Retrospective

Beginning on May 6, 2000, Art Beatus Gallery will present a solo exhibition of works by artist, FrankTam. Included in the Retrospective will be ink paintings from the early years and mixed media installations created later in his career.

Frank immigrated to Canada in 1972, and his art began to grow substantially. He became dissatisfied with traditional Chinese media and began to consciously question Eastern and Western traditions and discovered a link between Eastern and Western philosophy's. The purpose of Chinese painting is not to explain the world, but rather to achieve a universal balance between nature and the artist. It follows that the creation of art must be natural yet spontaneous. Only in this state can the spirit of the soul travel. Tam found similar ideas in works by Western artists Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer Brice Marden. By studying these artists Tam reaffirmed a strong artistic belief.

Art Beatus will present a showcase of Tam's works created in his early to late career. The Ink on paper works in the manner of his early training will hang easily beside the mixed media on canvas works created up until Franks death in 1998.