March 14 – April 14, 2012
Opening reception: Thursday, March 15, 2012
7 – 10 pm

Lab Art Gallery
217 S. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-933-1021
RSVP necessary to attend opening: info@labart.com
www.LabArtGallery.com

“Art is the only weapon of the people”

Using oil, canvas and the Sunday New York Times, Lydia Emily creates portrayals of life behind the bamboo curtain. In “The Bamboo Curtain”, Lydia Emily exposes the ethnic cleansing of the Tibetan people living under China’s rule.

Lydia Emily is a fine artist, street artist and activist. As the daughter of a civil rights protester, activism runs in her blood. Her activism comes from her life-long desire to bring fire to the people whether the galleries will hold her or not. It comes from the faith in the notion of nonviolent political protest; that people are not just a bunch of terrified witnesses, and that with enough passion everyone can make a difference in the world. She makes art because she believes that being in the public eye comes with a profound social responsibility, a duty to stand up and speak out.

The goal of The Bamboo Curtain is to bring light back to the ongoing torment and atrocities that the Tibetan people are suffering daily at the hands of their oppressive Chinese government. “I’m ashamed of the indifference we show towards countries that we cannot overthrow. We are only moral in actions we can win” states Lydia Emily who has created a diverse pictorial of Tibetan monks leading their lives in play and in protest.

Lydia Emily’s work has been featured nationally and worldwide with shows in Milan Italy, Berlin Germany, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, and San Francisco. Her private collectors range from Bob Dole to Winston Churchill Family. “The Bamboo Curtain” is Lydia Emily’s first solo gallery show. Lydia Emily currently lives with her two children and private zoo of shelter animals.

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