until Sunday March 13 2016

UCCA
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798 Art District, No. 4 Jiuxiangiao Lu
100015 Beijing
China

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) presents two parallel exhibitions showcasing the works of Peter Wayne Lewis and Frederick J. Brown (1945-2012), two artists of the African diaspora whose expressive paintings draw inspiration from their respective cultural backgrounds and shared interest in jazz and spirituality.

Both artists’ curious connections with Beijing—for the past decade Lewis has made most of his work here, while Brown became in 1988 the first American artist to show at the institution now known as the National Museum of China—are also reflected on their canvases. Exploring distinct modes of abstraction, the two groupings of works create a dialogue through vibrant collisions of brushwork and color, rhythm and melody.