Co-presented by Poly Auction Hong Kong and SANTO HALL, curated by SANTO HALL institutional curator Lin Zi, the Post-80s Artist Zuo Yanfeng Solo Exhibition “OSTEO INDIGO” will be held between 21 and 27 March at Poly Gallery Hong Kong. This marks the artist’s first ever solo show in Hong Kong. Assembling 12 fine works by Zuo Yanfeng, the exhibition discusses the origin and the working method of his “Sentience” series in detail, which is also the first concentrated presentation of the artist’s works in this series. Coinciding with Art Basel Hong Kong, this show also exhibits headline lots of the Modern and Contemporary Art Sale in the Spring Auctions, endeavouring to connect with the global art community through in-depth exchanges.

For Zuo Yanfeng, blue is not only an important part of the colour system of his painting, but also a colour that is most consistent with his temperament revealed at his age after being sharpened by hardships and life experiences. Zuo Yanfeng’s works do not attempt to interpret concepts, do not rely on other images as material, and give up all possibility of narrative. The artist mentioned that these works are not abstract but realistic for him. Facing his works, the viewers will find it difficult to describe the content of the painting in words but will realize that a certain emotion has entered the mind along with the artwork. Zuo employs colour and brushwork to build a complex space in the painting, which is a tortuous, organic and unfolding space. According to the artist, since the emotional and psychological reality he faces is so amorphous, he must construct more room alongside of the flatness of the painting to unfold this intriguing “Sentimental-psychological Landscape”. Zuo Yanfeng’s painting shows an extraordinary movement of things. Some intensely curved lines and scarcely employed pure colours in the painting seem to imply a violent vitality breaking out of the quietness, a slumbering ancient being is awaken, a primitive force wanders in the wilderness, an underground volcano is forming in an imperceptible way to reveal itself. The viewer’s gaze follows the development of stroke in the painting, sometimes experiencing tension, and sometimes being stretched in another part. The sentiment of viewer develops and recesses as their sights follow the movement of strokes up and down.

Venue address: 7/F, One Pacific Place,88 Queensway, Admiralty