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Richard Saltoun Gallery's presentation focuses on two pioneering international artists of Chinese origin, Rosa Lee and Li Yuan-Chia, whose respective practices fuse Western and traditional Eastern influences to push the boundaries of abstract art.

Hong Kong-born artist and feminist theorist Rosa Lee (1957–2009) was one of the most influential figures operating in the UK in the 1980s & 90s. She created a new type of decorative abstraction within the UK that dismantled the hierarchy of fine art over craft. Her ornate canvases are heavily layered with skeins of paints in wave-like forms, …