For Immediate Release:

29 Novermber 2014 – 17 January 2015

Ge Hui, a Chinese artist who was born in 1983 in Jiangsu. He currently lives and works in Shanghai as a painter. The simple compositions, straightforward strokes, abundant use of monochrome define his unique artistic style. Since his debut in 2005 he has worked with a number of well known curators and his works have earned positive feedback from critics. Ge Hui was also devoted in promoting artistic development in China. From 2007 to 2010, he has successfully curated various exhibitions for young emerging artists. Over the last few years, he has become more concentrate in painting, a main focus of his work is the searching of human nature and the natural environment, how do human being and the nature are coping with themselves and each other. This is the second solo exhibition of Ge Hui curated by Art Experience Gallery in Hong Kong. Currently, he is also participating a group exhibition in Beijing.

Faces Panorama

To put himself in the position as a Life Observer, in Ge Hui’s recent paintings we could see from his distinctive angle, the figurative paintings solidly record his observation and are thought provoking. Ge Hui explores this theme in his current solo exhibition in Hong Kong by regarding and listening to the vast land and all living beings with a peaceful mind.

Observing the sequel in his paintings, it can be said that Ge Hui is an artist endowed with extraordinary capacity in recording visual imageries in his mind. His quiet and tranquil personality allows him to isolate himself from the disturbing world, and opened his senses for a detailed observation and documentary of human beings. At the same time, what he saw from these faces was also a certain degree of reflection of himself.

Visually, his interpretation of many faces may not be pleasant to most audience, we saw in his portraits always present the fragile and damaged qualities of a person, yet they are all so honest and real. Ge Hui experiences the circulation of injury and restoration in everyday life same as every character he witnesses; yet in the end they never forgot to drive away the hardness in life by smiling. Injury in his perception is not entirely a negative conclusion but rather a self-healing process of a human being, which has made him a better person.

Ge Hui brings his audience to his tranquility space, and let them observe as an outsider. He keeps on exploring the world with his genuine mind, as he believes it is the only way out. Only if we choose to face the real self and to let go, we may well make peace with ourselves, and no longer suffer in the illusionary world.

As Ge Hui said, “Without doubt, life is a pleasant journey.”