From May 15 to May 22, Poly Auction Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (Poly Hong Kong), in conjunction with Soka Art Center is about to hold “Aspiration - Hong Ling Solo Exhibition” at Poly Auction (Hong Kong) Gallery, the exhibition is curated by Dr. Xia Kejun, covering 14 oil paintings and ink paintings created by the well-known artist Hong Ling, fully presenting the spirit of Chinese landscape in a Chinese contemporary art style.

Hong Ling has lived in the Huang Mountains for 20 years, and we can see the correspondence between his inner mind and nature’s mystery in his works. Hong Ling consciously puts the spirit of landscape painting into his painting. On the one hand, his paintings looks like traditional colored ink paintings of landscape, but they are richer than the traditional, Hong Ling uses oil painting colors to interact with natural scenery, the ancient green, grey green and dark green on the screen create a new poetic flavor; on the other hand, it enriches the color of Western oil painting, and it looks more natural, integrating time into the sense of color, and it is full of affection.

Hong Ling’s landscape painting makes use of big blocks of fuzzy fog, as well as dripped “muddy dots” to build an overall atmosphere, especially when large blocks of snow cover the screens, the entire work is covered by a kind of intrinsic coldness, which is solemn and stately.

Hong Ling likes snow figures, reviving the snow figures of the traditional landscape painting, using his own style. The exhibition presents the painting “Silver Wave”, the snow figure is filled with a cold atmosphere, with a kind of pure temperament, to express the feeling of Hong Ling.

About the artist

Hong Ling is currently an associate professor of the Third Studio of the Department of Oil Painting, CAFA, and a member of China Artists Association. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of Beijing Normal University in 1979,then graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, CAFA in 1987. Hong Ling’s stylised personal language of painting is integrated into the exploration of the spirit of Chinese imagery landscape while reviewing and grasping history and reality.

 About the exhibition

Venue: 7/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong Exhibition Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm daily

Exhibition Date: 15 -22 May (Closed on Saturday & Sunday)

Courtesy of the artist and Poly Hong Kong, for further information please visit www.polyauction.com.hk.

Translated by Chen Peihua and edited by Sue/CAFA ART INFO.