Exhibiting Artists: P. Gnana & Zhang Xiangming
Opening Reception: 15th September 2018, 3-6 pm
RSVP: +65 6721 8888 / shion@yanggallery.com.sg
Exhibition Period: 15th September –5th October 2018
Exhibition Venue: YANG GALLERY • Singapore
581 Orchard Road, The Shopping Gallery Hilton #01-11, Singapore 238883
Foreword
The exhibition features paintings and sculptures by P. Gnana, under a visual language of whimsically-stylised imagery of human figures within the universal concept of love. And this love that P. Gnana so eloquently portrays, connects to as many perspectives as one can imagine. Some figures are intentionally androgynous, whereby gender is no hindrance to the viewer’s response to the alluring feel of unconditional love. And some figures are absolutely defined, perhaps in the case of the timeless concept of the Mother and Child. Nevertheless, the concept remains poignant and invincible.
Zhang Xiangming regards his art as a presentation of symptoms. His recent concentration on a single subjective range – young, attractive women of an Asian cast – may be pitched in order to exploit scopic interest, even desire, but it has been chosen, and is varied, in order to reflect social circumstances, circumstances that pertain within China and without. “The porcelain skin of the lady in my painting symbolizes a high degree of spiritual indifference and melancholy that come about when ideals have vanished,” Zhang explains. By taking a closer look at the changes in women and how they are represented, various changes can be suggested about the human race. Women are the manifestations of myriad personalities and lifestyles in a particular climate.
激情四射的9月，新加坡即将迎来新一届F1 FORMULA ONE 夜间大赛2018，其也是亚洲唯一以城市街道为跑道的夜间赛事。在这段期间里新加坡举国上下充满刺激热情的氛围，像是一个赛车嘉年华般的迎接世界各地的旅客。自2008年举办以来，就成为最受全球车迷追捧的赛事之一，是一生必看的顶级F1赛事。
在此热闹非凡及黄金的秋收季节期间，杨·国际艺术中心新加坡特邀著名本地艺术家P.Gnana和中国艺术家张向明举办双个展。并在乌节路主路上展览展示P.Gnana大型雕塑装置艺术品，我们衷心祝福9月的新加坡迎来一场最激动人心的F1大赛及最独具特色的当代艺术文化交流大展！ – Susanna Yang
About the Artists
P. Gnana
P. Gnana is a distinguished, leading painter and sculptor in Singapore. It is a fact that exemplary paintings by Gnana are in the collections of the current President of the Republic of Singapore, of the Singapore Art Museum of the National Heritage Board in Singapore. Other collectors of his artworks include the Coutts Bank, Ascenda’s International Tech Park in Chennai and several private corporations and individual art collectors in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Europe. In 2002, Gnana was a recipient of the LASALLE Scholarship of the LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore), from where he received his formal training in the art of painting.
Zhang Xiangming
Born in Guangrao, Shandong, Zhang Xiangming graduated from the Shandong Normal University art department in 2003. He went on to study research work of oil paintings in the Artistic Research Institute of China in 2007. Zhang Xiangming’s phenomenal hyper-realistic series of works “Beijing Girl” depicts young women’s urban life spirit in the contemporary society. Despite looking beautiful and innocent, they ooze an alluring nature that is rebellious and sensuous at the same time. Zhang uses fine and realistic painting skills to give a strong and distinctive character to the female subjects. Even though they appear restless and calm, they still have a kind of indescribable beauty. His works have been collected by prestige corporate and private collections globally since the past decade.
Selected Exhibition Collections
