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Edward Hongyi Jia
He/Him
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
In creation, I use a range of references including surrealism and expressionism, in combination with my own judgment and imagination to create a reimagined space of my own. I aim in this space to allow the viewer to think about the way in which our society is developing and a possible future reality, A reality concerned with dynamics of society interaction, religion and politics. I think art has no boundaries. Although for me I have experienced a huge extreme in culture between East and West, I think they are on the different sides of the same mountain. I believe that in the struggles of each generation after generation, inch by inch they will merge. cultural collaboration. I hope to dedicate the production of my paintings I make to improving communication between East and West. In order to achieve this, I will create contemporary art paintings with my own personal style of oriental aesthetics and Western contemporary expression.
I N S T A G R A M
@edward.hongyi.jia
The Silence before the Storm
2020
Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas
160 x 240 x 2.9cm
4500GBP
A R T W O R K S T A T E M E N T
In this artwork, my idea was from Wuhan virus incident. I would like to use sci-fi elements as a medium to create a hypothetical space which based on traditional Chinese aesthetics to reflect current Social phenomenon.
In creating this painting. I imagined a doomsday environment to reflect the severity of the epidemic. The eddy currents created by distant planes breaking through the troposphere, plants dancing with the wind, and pretending to be calm figures all retlect the unease and restlessness in the biochemical crisis.
I reflect is that the development of technology has not brought us a better future. but the desire of human nature wants to bring a beautiful ending through technology, in order to get more nutrition, people ilegally hunt wild animals. Like the fountain in the same picture. what is ejected may be what people want, but perhaps the other side of it may be something we cannot control.
Restlessness and restlessness, the tranquility before the criss, the tranquility may not be what we want, but it is just an illusion, the tranquility before the storm.
