Chien-Chiang Hua: A Blue Account
By taking 鈥渂lue鈥� as the palette and developing the main concept based on it, Chien-Chiang HUA and his solo Exhibition depict the everyday living under the pandemic. The new selection of works presented in A Blue Account extends the concept of the previous solo exhibition at Chiayi Art Museum, where the symmetrical blue-and-white paintings of mythical creatures symbolize blessings in Oriental cultures. Along with the pandemic outbreak, the daily life of human beings was significantly influenced by the arrival of solitude.
This time, instead of depicting a utopian world with rich colors or an old fellow that leads to discussions of social issues, HUA, on the contrary, delineates scenes of daily living. Applying the blue-and-white porcelain colors as the main palette while breaking the boundaries of the media, gouache, the artist creates his works in a style that鈥檚 different from the traditional one. While 鈥渂lue鈥� has always been a symbol of melancholy in Western art history, it is relatively positive in Oriental culture. It could be the sky, the water, the depiction of landscapes. It as well echoes the situation of the pandemic, providing viewers another kind of feelings in this solo exhibition. It is like, HUA registers himself A Blue Account, and with it and through creative process, he records the daily living under the pandemic situation.
This series of blue, can be seen as a mark of the 20th century, that as well echoes the blue period of Picasso in the art history. Yet, blue, has such different cultural meanings to the West and the East. In HUA鈥檚 paintings, it does not only mean depression. It is rather a kind of blessing dressed in blue, that brings one positive energy, wishing for a change of mind under the pandemic.
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By taking 鈥渂lue鈥� as the palette and developing the main concept based on it, Chien-Chiang HUA and his solo Exhibition depict the everyday living under the pandemic. The new selection of works presented in A Blue Account extends the concept of the previous solo exhibition at Chiayi Art Museum, where the symmetrical blue-and-white paintings of mythical creatures symbolize blessings in Oriental cultures. Along with the pandemic outbreak, the daily life of human beings was significantly influenced by the arrival of solitude.
This time, instead of depicting a utopian world with rich colors or an old fellow that leads to discussions of social issues, HUA, on the contrary, delineates scenes of daily living. Applying the blue-and-white porcelain colors as the main palette while breaking the boundaries of the media, gouache, the artist creates his works in a style that鈥檚 different from the traditional one. While 鈥渂lue鈥� has always been a symbol of melancholy in Western art history, it is relatively positive in Oriental culture. It could be the sky, the water, the depiction of landscapes. It as well echoes the situation of the pandemic, providing viewers another kind of feelings in this solo exhibition. It is like, HUA registers himself A Blue Account, and with it and through creative process, he records the daily living under the pandemic situation.
This series of blue, can be seen as a mark of the 20th century, that as well echoes the blue period of Picasso in the art history. Yet, blue, has such different cultural meanings to the West and the East. In HUA鈥檚 paintings, it does not only mean depression. It is rather a kind of blessing dressed in blue, that brings one positive energy, wishing for a change of mind under the pandemic.
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