Brenda Joy Lem
Homage to the Heart  

April 15 – June 12, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday April 14, 7–9 pm
Pre-Opening Artist Tour for Members: Thursday April 14, 6:30pm

Brenda Joy Lem’s  exhibition addresses themes of memory, oral history, spirituality, and “the enduring heart,” as the artist explores her family history and the threads that connect generations.  Lem recounts fragments from the history of her family’s immigration from China and the hand-laundry business they operated in the 1930s, layered over family and archival images.  As with all early Chinese immigrants, Lem’s grandparents came through the Victoria/Vancouver port  when they arrived in Canada over 100 years ago, and that history will create a basic context for the installation at Richmond.


RELATED PROGRAMMING

Saturday May 7, 7 –9pm
Storyteller Jim Wong-Chu will share personal and historical tales relating to local Chinese-Canadian history

Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8, 11am–4pm  
As part of the Doors Open event, Mandarin and English speaking Tour Guides will be available in the Gallery
http://www.richmond.ca/culture/about/events/doorsopen.htm


VIDEO

Brenda Joy Lem Interview
Watch on Youtube
12:10 mins



Left:
Brenda Joy Lem, A Car in the New World (detail), 2008, silkscreen on paper, 75 cm × 55 cm