Arthur Yang

　　In 1998 at the Cité des Art in Paris the artists Arthur Yang and Mia Macfarlane began to experiment with a new type of expression, a conversation between artists called "Jam Painting".

　　The prototype for this type of artistic exchange could be the international group "Cobra" from the end of 1940s, early 1950s, or the tradition of "jam sessions" in Jazz.

　　Just as musicians improvise in a jam session two or several painters hold a visual dialogue where a non-verbal expression provokes a response that in turn provokes a reaction from a partner. The work of art that results from a Jam Painting session reflects the styles of each artist without necessarily resembling what each artist would paint separately.

　　This method of creating supposes that the artists have the capacity to interpret and adapt to certain visual clichés (such as known "classical" images and compositions) for the dynamic objectives of the conversation or to work spontaneously with abstract images.

　　This happening can also be accompanied in collaboration with the painters, by other artistic genre such as dance singing, poetry, cinema, etc. and most notably with improvised music. In this case the event is called "Jam Art" and includes an artistic dialogue between all the participants.

June 12, 1998 at the Cité des Art in Paris, The first Jam Painting took place between the Swedish-American artist Mia Macfarlane and the known multinational painter Arthur Yang.

1998 - 1999 at the Cité des Art in Paris, Arthur Yang has continued to do Jam Paintings with Mia Macfarlane and the artists Christophe Guillon, Ekatérina Tkatch, Bouchta El Hayani and Vladimir Baranov.

Summer of 1999 at the "Essig" Gallery in Bonn, Germany: Vladimir Baranov and Arthur Yang held the first public Jam Painting.

MIA Macfarlane has also continued Jam Painting with the artists Vladimir Baranov and the actor Derrick Brenner.

November 27, 2000 at the Nesle gallery in Paris. The Jam Painting happening between Arthur Yang and Mia Macfarlane attracted 300 spectators.

December 2, 2000 at the Gallery Am Eichholz in Murnau, Germany. The first Jam-art happening with improvised music from the composer and pianist Anahit and Lusiné Simonian and the visual improvisation of the German artist Rita de Muynck and Arthur Yang was held.

September 29, 2001 Rotterdam, Holland. The happening was held from Hollander painter Leo Spindelaar and Arthur Yang at the close of “Rotterdam – the cultural capital of Europe 2001” festival, organised by UNESCO.

* April 13, 2002 at the Deke Erh Art Center in Shanghai, China. The Jam Painting will take place between the Shanghainese artist Xu Yang and the known multinational painter Arthur Yang

　　Each time the result of the collective performances was unexpected and they have not resembled each other. The common characteristic between the works of art being the colours and the intensity of the energy that was held during each conversation.

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