September 2008 Review, ‘Contemporary Chinoiserie’ in CRAFTS

“The vision of China represented in this exhibition is, as the title suggest, still a romantic and fanciful one, though more actively engaged than its antecedents.  Moments of darker realities do pierce through uncomfortably…Gayle Chong Kwan’s detached observation of the deserted English style satellite town outside Shanghai.”

Contemporary Chinoiserie, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, 2008