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Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA. January 2, 2015. Docent LINDA SCHWARTZ shares information about the artwork exhibits at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit on Long Island. Artwork on wall by Chinese artist Lin Tianmiao is Digital Photograph on canvas with thread, with eyes nose and lips of face faintly visible. (© Ann Parry, annParry.com)

China Now and Then at Nassau County Museum of Art

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
January 6, 2015

My friend Pat Dillon and I caught the China Now and Then exhibition at Nassau County Museum of Art a few days ago.

2, 2015. Figure of a Tiger, China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), is on display with other blue and white China at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit on Long Island. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA. January 2, 2015. Figure of a Tiger, China, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), is on display with other blue and white China at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit on Long Island. (© 2015 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

A dramatic docent was already leading a tour group when we arrived, so we spent our time in the ground level galleries capturing photographs and learning about ancient Chinese blue and white porcelain and 21st Century Chinese ink-on-paper paintings.

Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA. January 2, 2015.

Roslyn Harbor, New York, USA. January 2, 2015. ‘Slogan A7: One World One Dream’ (2008), acrylic on vinyl, by artist Zhang Dali (b. 1963), at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit. Photo of Smiling girl can be seen when viewing artwork from distance. (© 2015 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

Then we climbed the spiral staircase to the upstairs galleries which mainly featured contemporary Chinese art.

Roslyn, New York, USA. January 2, 2015. Dinosaur (2006) in red polyresin, by Chinese artist Sui Jianguo (b. 1956) is displayed at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit.

Roslyn, NY USA. January 2, 2015. Dinosaur (2006) in red polyresin, by Chinese artist Sui Jianguo, is on display at Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit. (© 2015 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)

The China Now and Then exhibition’s synergistic blend of ancient and modern Chinese art was both inspiring and fun, and we ended our visit at the museum’s Gift Shop, where I bought colorful Swirl Sunglasses.

Feature Photo (at top of post): Roslyn Harbor, N.Y., USA. January 2, 2015. Docent LINDA SCHWARTZ conducts tour at the Nassau County Museum of Art China Now and Then Exhibit. Artwork on wall by Chinese artist Lin Tianmiao is Digital Photograph on canvas with thread, with eyes nose and lips of face faintly visible.

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United Ink Flight 914 Tattoo and Body Arts Show

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From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
October 16, 2014

For those who appreciate tattoos and other body arts, United Ink Flight 914 was the Long Island show to catch at the Cradle of Aviation mid-September. Tattoo artists and aficionados from the USA and abroad were at booths and events throughout the museum’s three floors.

Garden City, New York, USA. September 14, 2014. SEAN GRIFFEN, aka NME, of Freeport, is a graffiti artist creating an outdoor mural of a girl, at the United Ink Flight 914 tattoo convention at the Cradle of Aviation museum of Long Island. (Ann Parry/Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)

Garden City, New York, USA. Sept. 14, 2014. Graffiti artist SEAN GRIFFEN (aka NME) creates outdoor mural at United Ink Flight 914, Cradle of Aviation museum, Long Island. (© 2014 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)

Outdoors, visitors could watch artists create murals. And United Ink’s body suspension show later that evening was piercingly memorable.

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