Crisscrossing Through Time and Space 2018
Venue: Daguan Gallery — 16, Lane 69, JingYeh 2nd Rd, Taipei, Tai wan
Exhibition Period: 21 Jul - 19 Aug 2018
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Ink painting is one of the media that is unique to traditional Chinese art. The various visual representations and wide range of subjects that cover fingers, flower and bird, animals and spectacular landscapes in ink painting have become a cultural symbol though thousands of years’ development.
The development of ink painting in Hong Kong is a completely different story. The misplacement of time and space and the merging of classical elements with new ideas led to the unique style of contemporary ink art in Hong Kong. The artists from both regions aim to “grasp the traditional elements” whilst developing new representations. Taiwan and Hong Kong: one focuses on medium and techniques, whilst the other reassembles form and symbols. While developing art independently, Taiwanese artists are highly skilled in creating playful works with ink and a medium, whilst artists in Hong Kong have worked with the cultural symbols visually.
Daguan gallery presents the works from three young female artists – Chan Sui-Ying, Wong Yee-Ki and Cheng Tan-Shan. The three artists provide fresh ideas and humorous works that are applied with traditional ink and colour techniques and whimsical and mythical representations of daily lives.
Mounted on screens, scrolls or frames, the works are presented in various forms, yet the freshness of the composition and subjects are equally fine. It is not difficult to see the shared characteristics among the three artists’ works, for they are all applied with meticulous lines and colours, which display their delicacy. Additionally, the use of classical elements and symbols are clearly visible in the three artists’ works. The mysterious representation of classical elements within contemporary setting and cultural symbols can be seen as a misplacing of time and space, leading the audience though different worlds.
Daguan Gallery sincerely invites you to come and witness the way Chan Sui-Ying, Cheng Tan-Shan and Wong Yee-Ki crisscross culture symbols from traditional landscape, bird and flower paintings, with contemporary life styles, and how they create a misplacement of time though the compositions and techniques. We would like to invite the audience to experience the new methods for ink as a medium.
