July 9th - August 10th: Zhuang Hong Yi
PRESS RELEASE
From ‘Flower Series’
(Directly from the Zoetermeer Stadsmuseum
ZHUANG HONG YI opens a solo exhibition on the
9th of July at the gallery Houses of Art Marbella
Zhuang Hong Yi was born in Sichuan province (China) in 1962
Zhuang's work can be viewed as a journey across the world; wherever Zhuang goes, he gains new experiences and images which are reflected in his paintings. His work is ever evolving, growing ever richer and, consequently, ever surprising. China, the country where Zhuang was born and embarked on his education; Groningen, where he pursued his studies and now Amsterdam where he has his studio. However, Zhuang's work cannot be classified according to nationality. Asked if he is a Chinese artist living in Netherlands or a Dutch artist with a Chinese background, he says that, above all, he feels himself to be a multicultural and maybe even transnational artist. Creating associations between disparities is a recurring theme in his oeuvre. It seems as if Zhuang collects these contrasts so that he can then fuse them together in his works.
As a kind of materialised yin and yang, these fusions result in new and harmonious images. Viewed from a distance, the first impression is a strong image: strong in colour, in shape, in associations; sometimes abstract and sometimes with references to reality. A closer look reveals an image composed of shape elements: a kind of painted collage.
His work was exhibited in museums such as: Heerenveen, Zoetermeer Groningen and Beijing and in a lot of important exhibitions abroad. He is currently exhibiting in a prestigious gallery in New York
In 2008 the Chinese ministry of Culture selected the best 150 Chinese artists and Zhuang Hong Yi was among them.
Zhuang Hong Yi is a prime example of an artist who draws his inspiration from the environment he originates from and the environment in which he finds himself.
In Zhuang's work you can follow the story of his past in China; it testifies to great professional skill, in the way he addresses his materials. His experience in the Netherlands enables him to keep on adding new techniques to his mixed methods based on the use of rice paper. His period in the Groningen countryside, with its sharply-defined, infinite horizons, is echoed in his work. Wherever Zhuang goes, he gains experiences, processing them and approaching them with unquenchable enthusiasm and originality
Place: Houses of Art Marbella, Marbella Club Hotel, Blv. Alfonso von Hohenlohe Date: 9th of July until 10th of August 2010
Opening cocktail 9th of July at 20.30.
For more information:
Marga de Jonge Tel.952 857 196 email: margadejonge@housesofart.com
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