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Danese is pleased to announce the first exhibition of work
by Hankang Huang. The opening reception will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
on Thursday, September 7, and the exhibition will continue through October
7.
With his masterful handling of the medium of watercolor and his unconventional
view of the world, Hankang Huang has created a body of work typified by
the use of unexpected and compelling subject matter inspired by his experience
of daily life in Paris. He gathers and transforms visual information from
advertisements, the internet, television, magazines, newspapers and street
life itself. Huang combines these elements in surprising juxtapositions
that employ the use of metaphor and personal narrative. They include both
social and political commentary, poignantly and often ironically rendered.
For example, Final Utilization of the Tank suggests a peaceful alternative
to warfare by using the tank’s elongated gun barrel to hang drying
laundry. Run Into portrays a roaring male lion and a recumbent woman
with legs spread in a carnal and unambiguously erotic moment. In an entirely
different vein, On Evolution is a powerful image of a post-Darwinian,
vaguely prehistoric skeleton, combining a human head and the body of a beast.
While a Chinese influence is not immediately apparent in Huang’s choice
of imagery, there is a pervasive, poetic stillness and a delicacy of touch
in his use of watercolor that is reminiscent of the spiritual and philosophical
qualities often associated with Asian art.
Hankang Huang was born in 1977 in Suzhou in the Jiangsu province of China,
and emigrated to Paris in 2001 where he currently lives and works. He attended
the Art College of Suzhou University in China and the École National
Supérieure d’ARTS, Paris-Cergy. |
