2024.1.6 - 2024.3.10

Venue: 2-2207 GuYun Chuanqi Plaza, Liangxi Dist, Wuxi, Jiangsu

Opening Time: Wed - Fri 12:00-18:00, Sat - Sun 10:30-17:30, Mon and Tue close.

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Tong Gallery+Projects announces that Huang Yin's first solo exhibition, Tongue, Chopsticks, Ears at Tong Gallery+Projects' Wuxi space, will open on January 6, 2024 and run through March 10, 2024, featuring the artist's oil paintings on canvas and color ink on paper created from 2020 onwards.

Huang Yin employs readily accessible industrial materials such as rebar, iron wire, electrical wiring, disposable chopsticks, and other elements, either from nature or human organs, to reconstruct plant forms. These are then incorporated into the aesthetic narrative of traditional painting. On a backdrop filled with large monochrome blocks, Huang disassembles and refines the real world, then reassembles it into creatures that exist between the natural and the unnatural. These include bamboo sprouting from disposable chopsticks, teeth resembling plum blossoms sprouting from tree trunks, entities reminiscent of fungi or enlarged cells, and conglomerates resembling fuzzy organisms, all crafted from neon lights forming branches. The subjects within the artwork originate from natural forms but manifest as a peculiar and bizarre unnatural state. Paradoxically, this might be the most natural state in the contemporary era.

Navigating through the urban jungle of steel and concrete, one looks around, encountering monotonous color blocks and glaring lights. Inflatable trees and metallic or glass flowers present a fluffy and rounded appearance, accompanied by plastic and metal vines intertwining within. People wander amidst this romantic scene of neon lights and flickering beauty. The artist has recorded a landscape that is uniquely suited to this era, perhaps only the subtle simplicity of Oriental aesthetics may interpret this epic nature.

Huang's works showcase the fusion and reconstruction of urban environments with elements from nature. Using modern industrial materials such as steel, metal, plastic, along with elements derived from nature, the artist reshapes the forms of plants, creating a cityscape with a rich blend of romance and strangeness. The plants portrayed are not mere replicas of natural forms; rather, they embody the concepts envisioned by the artist. In essence, they are projections of the artist's concepts rather than simple reproductions of the real world. The artwork simultaneously highlights the complexity and distinctiveness of modern cities. Through the artist's unique perspective and innovative use of materials, it presents a distinct aesthetic and expressive approach. The fusion of two contrasting elements presents an enchanting and mysterious landscape, inviting viewers to experience contemplation and reflection on contemporary urban life within this captivating sense of unnatural beauty.