Sept. 9, 2009
Opening Reception
7pm to 9 pm
Robert Amos is one of Victoria’s best known artists, and for 35 years he has painted scenes of Victoria in watercolour and acrylics. Very few people know that during that time he has also evolved a unique synthesis using Chinese and Japanese forms to express his Canadian sensibility.
Eclectic is premiering the first Canadian exhibit of Robert Amos' new work featuring oriental style scrolls of imaginary landscapes, portraits and calligraphy. Sixteen of these pieces were presented last year at the Prince Takamado Gallery of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo.
There is a worthwhile story of a Western artist who has adopted Eastern styles. Robert has devised a new form of western calligraphy in his illuminations of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. For years, he has poured over this complex text to reconfigure every nuance and syllable into poetic stanzas which bring heightened awareness to the Irish bard's words. The words are applied by brush and ink onto oriental paper, which is then professionally mounted by master scroll makers in Taiwan. The result is a uniquely fascinating merging of East and West.
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