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This exhibition represents a unique collaboration between PFOAC, Galerie Maurits van der Laar (The Hague), Birch Contemporary (Toronto) and Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir (Montreal).

Somnambulists highlights work that draws upon Pien's own universe of mythological beings and the rich tradition of Chinese papercuts; although the artist pushes beyond the limits of this medium through his blur cuts (photographic papercuts), metal cuts, engravings, mixed-technique printmaking and video. In these bodies of work, phantom-like figures travel through endless landscapes, float in darkness or appear to …