Zhuang Hong Yi, Pink to Purple, Undated
Rice paper on canvas
75 x 94 x 15 cm
Condition: Good, with light dust across the surface and a small tear on the lower left corner.
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Swiss-based Zhuang Hongyi (Chinese, b. 1962) creates highly collected ‘flower bed’ paintings, which are crafted from delicate pieces of painted rice paper, bent and folded into hundreds of tiny buds creating seductive, tactile works. The work subtly shifts from one dominant colour to another as the viewer moves from one side of the work to the other.
Utilising the traditional Chinese rice paper material, the works represent Chinese aesthetics, and meditations on colour, nature, and form. Zhuang’s emphasis on technique and uniformity and the way he handles his material were adopted from his alma mater, the Sichuan College of Fine Art.
I was drawn to Hong Yi’s 3D floral hybrid paintings when I saw them. I admire his laborious detail in the individual rolling of each rice paper floral, and illuminating them masterfully, with acrylic and and oil paints. The colour and gradient change with the viewer’s movement is hard to describe, but wonderful to experience. I feel something different from the colours I get to experience, simply by observing the pieces from different vantage points. His colours are magnificent and beautiful.
Acquired from Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris.
(Photographed in November 2024)
Rice paper on canvas
75 x 94 x 15 cm
Condition: Good, with light dust across the surface and a small tear on the lower left corner.
-
Swiss-based Zhuang Hongyi (Chinese, b. 1962) creates highly collected ‘flower bed’ paintings, which are crafted from delicate pieces of painted rice paper, bent and folded into hundreds of tiny buds creating seductive, tactile works. The work subtly shifts from one dominant colour to another as the viewer moves from one side of the work to the other.
Utilising the traditional Chinese rice paper material, the works represent Chinese aesthetics, and meditations on colour, nature, and form. Zhuang’s emphasis on technique and uniformity and the way he handles his material were adopted from his alma mater, the Sichuan College of Fine Art.
I was drawn to Hong Yi’s 3D floral hybrid paintings when I saw them. I admire his laborious detail in the individual rolling of each rice paper floral, and illuminating them masterfully, with acrylic and and oil paints. The colour and gradient change with the viewer’s movement is hard to describe, but wonderful to experience. I feel something different from the colours I get to experience, simply by observing the pieces from different vantage points. His colours are magnificent and beautiful.
Acquired from Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris.
(Photographed in November 2024)
Rice paper on canvas
75 x 94 x 15 cm
Condition: Good, with light dust across the surface and a small tear on the lower left corner.
-
Swiss-based Zhuang Hongyi (Chinese, b. 1962) creates highly collected ‘flower bed’ paintings, which are crafted from delicate pieces of painted rice paper, bent and folded into hundreds of tiny buds creating seductive, tactile works. The work subtly shifts from one dominant colour to another as the viewer moves from one side of the work to the other.
Utilising the traditional Chinese rice paper material, the works represent Chinese aesthetics, and meditations on colour, nature, and form. Zhuang’s emphasis on technique and uniformity and the way he handles his material were adopted from his alma mater, the Sichuan College of Fine Art.
I was drawn to Hong Yi’s 3D floral hybrid paintings when I saw them. I admire his laborious detail in the individual rolling of each rice paper floral, and illuminating them masterfully, with acrylic and and oil paints. The colour and gradient change with the viewer’s movement is hard to describe, but wonderful to experience. I feel something different from the colours I get to experience, simply by observing the pieces from different vantage points. His colours are magnificent and beautiful.
Acquired from Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris.
(Photographed in November 2024)