Painting_Wooden_Pony,234x86cm，2010

Hong Shaopei-After Point, Line and Surface…

As the young Taiwanese geometric minimalism artist representative, Hong Shaopei’s works are fun, lively, and they have involved a lot of philosophy.

At the very beginning inspired by Anton S. Kandinsky, Hong Shaopei chose to use acrylic paint as the original material for his art creation; different size of surface can hold difference size volume of acrylic paint in the air, which makes the works become big scale of gambling, representatively between lives as well.

Hong Shaopei’s works have a very strong impact on colors; every color is unique, and the grasps of the unique color all come from his deep heart. The unique color and the special art language established the unique specialty of his art. Perhaps it was this impact’s influence; Hong Shaopei’s new works can always bring hope and surprises to people. Nobody knows why he has chosen roses, golf, and chairs as the concrete objects. Of course, he also tried to create his works out of political source by painting Taiwanese and Chinese coins on canvas, but different from pop political, Hong Shaopei interprets his works with three-dimensional geometry.

Staring at Hong Shaopei’s works, you will find out he is not hiding or covering anything at all, the delicacy in his life and the passion in his creation have been completely exposed in his works. His works seem to have been made specifically for time and space, which can bend, extend, scatter or advance. Every work, no matter shelf works on the wall or installations, they all transit between reality and fantasy; in reality the works challenge vision and dimensions, and in fantasy they break through repression and reach for freedom. He can despise loneliness, because in Hong Shaopei’s art world, loneliness does not have a space to stand; instead he prefers enthusiasm and generosity, perhaps which is the particular factor and quality that a young Taiwanese artist who traveled thousands of miles to Beijing has.

Curious visitors always joke with Hong’s works, for instance; trying to get one coin off his painting of RMB series, or sitting on the chair of his Golf series; such interesting phenomenon also reflects that Hong’s works are simply capable of making communication with visitors, which is totally rare. The artist who understands humor will also understand the scale of it, after people’s laugh or intense discussion, unforgettable traces out of their hearts would always be left for us.

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