The Spring of 1998 is the eighty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Professor Wang Fang Yu. We had planned a celebration together with him for which he picked dragons as the theme. This had been planned two years ago and Professor Wang had been preparing calligraphic works for this celebration. We also have been setting aside sculpture, ceramics and other works of art with the dragon theme. We felt that this showing of the latest works of Wang Fang Yu should occur even though we are greatly saddened by the loss of our friend for thirty years .

In Asia, the dragon personified strength and the elements of Nature. In Daoist terms, the dragon is "yang", the male essence, the Sun, and the positive force. In the West, value judgments of good and evil are placed on all things; the dragon is demonic in the West.... read more