Lub McKnight Foundation tau xaiv tus kws yees duab thaij duab Wing Young Huie kom tau txais 2018 McKnight Distinguished Artist Award. [Saib cov duab ntawm qhov qhia]. Lub xyoo honour, tam sim no nyob rau hauv nws lub xyoo 21st, muab $ 50,000 rau ib tug kws ua yeeb yam hauv Minnesota uas tau ua ib qho tseem ceeb hauv lub xeev qhov kev coj noj coj ua.
Wing Young Huie tau sau txog Minnesota qhov kev hloov chaw nyob rau ntau tshaj 30 xyoo hauv cov duab uas hais kom peb tsom mus rau cov neeg thiab cov chaw uas feem ntau tsis pom zoo, "hais tias Kate Wolford, President of McKnight . "Txawm hais tias nws tham nrog ib tus menyuam kawm ntawv qib siab los sis tig tag nrho cov nroog loj rau hauv qhov chaw nkaum qhov chaw rau pej xeem, Wing muaj qhov khoom plig tsawg heev rau cov kev xav nyuaj thiab kev caw tau sib tham los ntawm nws cov duab zoo nkauj. Peb tsis tuaj yeem zoo siab los ntawm pawg neeg saib xyuas qhov kev txiav txim siab los saib ib tus kws yees duab uas yeej tau hloov peb cov duab ntawm yam ua rau Minnesotan txhais tau tias. "
Born thiab Duluth nyob rau hauv Duluth, Huie ua ke hauv kev tshaj tawm xovxwm hauv University of Minnesota nrog nws tus kheej kev qhia kev yees duab los ua ib tug neeg tshajtawm xov xwm thiab tus tub yees duab, ua ntej nws nyiam mloog xov xwm hauv teb chaws thiab kev paub txog kev kos duab rau nws txoj kev sib txuas thiab kev sib txuas duab. Pib xyoo 1990, Huie siv nws lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav txog ntau yam kab lis kev cai txawv ntawm St. Paul's Frogtown thiab ntsia ib qho khoom plig rau pej xeem hauv qhov chaw khoob khoob. Tom qab ntawd, xyoo 2000, nws tau nres txoj kev Lake Street mus rau hauv lub voj voog mus rau hauv 6 mais, nthuav tawm pua pua duab hauv storefronts thiab sab ntawm lub tsev khoob khoob tsev (tam sim no Midtown Market Market).
Cov duab yog muab los ntawm Wing Young Huie
Kaum lub xyoo tom qab nrog Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Txoj Kev Avenue, nws tau hloov ib lub voj voog ntawm 6-mais ntawm lwm qhov ntawm Minnesota qhov feem ntau cov hlab ntsha mus rau hauv ib qho chaw sab nrauv uas muaj cov duab ua yeeb yam hmo ntuj thiab cov duab nyob hauv thaj tsam ntawm cov tuam tsev thiab cov lag luam. Nyuam qhuav tsis ntev los no, Huie txoj haujlwm tau hais txog "chalk tham" portraits, uas nws cov ntsiab lus tsim ib nqe lus uas feem ntau nthuav qhia qhov kev sib faib ntawm tib neeg kev muaj tiag thiab kev xav rau pej xeem. Carla McGrath, tus thawj coj ntawm Highpoint Center for Printmaking thiab ib lub koom haum ntau tus neeg koom siab uas yog tus tswv cuab ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm nominated Huie rau tus nqi zog. Nws phau ntawv xya, "Chinese-ness: The Meaning of Identity and Nature of Belonging," yog rau cov ntawv tshaj tawm los ntawm Minnesota Historical Society Xovxwm thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj xyoo 2018.
"Wing Young Huie tau sau ntawv Minnesota qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm ntau tshaj 30 xyoo hauv cov duab uas thov kom peb tsom ntsoov rau tib neeg thiab qhov chaw uas pheej tsis kam."
