Zhao Xuebing: Path in the Woods
鈥淐entral Park鈥� series comes from the inspiration Zhao acquired when he was in New York. Attracted to the landscapes of Central Park鈥檚 back wood area, he preserves the beautiful sceneries by his paintings. This exhibition presents mainly the paintings with the motifs of trees and leaves. The perspectives are placed in various distances, and viewing the works one after another provides a feeling like wandering in the woods. Zhao鈥檚 extraordinary ability to represent light vividly made the trees and leaves expressive, and each tone individually depicts sunshine day or nightfall lively. Withering leaves and falling branches pave the ground and scatter the water. With cold colors, the landscapes are overwhelmed by deep solitariness and desolation and form a contrast to the bustle of urban life outside Central Park.
For the first time at the exhibition, a work titled 鈥渨ater鈥� will be on view. Unlike the way he draws trees and leaves, Zhao adopts numerous minute circles to represent the image of water. Compared to other works, more colors are used. It is the first work in which Zhao employs color markers and depicts a landscape with elements such as circles on a large canvas. The fineness of every little circle stands out on an immense canvas. Moreover, the connections between different colors are composed of finer semicircles. Little circles amazingly represent the ripples and the movement of streaming. Leaves in the water seem trembling along with the water flow. This work is a breakthrough that Zhao challenges to pursue a new representation.
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鈥淐entral Park鈥� series comes from the inspiration Zhao acquired when he was in New York. Attracted to the landscapes of Central Park鈥檚 back wood area, he preserves the beautiful sceneries by his paintings. This exhibition presents mainly the paintings with the motifs of trees and leaves. The perspectives are placed in various distances, and viewing the works one after another provides a feeling like wandering in the woods. Zhao鈥檚 extraordinary ability to represent light vividly made the trees and leaves expressive, and each tone individually depicts sunshine day or nightfall lively. Withering leaves and falling branches pave the ground and scatter the water. With cold colors, the landscapes are overwhelmed by deep solitariness and desolation and form a contrast to the bustle of urban life outside Central Park.
For the first time at the exhibition, a work titled 鈥渨ater鈥� will be on view. Unlike the way he draws trees and leaves, Zhao adopts numerous minute circles to represent the image of water. Compared to other works, more colors are used. It is the first work in which Zhao employs color markers and depicts a landscape with elements such as circles on a large canvas. The fineness of every little circle stands out on an immense canvas. Moreover, the connections between different colors are composed of finer semicircles. Little circles amazingly represent the ripples and the movement of streaming. Leaves in the water seem trembling along with the water flow. This work is a breakthrough that Zhao challenges to pursue a new representation.
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