Perspective
Schoeni Art Gallery Exclusive Artists Exhibition

Vernissage: 16 October 2008 6:30 pm - 8:30pm
Exhibition: 17 October - 10 November 2008
Venue: Main Gallery 21-31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong

Schoeni Art Gallery is delighted to present a collection of previously unseen works by its ten exclusive artists. This selective collection consists of latest works by our exclusive talents, especially created for the prestigious and one of Asia's most important art fairs, Art Beijing 2008. Art Beijing has become one of the most predominant Contemporary art fairs taking place in Asia, aiming to promote the Chinese art market along with Asian art. The exhibition will cover a comprehensive range of artworks, incorporating varied styles of the contemporary Chinese art.

Chen Li - As the youngest of the Chen family, Chen Li's paintings often feature contemplative and captivating women against mysterious and even surrealistic settings, which confront his sense of the world around him. In his latest works, Chen continues to create imaginative and suggestive narratives within his almost poetically abstract figurative representations. Upon graduation from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Chen has met with prestigious accolades and prizes from art institutions.

Chen Yu - Chen Yu famously questions the standards of identity and individuality within a repetitive framework characterised by linear rows of duplicated human heads, all with one exception in each piece, varying in either facial expression or tone. In his recent art pieces, Chen takes his cynicism a step further, creating bolder portrayals and insightful statements, as reflected in his startling depiction of cockroaches crawling over a new born baby.

Dai Dai - Inspired by his wife, Shuai Mei's willowy female characters in her paintings, Dai Dai's sculptures offer a rich sense of femininity's graceful charms with his characters soaked in their poetic affections and unique female suppleness. These figures express themselves with an exquisite vocabulary to reveal that their inner emotions are the most vibrant portion of statuary language.

Liu Hong Yuan - One of Schoeni's youngest talents, Liu Hong Yuan is a graduate from the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts. She reinterprets China's historical culture and tradition through her paintings, reflecting on the aspects of Imperial China. Her style follows elements of Dutch school of realism in the use of egg tempera mixed with oil. Liu's elaborate and engaging oeuvre creates a visually penetrating narrative and thought provoking experience within its viewers, which owes much to the young artist's unique and sensitive awareness.

Shen Hua - Graduating from his Master's from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts this year, of which Schoeni Art Gallery was pleased to sponsor, Shen Hua is earning critical acclaim for articulating aesthetically the struggle of China's proletariat within the booming country in an expressionistic manner. It is a conflict which the artist himself has encountered in his youth. In order to effectively express the relationship between the object and its surrounding, the artist has employed the use of three-dimensional steel scaffolding into his most recent works.

Shuai Mei - Our longest standing exclusive artist, Shuai Mei's paintings merge the contradictory sides of modern woman into her willowy figurative representations that flow between modernity and antiquity. She invites viewers to glance directly into the boudoir of her elegantly lean and supple figures, evoking a sense of nostalgic and idealised memory of days yonder.

Wang Yi Guang - Wang Yi Guang infuses in his works a romantic and dreamy illusion within Tibetan landscapes. He invites the viewer to cherish the environment and nature, just like his figures and animals in his paintings. Wang's recent works demonstrate the artist's new perspective towards his style, employing a less dreamlike and more realistic effect, thus showing results of modernisation in the Tibetan plateau by including sections of man built railways within his composition.

Yu Chen - Yu, being the eldest of the talented Chen family, creates works that possess a unique personality. Her celebrated baby motif communicates with stunning visuals and frankness. Yu Chen's at times ironic and satirical portrayal of infants targets social issues of modern day China that are culturally and politically charged. Her latest works comprise of an alternate set of Red Babies, with distinctive faces and her increased emphasis in light and shadow results in a more three-dimensional rendition of her subjects.

Zhang Lin Hai - Zhang's style is characterised by his imaginative depiction of his celebrated bald young boys against a backdrop of post-industrial wasteland or country side. His at times shocking imagery articulates a strong sense of sadness, fear, need for escape, perplexity and even nostalgia. Recent works by Zhang Lin Hai reveal a darker and deeper sense of loneliness and isolation through the use of sombre tones and composition.

Zhao Fang - Upon graduation from the Jilin Academy of Fine Arts in 1997, Zhao Fang has met with popular acclaim for his mastery over his medium and also for his admirable anti-violence stance. He brings his message across through an ultimately realistic style, achieving incredible depth of form and movement in human anatomy. Cause and effect together with reciprocation is central to the motif of his paintings, unveiling the relationships and conflicts - both spiritual and physical - between individuals within society.

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Chen Li The Cliff Oil on Canvas 100 x 90 cm, 2008
Chen Li City of Angels Oil on Canvas 100 x 90 cm, 2007	Chen Li Spring Oil on Canvas 100 x 90 cm, 2007
Chen Li State of Mind Oil on Canvas 100 x 90 cm, 2007	Chen Li The Window Oil on Canvas 100 x 90 cm, 2008
Chen Yu Untitled 2007 Series No. 16 Oil on Canvas 160 x 130 cm, 2007	Chen Yu Untitled 2008 Series No. 3A and 3B Oil on Canvas @140 x 170 cm, total: 140 x 340 cm (diptych), 2008
Dai Dai Shuttle Cock Series No. 1/4 Fibre Glass Reinforced Plastic 74 cm height, 2006	Liu Hong Yuan Far Away Mixed Media on canvas 70 x 42 cm, 2008
Shen Hua Manual Workers Oil on Canvas and Steel Scaffolding Canvas size: 80 x 220 cm each Dimension: approx 3 x 6 x 2 m 2008
Shen Hua Portrait Series No. 26 Oil on Canvas 84 x 66 cm, 2006	Shen Hua Young Men in Town Series No. 1 Oil on Canvas 180 x 140 cm, 2006
Shuai Mei Flying Kite Egg Tempera on Canvas 120 x 84 cm, 2008	Shuai Mei Mid Summer Egg Tempera on Canvas 120 x 84 cm, 2008
Wang Yi Guang Far Far Away Oil on Canvas 130 x 140 cm, 2006	Wang Yi Guang Fluttering Scent Oil on Canvas 130 x 140 cm, 2006
Wang Yi Guang Summoning of the Heart Oil on Canvas 130 x 140 cm, 2006
Yu Chen Red Babies 2008 Series No. 8 Mixed Media on Canvas 120 x 150 cm, 2008	Yu Chen Red Babies 2008 Series No. 9 Mixed Media on Canvas 120 x 150 cm, 2008
Zhang Lin Hai Untitled 2007 Series No. 11 Oil on Canvas 200 x 175 cm, 2007
Zhao Fang Fist Power Series No. 13A Oil on Canvas 160 x 160 cm, 2008	Zhao Fang Fist Power Series No. 13D Oil on Canvas 160 x 160 cm, 2008

For interview arrangements with the artists or the gallery director, or further information please contact Daniela Cavero.

Exhibition venue:	Main Gallery, 21 - 31 Old Bailey Street, Central, Hong Kong
Opening Date:	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, 16 October 2008
Exhibition runs:	17 October - 10 November 2008
Contact Details:	Tel: +852 2869-8802     Fax: +852 2522-1528 prmarketing@schoeni.com.hk    www.schoeni.com.hk

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