Speechless
Oil Paintings of Liu Xuejun
March 28 - April 19, 2008
Oil Paintings of Liu Xuejun
March 28 - April 19, 2008
Artist will
attend the opening ceremony from 6pm to 8pm on March 28,
2008
Hand gestures are potent expressive instruments. They often come out stronger than words of mouth. In the up-coming exhibition in April, Speechless, at Art Beatus Gallery, Beijing-based artist Liu Xuejun manipulates the usage of hand forms as his creative icons for messages that he wishes to convey.
For hundreds of years, the hand signs of Buddhist statutes have been relating soul-soothing teachings. Such gestures of the hand need no further explanation with words. In his series of exhibits, Liu applied the same concept but differently. His hands, some of them distorted to accentuate his statements, were depicted to voice his speechless frustration, cynicism as well as anger.
Liu’s works, some of them in the propaganda poster format with highlighted slogans, are to reflect his sensitive observations of his environs and to articulate his attitudes on issues of the days of our life. He simply lets the fingers do all the talking.
Born in Henan Province in 1960, Liu initially honed his skills in the studios of various top Beijing oil teachers in the late 1980’s. Then, he returned home and finished his studies at the Fine Art Department of the Henan University. Liu said that he was particularly interested in the styles of realism, photo-realism, surrealism and expressionism and viewers can easily find them in his works.
Art Beatus Gallery is located on the ground floor of 35-39 Graham Street, Central, near the junction with Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace (SOHO Area).
For further information about this exhibition or for interviewing the artist, you can e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.
Hand gestures are potent expressive instruments. They often come out stronger than words of mouth. In the up-coming exhibition in April, Speechless, at Art Beatus Gallery, Beijing-based artist Liu Xuejun manipulates the usage of hand forms as his creative icons for messages that he wishes to convey.
For hundreds of years, the hand signs of Buddhist statutes have been relating soul-soothing teachings. Such gestures of the hand need no further explanation with words. In his series of exhibits, Liu applied the same concept but differently. His hands, some of them distorted to accentuate his statements, were depicted to voice his speechless frustration, cynicism as well as anger.
Liu’s works, some of them in the propaganda poster format with highlighted slogans, are to reflect his sensitive observations of his environs and to articulate his attitudes on issues of the days of our life. He simply lets the fingers do all the talking.
Born in Henan Province in 1960, Liu initially honed his skills in the studios of various top Beijing oil teachers in the late 1980’s. Then, he returned home and finished his studies at the Fine Art Department of the Henan University. Liu said that he was particularly interested in the styles of realism, photo-realism, surrealism and expressionism and viewers can easily find them in his works.
Art Beatus Gallery is located on the ground floor of 35-39 Graham Street, Central, near the junction with Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace (SOHO Area).
For further information about this exhibition or for interviewing the artist, you can e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.
Gallery hours: Mon. to Sat. 11:30am – 7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holidays.
