As Dr. Paul Wang stepped into the main exhibit hall of the Art Center of Battle Creek, he contemplated which painting was his favorite, reports the Battle Creek Enquirer. "This one is my favorite," he said, before walking over to it and discussing its simplicity. A few minutes later, he spotted another piece on another wall; "Oh, this one is my favorite, too."
In a way, each of the Chinese landscape and calligraphy works were his favorites because he painted them all. Wang, a dermatologist living in Richland, was appearing at a recent artist's reception at the Art Center of Battle Creek. The event was packed with people who came to see Wang's work as well as experience a demonstration from the artist.
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Wang's work has been auctioned at the famed Christie's auction house in New York, and Wang himself said he's been told he's a living national treasure in China, and is treated like a movie star when he goes there twice a year for exhibitions. He's quick to point out, though, that he probably doesn't think of himself that way. "It's not like the Great Wall," he said. "That's a treasure."
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Source: Battle Creek Enquirer