Entrance to exhibit of 70 drawings mounted on 22 scrolls hung on red felt panels suspended from ceiling on bamboo poles
Gao Feng's Han writing brush with black ink draws Dongba symbols on rice paper to interpret Naxi genesis tale
Examples of modern additions to Dongba pictograms by Gao, Naxi, Han, and Texas school children
Gao's greeting and 1st 3 illustrations of WORSHIP HEAVEN
This 1st exhibit was organized under the Museum directorship of Catherine LaCroix and the Board Presidency Bill Jue. Jue saw "each piece as both shi yitu (painting representing the idea of a poem) and tishihua (painting inscribed with a poem". LaCroix saw that Gao's work would interest not only collectors of different forms of Asian calligraphy like Jue, but also pre adolescent collectors of mangas and animes.
Gao's family, Chinese consul, and a Museum board member
As an American, my first reaction to Gao's work had also been that it resembled a giant's cartoon strip awaiting annimation.
