Thursday, July 31, 2014

Guan Rong "Relax" @ Metro PCS


Untitled (Clothes), 2013-14
oil on canvas
94 x 72 inches









I think this one is about Hope and Dream,  2014
Oil on canvas
65 x 88 inches


5 Performances from 2005 to 2009 with tambourine, 2010
oil on canvas
94 x 72 inches

I like the first one Untitled (clothes). It's well-considered in every place, it's exquisitely rendered in details, and the relationship between layered fabrics, pattern variety, and painted canvas is worth reflecting about. Graphically, Lari Pittman came to mind, but then it goes in a very different direction where the other two paintings as counterpoints inform an aesthetic where multiple language suture the composition; this take me more closely to Basquiat. Whatever the references, the first painting is a pleasure to view on its own terms.

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