Thursday 9 February 2017 to Wednesday 15 February 2017
SOLO SHOW - SUN Hongmin
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Born in 1961, lives and works in Guangzhou, China • Graduated from Oil painting department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1988 • Vice-president of Guangdong Artists Association • Director of Guangdong Academy of Young Artists • Vice-director of studio at Guangdong Academy of Painting
Lorsque Jia m’a proposé la candidature de Hongmin, elle me l’a présentée comme une peintre des fleurs. Une drôle d’idée dans une galerie d’art contemporain et pourtant, si la vice présidente de l’association des artistes de Guangdong réalise d’intéressants bouquets de fleurs en vases, ce qui est saisissant dans son travail ce sont les jeunes filles en fleurs, parfois seules, souvent à deux, dans des attitudes troublantes à la Balthus ou David Hamilton. Mais là l’impudeur ne vient pas de la tenue, très conventionnelle, mais de la posture. C’est un travail important, à découvrir et à collectionner tant que c’est accessible.
Born in 1961, lives and works in Guangzhou, China • Graduated from Oil painting department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1988 • Vice-president of Guangdong Artists Association • Director of Guangdong Academy of Young Artists • Vice-director of studio at Guangdong Academy of Painting
When Jia nominated me for Hongmin, she introduced her to me as a painter of flowers. A funny idea in a contemporary art gallery and yet, if the vice president of the Guangdong artists' association makes interesting bouquets of flowers in vases, what is striking in her work is the young girls in flowers, sometimes alone, often in pairs, in disturbing attitudes à la Balthus or David Hamilton. But here the shamelessness does not come from the dress, very conventional, but from the posture. It’s important work, to discover and collect while it is accessible.
