ONGOING ASIA WEEK NEW YORK EXHIBITION
Fluid Strength: The Art of Ink
March 13 – May 3, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, March 14th from 5-8pm
Asia Week Artist Talk Series: Sunday & Monday, March 16 &17 from 3-5pm (In-person & Online) Kindly RSVP
Asia Week Hours: 10am-6pm (otherwise by appointment)
We are pleased to present Fluid Strength: The Art of Ink, a group exhibition during 2025 Asia Week. This exhibition explores the profound philosophical connotations of water-based ink as a medium, rooted in the Daoist concept of softness, yielding, and resilience. In East Asian art history, water and ink symbolize Yin energy—gentle yet powerful, nourishing and sustaining all life. This principle is vividly expressed in Daoist thought: “Water flows without contention, achieving great deeds by simply being natural.”
Water’s ability to adapt, nurture, and overcome reflects an essential worldview that has shaped Chinese culture, art, and philosophy for centuries. From ancient calligraphy and landscape painting to contemporary expressions, ink art embodies this enduring perspective, flowing across time and geography—from East Asia to the West.
In conjunction with the exhibition, we will host a two-part artist talk series (March 16 & 17, 3-5pm) celebrating contemporary Asian and transcultural art. The first session, “Ink Art: The Past in the Present,” highlights three Chinese diaspora artists—Tai Xiangzhou, Wang Mansheng, and Zhang Xiaoli—who reinvigorate classical ink traditions. The second session, “Tradition Across Borders: A Transcultural Exchange,” features Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, and Brandon Sadler, American artists who explore East Asian aesthetics through transcultural mediums, bridging tradition and innovation.
This exhibition invites viewers to experience the timeless power and grace of water-based ink art, celebrating its role in connecting tradition and innovation, philosophy and artistic practice.
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
To register for the Artist Talks in-person or online, click here.
To learn more about the exhibition, click here.
RELATD EVENTS
QM Talks | Asia Week New York Artist Talk Series
We cordially invite you to our artist talk series in celebration of Asia Week New York this month, highlighting its commitment to promoting contemporary Asian and transcultural art. The event will feature six gallery-represented artists who have made significant contributions to this field and will take place on Sunday, March 16, and Monday, March 17, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
TRADITION ACROSS BORDERS: A TRANSCULTURAL EXCHANGE
Monday, March 17 from 3-5pm
In-person & Online (Kindly RSVP)
The second part, “Tradition Across Borders: A Transcultural Exchange,” features Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, and Brandon Sadler—three American artists from distinct cultural backgrounds. United by their deep engagement with East Asian visual culture, they create works inspired by centuries-old traditions of East Asian painting and calligraphy. This discussion will explore their transcultural practices on East Asian art through distinct artistic mediums, reflecting the interconnected realities of today’s global world and challenging cultural binaries by bridging Eastern and Western aesthetics.
To learn more & RSVP, click here.
PAST TALK
INK ART: THE PAST IN THE PRESENT
Sunday, March 16 from 3-5pm
In-person & Online (Kindly RSVP)
The first part “Ink Art: The Past in the Present,” highlights Tai Xiangzhou, Wang Mansheng, and Zhang Xiaoli—three Chinese diaspora artists whose work draws essence from classical East Asian culture, rediscovering the evolution of tradition in the contemporary world. They will discuss their innovative approaches to the ink art tradition, incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives, and share insights into their current exhibitions in esteemed institutions across the U.S.
About the Gallery
We work at the intersection of East and West, contemporary and traditional. We are dedicated to exploring the visual and geographic globalization of contemporary Asian art and documenting artists’ work that resonates with classical Asian philosophy, aesthetics, and culture, with no limits on their expressive mediums.
With the rapidly evolving contemporary art scene as our backdrop, our mission is to present major artists’ creative trajectories to a wider audience through exhibitions, in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and forums for scholarly exchanges. FQM ultimately provides an educational venue where visual pleasure is paired with intellectual challenge, highlighting the broad effects of globalization, and transnational and diaspora experiences.
Our team, enriched with over a decade of experience from leading global auction houses, offers unparalleled expertise in the appraisal, dealing, and management of Chinese art. Grounded in a commitment to excellence, we are certified by the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
