MadeIn Gallery is pleased to present a two-person exhibition\u00a0of artists Ding Li and XU ZHEN\u00ae in the FOCUS sector of\u00a0the inaugural edition of ART SG, featuring Ding’s\u00a0paintings, Xu’s\u00a0paintings, installations, and sculpture.<\/p>\n
Ding Li continues to practice the tubular brushstrokes and gradations of color, and applies them to new subjects, achieving more painterly images that emphasize the emotionality of line and color. The latest work\u00a0presents Ding\u2019s\u00a0breakthrough and innovation in the long-standing rigid dichotomies in the field of painting \u2013 figurative\/abstract, pictorial\/narrative, etc., and his longing to create a visual link\u00a0connecting contemporary desires and thirsts among the Internet, the screen and the scenes of everyday life in the post-pandemic era.<\/p>\n
With oil paint filled in the cream piping bag and following the cream cake mounting\u00a0procedure, the “Under Heaven” series has not only retained the creamy and sweetness of real\u00a0cream, but its dense visual appeal and exaggerated dimension also present an illusion.\u00a0Under the all-encompassing title, Under Heaven projects a carnival influenced by the\u00a0global trend of hedonism. The cream under heaven, or a creamy world, faithfully\u00a0names an exciting, maddening and sensual reality with optimism.<\/p>\n
In the “Metal Language”\u00a0series, XU ZHEN\u00ae collects conversations and texts from public and political\u00a0cartoons and reproduces them in their original fonts using metal chains on a mirroring\u00a0surface. The texts are extracted from their original contexts, accompanied by different\u00a0metal dialogue boxes.\u00a0The \u201cbling\u201d of the chains along with the many exclamation marks evoke the chaos\u00a0of a graffiti wall\u00a0where\u00a0individual statements blend into one bigger picture.<\/p>\n
The \u201cNewcomer\u201d\u00a0series appropriates iconic\u00a0figures from classical culture, transforming, replacing, and combining them with\u00a0contemporary cultural symbols, aimed at renewing the perception of past civilizations and\u00a0creating new coordinates for classical culture in the contemporary context.\u00a0Newcomer 01\u00a0draws inspiration from the ancient Greek sculpture\u00a0Laocoon and His Sons.\u00a0Xu proportionally enlarges the heads of Laocoon and his sons based on popular comics,\u00a0wrapping the sea serpent around them in lieu of pink Roman columns to create an\u00a0uncanny and humorous effect. This otherwise fearful and tragic scene is then afforded a\u00a0gentle fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4535,"template":"","tags":[22,59],"class_list":["post-4438","fairs","type-fairs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-xuzhen","tag-dingli"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fairs\/4438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fairs"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fairs"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madeingallery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}