Art|Basel Hong Kong 2013, INSIGHTS
From Su Shi to Bada Shanren by anothermountainman
Date: 23 - 26 May 2013
Venue: Booth 3D12: Blindspot Gallery, INSIGHTS section,
Hall 3 Section 3D Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre
Blindspot Gallery is
delighted
to announce
our participation in the INSIGHTS
section at Art|Basel
Hong Kong this year at the Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on
23–26 May 2013, featuring Hong Kong artist
anothermountainman’s photography series
From Su Shi to Bada Shanren.
From Su Shi to Bada Shanren, recreates the popular iconology of classical Chinese painting in a
highly original rendition. The act of painting on bamboo
and other objects
was inspired by the work of Su Shi, literary titan and painter from the Northern Song Dynasty, who broke new
grounds in many literary and artistic genres of his time. The
drive to subvert runs through the
series, as the photographic capt
ures of painted bamboo
and objects
closely resemble classical
Chinese painting. Such blurring of reality and illusion alludes to the art of Bada Shanren (Eight Great Mountain Man), master painter from
the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, where all
notions
of the real are distorted in a surreal universe.
The
series marks another
mountainman’s
attempt to revive and
extend
the
traditions
of classical Chinese art
in contemporary
rendering.
Using photography as the
medium, anothermountainman creates a
dialogue
that
transcends time
and
opens up
new interpretations of classical iconology.
The work blurs the distinction between photography and painting, and touches on certain questions that lie at the heart of
photography.
Such exploration is in line with the deve
lopment of anothermountainman’s
artistic career, which has evolved through the mix of photography with other art forms.
anothermountainman
will be present throughout the art fair, interviews with the artist are
welcomed and can be arranged.