A quick disclaimer. Some artists in the blog are from the gallery and others are not. I am not paid to promote any artists whom I do not represent. This blog is simply for the joy of sharing my discoveries with you. Comments welcome!
We've all been there - it's that split second difference between the world as we know it and everything standing on its head. In his new series of works, Wu Jun (Chinese, b.1959), interrogates the relationship between change and state of mind.
Read MoreChen Li (Chinese, b.1971) is a Yunnan-based painter who has created an interesting juxtaposition between peace of mind and today's fast-paced, image-laden existence.
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Read MoreXiong Huiming (Chinese, b. 1957) works with traditional heavy colour ink painting techniques on Korean rice paper, applying ink to both sides of the thin paper to create saturated, vibrant colours.
Read MoreChinese Landscape painting evolved into an independent genre in the late Tang Dynasty as an outlet for scholar-artists who sought in nature wisdom and an escape from their daily routine and official responsibilities. Centuries later ...
Read MoreRecently, over a glass of wine, a friend asked that I show him the works of Chen Li, a Chinese contemporary artist whom I represent and whose paintings I collect. Having looked through my catalogue, he remarked "I really like his work but I must have horrible taste because real contemporary art is all about angst and these paintings make me happy." That got me thinking.
Read MoreWang Yuhui (Chinese, b. 1956) powerfully conveys environmental commentary through the media of ink and oil painting.
Read MoreThis painting of the river Longchangiang by the Chinese contemporary artist Chen Li (b. 1971), is perhaps best described by the words of Langston Hughes, a 20th century American jazz-poet, writer and social activist (1902-1967).
Read MoreSome love it, some hate it, some don’t get it, but we’re still talking about Malevich’s Black Square over a century after it was first exhibited in 1915 in Petrograd. I recently came across an intriguing new way of looking at this famous work - based in the Chinese traditions.
Read MoreChen Li's swirling lines and harmonious colours convey the magic of a still mountain top, the movement of the wind, the viscousness of heat. For him, it's about searching for and finding a feeling of deep happiness, and expressing it through his work.
Read MoreWu Jun (Chinese, b.1959) explores the feeling of rootlessness and disorientation brought by change. He compares the effect of China’s rapidly changing way of life to the migration of birds, conveying the feeling of weightlessness and roaming, and the need to adapt to survive.
Read MoreCabinets of curiosities (which according to Wikipedia are also known as Kunstkabinett, Kunstkammer, Wunderkammer, Cabinets of Wonder, and wonder-rooms) are collections of extraordinary objects which, in various forms and formats through the centuries, have inspired wonder and the interpretation and re-interpretation of the world.
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