Angela Gram, Chen Jia, Chen Leru, Emma Hapner, Geraldine Neuwirth, Heather Im, Jane Philips, Julia Shen, Liu Yiting, Luo Min, Olivia Chigas, Orange Li, Ou Pei, Shen Cai, Song Xiangni, Song Xin, Wo Xinyu, Xu Jingyu, Zhang Chunyang, Zhang Yanzi, Renee Magnanti
March 8 – April 19, 2025 · Curated by Christy Dandan Qin
Jane Philipstinder/(we accept the love we think we deserve), 2025Oil on canvas · 15 × 10″ Inquire
Twenty-one women artists working across Asia and North America, echoing themes present in Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love — longing, restraint, and the ache of a moment not quite met.
In The Mood For Love brought together 21 women artists working across global frameworks in Asia and North America for the third presentation of this traditional women’s group exhibition, echoing themes present in Wong Kar Wai’s influential film In the Mood for Love. This pivotal group exhibit was on view at VillageOneArt from March 8 to April 19, 2025. Distinctly featuring either representational or abstract artwork, with very little commingling across the survey, the show presented a range of women working at the forefront of expressive and gestural trends in the contemporary art world.
Paintings by Chen Leru and Angela Gram centered animal forms in vibrant tones and hues, perhaps commenting on people or places through the eyes of beasts both wild and domestic. Flora permeated the paintings of Luo Min and Xin Song, with an enticing emphasis on visual texture and references to — and departures from — traditional forms of Eastern and Western schools of painting. Abstraction formed a through line connecting a range of visual stylings in works by Shen Cai, Geraldine Neuwirth, Chen Jia, Ou Pei, and Jane Philips, with varying degrees of mark-making, monochromatic, and geometric approaches embedded in these artists’ practices.
Sculptural work by Julia Shen and Yanzi Zhang offered alternate perspectives on three-dimensional artwork as avenues for figuration or abstract evocations of the body, while Zhang Chunyang, Heather Im, Xiangni Song, and Orange Li embraced the body of their subjects, depicting these figures with relative levels of gestural abstraction occluding or enhancing the scenes they inhabited.
Harnessing their undeniably unique perspectives, each artist brought a range of vibrant artistic practices to the forefront, invaluably contributing to this formidable survey of contemporary women artists boldly pushing boundaries toward an expressive artistic future.
Works in the Exhibition
Olivia ChigasHauntology Of Your Love, 2025Oil on panel · 18 × 24″ InquireOlivia ChigasIn A Mood, 2025Oil on panel · 24 × 18″ InquireZhang ChunyangClose beside you, 2024Oil on canvas · 11.8 × 15.7″ InquireZhang ChunyangLanguid Aura, 2024Oil on canvas · 11.8 × 15.7″ InquireAngela GramCarpe Noctem, 2018Oil on linen · 48 × 36″ InquireAngela GramForest God, 2017Oil on linen · 34 × 46″ InquireEmma HapnerBirth of Venus, 2025Oil on canvas · 60 × 40″ InquireHeather ImA Sedentary Procession, 2024Acrylic on canvas · 24 × 14″ InquireHeather ImShe thinks she can, 2024Acrylic on canvas · 24 × 14″ InquireHeather ImUntitled, 2024Acrylic on canvas · 18 × 24″ InquireChen JiaA Bird Lady, 2023Acrylic on canvas · 36 × 24″ InquireChen JiaStorm-Tossed in New York, 2023Acrylic on canvas · 40 × 30″ InquireChen LeruBlack Cat, 2024Oil, acrylic on canvas · 11.8 × 15.7″ InquireOrange LiAnother World, 2024Acrylic and gold glitter on wood · 12 × 16″ InquireOrange LiThe Wounded Healer, 2024Acrylic, ink and gold glitter on wood · 11 × 14″ InquireRenee MagnantiCretan Pattern with Italian Crochet, 2025Intaglio with watercolor and paper yarn weaving and crochet · 27.5 × 8″ InquireRenee MagnantiJeanne Villepreux-Power, 2025Carved encaustic on panel · 20 × 20″ InquireRenee MagnantiVenetian Lace Pattern with Overshot Weaving, 2025Intaglio with watercolor and paper yarn weaving · 27 × 8″ InquireLuo MinA Realist Rose, 2025Oil on linen · 7.9 × 7.9″ InquireLuo MinCat Ding Ding and Rose, 2024Oil on wood · 13.4 × 11.8″ InquireGeraldine NeuwirthCircus SetAcrylic on canvas with collage · 22 × 28″ InquireGeraldine NeuwirthStar GazingAcrylic on canvas with collage · 48 × 48″ InquireOu PeiBonds 1, 2025Oil on linen · 24 × 24″ InquireOu PeiBonds 2, 2025Oil on linen · 24 × 24″ InquireJane PhilipsAbsolution / (Little Mouse), 2022Oil on canvas · 84.5 × 53″ InquireJane Philipsiris/(a moment alone), 2025Oil on wood panel · 8 × 10″ InquireJane Philipstinder/(we accept the love we think we deserve), 2025Oil on canvas · 15 × 10″ InquireJane PhilipsUntitled, 2023Oil on panel · 20 × 16″ InquireShen CaiEuclid, 2022Mixed materials (set of 4) · 9.8 × 9.8″ each InquireJulia ShenUntitled, 2024Ceramic · 9 × 8 × 4″ InquireJulia ShenUntitled No.1001-24, 2024Acrylic, silkscreen print (set of 3) · 24 × 18″ InquireJulia ShenUntitled No.1002-24, 2024Acrylic, silkscreen print (set of 3) · 24 × 18″ InquireJulia ShenUntitled No.1003-24, 2024Acrylic, silkscreen print (set of 3) · 24 × 18″ InquireXiangni SongRed, 2024Watercolor on paper · 5 × 4″ InquireXiangni SongUntitled, 2024Color pencils on paper · 12 × 9″ InquireXin SongStill Life Life series #01, 2024Mixed material, watercolor and photo papercut collage · 32 × 24″ InquireXin SongStill Life Life series #02, 2024Mixed material, watercolor and photo papercut collage · 32 × 24″ InquireXin SongStill Life Life series #03, 2024Mixed material, watercolor and photo papercut collage · 32 × 24″ InquireXinyu WoTime out of mind, 2025Oil on wood panel · 12 × 12″ InquireJingyu XuUntitled, 2025Acrylic on canvas (set of 4) · 14 × 44″ overall InquireLiu YitingIn the Lights, 2024Oil on canvas · 18 × 24″ InquireYanzi ZhangThe Muti-Face, 2023Mixed materials (set of 9) · 13.8 × 7.9″ each Inquire
In The Mood For Love was on view at VillageOneArt, 150 West 25th Street, Suite 403, New York, from March 8 to April 19, 2025. Curated by Christy Dandan Qin. For inquiries regarding available works, please contact info@villageoneart.com.
