THE BLAZING WORLD
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LI Ning 李寧 Stanley SHUM 沈軍翰 11 January – 29 February 2020 Opening: Saturday, 11 January, 2-5 pm EXIT presents dual exhibition “The Blazing World” by emerging artists LI Ning and Stanley SHUM. The artists create their own world order with scenes taken from daily fragments, the imaginary and the subconscious through prints and oil works respectively. EXIT presents dual exhibition “The Blazing World” by emerging artists LI Ning and Stanley SHUM. The artists create their own world order with scenes taken from daily fragments, the imaginary and the subconscious through prints and oil works respectively. LI Ning’s subject matter is inspired by dreams and daily sceneries, with multiple scenes and characters presented in the same composition. He constructs a bizarre world of unique characters being in a boundless territory without a definite start and end, with multiple actions and narratives happening at the infinite loop of time and space. LI’s working style fuses with his practice and experience as a tattoo practitioner. He applies delicate lines to form positive and negative space structures, adopting the sensibility and techniques of tattooing into his print works. The format of both mediums is remarkably similar: it is a process of pigment insertion and conversion of inked-lines into patterns on to human skins and canvas’ surfaces. His technique is also a form of collaging, instead of using ready-made as his source-material, he applies and combines his own archive of image patterns and materials for his composition. Stanley SHUM’s oil works investigate the mentality of individual and social ideologies of the reality. SHUM explores the psychological portrayals of contemporary society, as well as the nonentity of social power, depicting an imaginary new world of hope with dazzling promises. The artist combines the realistic and metaphorical sceneries by infusing the imaginary scenes, nature landscape and man-made urban landscape on the same compositions. His works exhibit a state of confusion and melancholy, it is also a respond to the current social turbulence and the inevitable human condition of restlessness, depression and hollowness. About the Artists
LI Ning (b.1992, Hong Kong) graduated from Bachelor of Fine Arts of Hong Kong Art School in 2019, majoring in painting. LI’s work tells his personal stories and imagination through delicate lines and strong structure, inspired by his tattoo techniques and experiences as a tattoo artist. Participated exhibitions include group exhibitions “Art 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair” (Shanghai, 2019), “HKFOREWORD19“ (10 Chancery Lane Gallery, 2019) and “Hot Off the Press” (HKOP, Hong Kong, 2019). LI currently lives and works in Hong Kong. Stanley SHUM Kwan Hon (b. 1989, Hong Kong), graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of The Chinese University of Hong Kong with first class honor in 2013. His expressive portraits and imaginary scene represent the psychological portrayals of contemporary people, revealing the emergence of social and personal disorder. Participated exhibitions include solo exhibition “The Dark Scene” (Compton Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 2015), “Solo” (Hui Gallery, CUHK, Hong Kong, 2013), group exhibition “Hidden Body” (AISHONANZUKA, Hong Kong, 2017), “Nurturing Creativity” (The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Hong Kong, 2016) and “Critical Existentialism” (Hong Kong Visual Art Center Gallery, Hong Kong, 2015). SHUM currently lives and works in Hong Kong. |