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 Porcelain Creations Charm Artworks is showing some charming colored porcelain ware of Austin artist, Sunyong Chung of East Austin's Ginko studios. Chung's dinnerware and incredible new unique vases and covered jars are represented. Chung, a native Korean, attended The University of Texas at Austin where she received a degree in art with an emphasis on ceramics. She has been a studio potter for over 20 years and has exhibited in American Craft Council shows and New York Handmade as well as many other national and international galleries and museum stores. Viewers find Chung's hand decorated forms and motifs such as dragonflies, garlic blossoms and fish irresistible. Her process is based on the traditional Japanese nerikome technique. In addition to Japanese culture, her style reflects an interest in modern art, nature and traditional embroidery. Of her work Chung says, "I believe that handmade objects possess a powerful connection between the maker and the user." Sunyong Chung's work will be on view at Artworks through March 25. For more information contact (512) 472-1550.
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Vibrant Display of Vietnamese Art at Fielding Lecht A variety of contemporary work by 10 artists from Hanoi, Vietnam is showcased in Fielding Lecht Gallery's The Ten Courts of the Kings of Hell: Vietnam Past and Present. The exhibition is curated by British artist Simon Redington and Fielding Lecht Art Director, Suzanne Lecht. Together these works portray a trajectory - from culturally specific attitudes to intensely personal expressions of Vietnamese life today. Ten Courts is built around a central installation, in which Redington addresses Buddhist beliefs concerning The Circle of Life or the law of causality. The installation includes 10 etchings as well as highly decorative Buddha sculptures on pedestals lined up along the floor. Quotes from Dante's Inferno bring these Eastern ideas into a Western context that has surprisingly modern relevance. Other painted figural sculpture and woodcut prints with rich palettes of dark reds, black and gold lend the overall exhibition installation a vibrant Baroque feel. Themes encompass forces of the past imposed upon life in the present, with threads of continuity visible in some works and veiled in others. The Ten Courts of the Kings of Hell: Vietnam Past and Present continues through April 15 at Fielding Lecht Gallery. For more information contact (512) 476-0044.
Images of Mongolian Nomadic Culture Flatbed is currently featuring a fascinating group of 20 photographs by Austin-based photojournalist, Ashley St. Clair. St. Clair's images were born from a 4-month trip through Mongolia. Color photos ranging in size describe daily life of nomadic herders and their families, including poignant portraits as well as striking landscapes. The geography of the Gobi desert - flat plains set against dramatic mountain ranges - seems strange yet familiar. Focusing on the simplicity of the Mongolian people - their home-life and sheep herding practices- these images are also imbued with an eerie theatricality. St. Clair simultaneously sheds light on a little known culture (to Westerners) as she reflects the human hardship and human beauty. Bob Schneider Show Also opening March 9th at Flatbed is The Bob Schneider Show: An Exhibition of Recent Etchings. Scheduled to coincide with SXSW, the exhibition of etchings by Austin musician Bob Schneider includes 7 new editions by a versatile crossover artist. Schneider loads all types of imagery into each of his etchings, forcing numerous viewings to visually digest his work satisfactorily. Blending biographical references and surrealist imagery, the artist's aesthetic is diverse and multifaceted Where Earth Meets Sky will be on view through March 17 and The Bob Schneider Show: An Exhibition of Recent Etchings will be on view through April 15; both at Flatbed Galleries. For more information contact (512) 477-9328. 
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