Recent Watercolors
September 8, 2006- October 7, 2006
535 W 24th St
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.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | | | Gallery | Danese | | Address | 535 W 24th St, 6th Fl
New York (Chelsea)
NY, 10011
United States | | Phone | 212-223-2227 | | Fax | 212-605-1016 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 10-6 | |
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