-KAUM HAIS TIAS, TUS NEEG
Huie, nws cov duab tau tawm ntawm Budapest mus rau Beijing, tau tsim ib lub khw muag khoom, Lub Tsev Qhov Chaw, nyob hauv tsev ntev ntev hauv Minneapolis hauv xyoo 2011. Nws piav txog qhov project li "ib chav nyob hauv nroog rau cov tub ntxhais tuaj sab nrauv, kev sib txuas lus, zaj dab neeg, thiab ping pong. "Nws kuj ua rau lub tsev kawm ntawv, cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, thiab cov pab pawg hauv zej zog, siv yees duab los ua kom pom kev sib txawv ntawm qhov kev sib raug zoo. "Ntau npaum li cas ntawm peb qhov project txog qhov kev muaj tiag nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm peb yog cov duab los ntawm cov kab lis kev cai pop, es tsis yog tus kheej kev paub?" Huie nug. "Thaum kuv qhia rau cov menyuam kawm ntawv tias kuv thau duab neeg txawv, feem ntau ntawm lawv - thiab ib co xib hwb-xav tias nws muaj creepy. Ces kuv nug, 'Muaj pes tsawg tus xav tias koj yog ib tus neeg txawv rau feem coob ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm hauv koj lub tsev kawm ntawv?' Feem ntau tua lawv ob txhais tes. Yog tias peb yog ib haiv neeg, txhais tau tias ib tus neeg tsis paub, peb yuav muaj ntau dua ntawm ib haiv neeg. "
Huie tau raug xaiv los ntawm pawg neeg hauv zej zog nrog kev pom dav thiab muaj kev paub txog thaj av ntawm ntau haiv neeg txuj ci thiab kab lis kev cai. Pawg neeg sawv cev suav nrog Lori Pourier, tus thawj tswj hwm, Thawj Pawg Neeg Txhim Kho Nyiaj; Sandra Agustin, tus kws qhia ua yeeb yaj kiab thiab tus kws tshaj lij kev ua yeeb yam; Eleanor Savage, tus thawj coj hauv programme, Jerome Foundation; Rohan Preston, kev ua yeeb yam txuj ci, Lub Hnub Qub Tribune; thiab Brian Frink, kws kos duab thiab lub rooj zaum, Department of Art, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
HAIS TXOG QHOV TSIM NYOG KOM TXHEEJ TXHEEM NTSWS
Lub Ib tus neeg qhuas qhuas paub cov kws ua yeeb yaj kiab uas tau xaiv los ua lawv lub neej thiab haujlwm ua haujlwm hauv Minnesota, uas ua rau peb lub xeev muaj ntau qhov chaw zoo nkauj. Txawm hais tias lawv muaj lub peev xwm thiab lub sijhawm los nrhiav lawv txoj haujlwm, lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm no tau xaiv los nyob-thiab los ntawm lawv tus kheej, lawv tau hloov. Lawv tau tsim thiab txhawb zog cov koom haum kev ua yeeb yam, txhawb cov tub ntxhais hluas, thiab nyiam cov neeg tuaj saib thiab cov phooj ywg. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws, lawv tau ua zoo, xav-provoking kos duab. Lub hom phiaj ntawm McKnight cov kev kos duab yog los txhawb cov haujlwm ua haujlwm uas tsim thiab ua rau cov zej zog muaj kev vibrant. Peb cov kev kawm Askiv yog tsim los ntawm kev ntseeg tias Minnesota zoo thaum lawv cov neeg ua yeeb yam zoo. Cov Ntaus Nqi Phaj Tshab ntawm Distinguished Artist mus rau ib tus kws kos duab Minnesota txhua xyoo.
HAIS TXOG KEV TSIS TXAUS SIAB (McKNIGHT FOUNDATION)
Lub McKnight Foundation, lub tsev hauv paus hauv Minnesota, nrhiav kev txhim kho lub neej zoo rau lub sijhawm tam sim no thiab yav tom ntej. Qhov kev txaus siab ntawm cheeb tsam muaj xws li lub regional economic thiab zej zog, Minnesota kev ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam, kev kawm ntawv, kev koom tes rau cov hluas, Midwest kev nyab xeeb thiab lub zog, Mississippi River zoo, kev tshawb nrhiav txog roj ntsha, kev tshawb nrhiav thoob ntiaj teb, thiab cov chaw nyob. Founded hauv 1953 thiab nws tus kheej tau los ntawm William thiab Maude McKnight, lub Foundation muaj nyiaj ntawm kwv yees li $ 2.3 billion thiab nyiaj txog $ 90 lab hauv ib lub xyoo.
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