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	Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions ArtScene - September / October
	Vigorous figurative elements intertwine and twist aggressively through abstract space in Acton Chin’s current series, Forever Existence. Power and vitality are conveyed, but so is vulnerability and mortality. The series was directly stimulated by 9/11, and stands as an expression of personal horror and resistance. The history of this Chinese native (Chin emigrated to the US during the 1980s) has been to mix a surrealist sensibility with a fascination for mixed cultural symbols. The current more formally unified work may be the result of an emotional shock that hit millions very hard.


	Acton Chin, "Forever Existence I," 2004, mixed media on canvas, 52 x 92".

	But the ironic payoff is that this may have freed Chin to imbue deeply felt personal principles more directly into his painting (Absolute Art Gallery, Pasadena).

Continuing and Recommended Exhibitions