HUANG Zheng: Shedding the Skin  黃箏《蛻皮》

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HUANG Zheng
​Shedding the Skin

4 April – 24 April 2009

Gallery EXIT is pleased to present the opening on 24 April 2009 of "Shedding the Skin", the first solo exhibition of HUANG Zheng. Two new series of paintings will be exhibited alongside complimenting each other: partial portraits of a blind-folded woman and layering of gestural abstraction. 

Is beauty only skin deep? HUANG Zheng takes an interest in the common intentions behind applying paint onto the surface of a canvas and applying cosmetics onto the face of a person. Although both are modes of creating illusions and diversions, the character of the person underneath nevertheless leaks through. Things are constantly hiding and uncovering themselves at the same time. The titles of Huang's work interprets this process: to uncover, is to "shed the skin", which brings about "a new beginning" and "congealing" a true identity. All these require" a strength to go forward."

HUANG Zheng (b.1981) was born in Nanning where he graduated from the Guangxi Arts Institute in 2005. He currently lives and works in Beijing. He works in the medium of painting and photography.

黃箏
​《蛻皮》

2009年4月4日至4月24日

安全口畫廊將於2009年4月4日舉行黃箏首個個展《蛻皮》，展出兩個相互回應的畫作系列：以布蒙眼近距離勾畫的女性畫像和層疊有序的抽象圖。

美麗等同膚淺嗎？在黃箏眼中，畫布上繪上的顏料和臉頰上塗上的化妝品同樣饒有興味。儘管兩者同是以製造假像和分散注意力為目標，但往往在喬裝底下個人特質依然隱若浮現。掩藏、露出；兩者不停運轉糾纏，構成無限張力。黃箏的作品詮釋這項進程：揭露是去「蛻皮」，是一個「萌芽的起源」，亦是「鞏固」真正本體身分。所有皆需要「向前的一種力量」來不停推動。

黃箏，1981年在南寧出生，2005年畢業於廣西藝術學院，現居於北京。作品媒介包括繪畫及攝影。