1302 9TH ST. NW. FREE. (202) 232-4788. Aug. 29 - Sep. 4, 2008 (Vol. 28, #35)
Press Release:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    Drew Porterfield
               202.232.4788
               Drew_Porterfield@longviewgallery.com

Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow
"Made in China" August 16 - September 20, 2008

 Opening Reception: Saturday, August 16, 6 to 9pm

Washington, D.C. - [July 29, 2008] - The Long View Gallery is pleased to announce a new exhibition of work by D.C. artists Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow.

China is in the news a lot these days. While garnering fewer reports of its widespread human rights violations and environmental woes, it is mostly making headlines with heartwarming stories anticipating the 2008 Olympic Games in the capital city of Beijing. With tensions high and the excitement building for the Olympics, Dana Ellyn and Matt Sesow packed up and headed to China for 3 weeks, documenting their journey on canvas and paper.

Dana Ellyn's work demonstrates a risk-taking vision, strong content and a colorful critique of social morality - perfect for traversing the complicated culture of China. Her paintings are often inspired by news stories and current events which allow for an immediate connection to her work. Ellyn's "Made in China" pieces run the gamut of Chinese figures, from street vendors to heads of state; even Mao couldn't escape her brush!

Matt Sesow, one of D.C.'s premiere outsider artists, is a master portrayer of conflict. His work demands a reaction; his expressionist style comes across frantic, though his pieces feel resolved. Like Ellyn, Sesow's work for the "Made in China" show focuses on figures he encountered while traveling around China, with the occasional chicken thrown in - a regular visitor in his work.





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