Ming Zhou celebrates at Orr Street Studios

April 9, 2009 | 10:34 a.m. CDT

Ming Zhou, right, interacts with Dennis Murphy during the inauguration of her paintings at Orr Street Studios on Friday. Zhou said the paintings are her critique of China's new middle class, which she feels is mimicking the West and paying no attention to the spiritual aspects of traditional Chinese culture.

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