Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers opening, visitor writing a letter to self or others in the past or future. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du, How Have You Been?, 2019. Glass, copper foil, 9.65 x 0.2 x 6.5 inches. Photograph by Peichao Lin © Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery

Meng Du, How Have You Been? (details), 2019. Glass, copper foil, 9.65 x 0.2 x 6.5 inches. Photograph by Peichao Lin © Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery

Meng Du, I Hope Everything is Fine with You, 2019. Glass, copper foil, 8.1 x 0.2 x 6.1 inches. Photograph by Peichao Lin © Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery

Meng Du, Love, 2019. Glass, copper foil, 6.5 x 0.2 x 5.7 inches. Photograph by Peichao Lin. © Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Jingxin Hu. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du: Embers installation view. Photograph by Nadia Peichao Lin. ©Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery.

Meng Du, Place, 2019. Kiln-formed glass, silver foil, 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches. Photograph by Peichao Lin © Meng Du, courtesy Fou Gallery

Poster Design: Lin Jing

Meng Du: Embers

Nov 30, 2019 – Feb 16, 2020

Opening Reception: November 30, 2019, 4–8 pm

Curator: Echo He

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The exhibition will present her latest glassworks and installations combining glass and fabric materials. This is the second solo exhibition of Meng Du held by Fou Gallery; it aims to explore the connection between uncertain memories and the present, and between dreams and reality, while attempting to depict the invisible emotions deep in our hearts—the sadness, the fear, and also the hope—which have always existed there, intertwined and fleeting.

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Chen, Nan. “Works by artist Du Meng in solo exhibition in New York.” China Daily. 2019.12.3
Wang, Sue. “Fou Gallery Announces ‘Meng Du: Embers’ Featuring Her Latest Works Will Be Open on Nov. 30.” CAFA Art Info. 2019.11.22 >>

水母. “杜蒙：玻璃是一种有温度的材料.” Vogue China. 2019.12 >>

Musorrafiti, Dominique. “Embers: Meng Du glassmaker creates unique pieces of art from personal memories and nostalgia.” China Underground. 2019.12.17 >>

Musorrafiti, Dominique. “Embers: La maestra vetraia Meng Du crea opere d’arte uniche da ricordi personali e nostalgia.” Cinaoggi. 2019.12.17 >>

何雨. “Embers and Ambers 碳烬与琥珀.” ArtChina. 2019.12.18 >>

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Artist - Meng Du

b.1986, Beijing, China

Meng Du graduated from the Graphic Design program of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (B.F.A.) in 2008 and the Digital Art program at the Department of Glass Program of Rochester Institute of Technology (M.F.A.) in 2013. Currently, she is living and working in Beijing. Her work has continued to exhibit in China, Europe, and the United States. Her recent exhibitions include: Meng Du: The Room, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai (2018); The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa at Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan (2016); Flow Grow: 2015 Qingdao Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition at Qingdao (2015); and Design Shanghai 2013 City of Craft and Design at Power Station of Art, Shanghai (2013). In June 2016, she had her first solo exhibition in New York: Meng Du: The Climb, The Fall at Fou Gallery. The same year, she won the Honorable Mention for The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan). In 2018, she won the 2018 Saxe Emerging Artist Award at 48th Glass Art Society Conference (Venice, Italy). She is the youngest artist to present a solo exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Glass.

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