{"title":"Celia Lees| Eyes Shut | Advance Preview","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSolo exhibition dates: September 12 -26, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpper Gallery\u003cbr\u003eBau-Xi Gallery Vancouver\u003cbr\u003e3045 Granville Street\u003cbr\u003eOpening Reception Saturday September 12, 2026, 2-4pm\u003cbr\u003eArtist in Attendance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBau-Xi Vancouver is proud to present \u003cem\u003eEyes Shut\u003c\/em\u003e, the inaugural exhibition in Vancouver by the dynamic emerging Toronto-based artist Celia Lees. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intuitive painter, Lees utilizes high abstraction to articulate emotion, interior thought and lived experience through colour, gesture and mark-making. In this new body of work, Lees explores the act of closing one’s eyes as a means of active selectivity, turning away from the barrage of information that infiltrates contemporary daily life, thereby reclaiming interior space. The new works are aptly minimal and make use of an autumnal palette, elegant staining and considered spare marks, exploring how restraint and selective attention can become visual strategies for creating space for quieter forms of thought and perception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo secure a piece, please contact us at 604-733-7011 or \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@bau-xi.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003einfo@bau-xi.com\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Paintings are unframed unless otherwise noted. 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