Ways of Seeing: Tang Zhigang And Followers
Visual Arts
Description
Description
English art critic John Berger (1926-2017) suggested that the way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe. We never look at just one thing; we are always looking at the relation between things and ourselves.
This exhibition stages the works from contemporary Chinese artist Tang Zhigang and his followers, Su Jie, Su Jia Shou and Su Jia Xi. The four artists discussed the boundaries of abstract expressionism and figurative art. They are impressed with the power of abstract expressionism by Mark Rothko (1903-1970) but on the other hand, they have not been given up figurative depiction. The works presented in this exhibition are showing their unique styles and own expressions of art.
Although every artwork embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an artwork depends upon our own way of seeing. “Ways of Seeing” is a metaphor for driving the viewers to develop their own ways of seeing from each artists’ works, and thereby experience the visual fascination of art.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2017" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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