Ming Fay
Ming Fay
Workspace Program Resident 1990
"I am inspired when something unknown or ambiguous in nature catches my eye, despite the fact that what is seen seems to be clear and perceivable." —Ming Fay
The continuing theme of Ming Fay's art since the early 1970s is the mimesis of nature transformed through keen observation of plant life. Like Paul Wong, Fay has infused aspects of Chinese culture, philosophy and popular mythology into his work, successfully grafting together Eastern and Western traditions. His study of Taoism, which recognizes humanity as one element in the continuum of nature, suggests it is possible through balance and change to obtain good fortune and esoteric knowledge about longevity by magical alchemy. Fay's fascination with the garden and its implications of cyclical decay and renewal have informed his still-life depictions of strangely human scale fruit and vegetables and more recent garden archetypes. Nature visible, the animal and vegetable, is the explicit theme of Ming Fay’s sculpture. His cast paper models of water nuts “Lings (horns)” have the presence of iron, or encrusted bone, but they are light.
About the Artist
Ming Fay (b. 1943, Shanghai) is a New York City-based sculptor. Ming Fay grew up in Hong Kong, moving to the United States in 1961 to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design. He received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Fay has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad and has received numerous commissions for public art projects worldwide. (Source: Sapar Contemporary)
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