NING Hongzuo: Ri Dai Ma: Solo Exhibition
Past exhibition
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Overview
Ri: The sun, day, to represent time; or Japan, to represent the country
Dai: Represent, replace, on behalf of, or purchase service.
Ma: Horse, an animal that was once the most important means of transportation and friend of human; Mosaic, a visual pattern.
Therefore, Ri Dai Ma has meanings or interpretations as follows:
1, As the time passes and the world changes, horses have been replaced by others.
2, Going to Japan to purchase horses for other people.
3, The transliteration of French “Je t’aime”.
4, A mosaic of light.
——Ning Zuohong, One’s Dictionary: On Ri Dai Ma
Don Gallery is delighted to announce that Ning Zuohong’s solo exhibition Ri Dai Ma will open on July 17th, 2016, presenting several mixed media works that have been done recently. The title Ri Dai Ma (日代马) is inspired from the artist’s characteristic expression. Here, he puts three Chinese words that contain multiple meanings together to make up a new yet bizarre code. It is like a secret signal, which connects and responds to the exhibited artworks so as to lead the audience into an imaginary space thatis constructed by the artist. In the exhibition, a brand new series “The Light…” creates a distant visual perception and reveals a vague memory. The ready-made images collected by the artist change from time to time through the mosaic glasses, abstracting the colour and shape into an entirely different but obscure appearance. For another series of installation “Do Not Move”, the artistically sculpted super-light clay covers the surfaces, making it colourful but worryingly fragile. While inside, the installations are fulfilled with common objects from the artist’s home and studio, as souvenirs of day to day life ……
Born in Liaoning Province in 1968, Ning Zuohong graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1990,
Since 2001, he works and lives in Shanghai. Taking life experience as art experience, Ning continuously
explores art that is based on his understanding of daily life, and focuses on time and the impermanence
of existence. His works involve with multiple media, including installation, painting, performance,
photography, etc. In the past decade, he has done happenings and street art projects all around the world
such as in Venice, Milan, Lyon, Marseille and Seoul to name a few. His works have been exhibited in
various art institutions and galleries, including 1933 Contemporary, OV Gallery, German Pavilion in
Shanghai Expo, Chongqing Huangjueping Art Festival, DDM Warehouse, and Art Basel in Miami Beach.
Dai: Represent, replace, on behalf of, or purchase service.
Ma: Horse, an animal that was once the most important means of transportation and friend of human; Mosaic, a visual pattern.
Therefore, Ri Dai Ma has meanings or interpretations as follows:
1, As the time passes and the world changes, horses have been replaced by others.
2, Going to Japan to purchase horses for other people.
3, The transliteration of French “Je t’aime”.
4, A mosaic of light.
——Ning Zuohong, One’s Dictionary: On Ri Dai Ma
Don Gallery is delighted to announce that Ning Zuohong’s solo exhibition Ri Dai Ma will open on July 17th, 2016, presenting several mixed media works that have been done recently. The title Ri Dai Ma (日代马) is inspired from the artist’s characteristic expression. Here, he puts three Chinese words that contain multiple meanings together to make up a new yet bizarre code. It is like a secret signal, which connects and responds to the exhibited artworks so as to lead the audience into an imaginary space thatis constructed by the artist. In the exhibition, a brand new series “The Light…” creates a distant visual perception and reveals a vague memory. The ready-made images collected by the artist change from time to time through the mosaic glasses, abstracting the colour and shape into an entirely different but obscure appearance. For another series of installation “Do Not Move”, the artistically sculpted super-light clay covers the surfaces, making it colourful but worryingly fragile. While inside, the installations are fulfilled with common objects from the artist’s home and studio, as souvenirs of day to day life ……
Born in Liaoning Province in 1968, Ning Zuohong graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1990,
Since 2001, he works and lives in Shanghai. Taking life experience as art experience, Ning continuously
explores art that is based on his understanding of daily life, and focuses on time and the impermanence
of existence. His works involve with multiple media, including installation, painting, performance,
photography, etc. In the past decade, he has done happenings and street art projects all around the world
such as in Venice, Milan, Lyon, Marseille and Seoul to name a few. His works have been exhibited in
various art institutions and galleries, including 1933 Contemporary, OV Gallery, German Pavilion in
Shanghai Expo, Chongqing Huangjueping Art Festival, DDM Warehouse, and Art Basel in Miami Beach.