• Tun Pin Wang: Undefined

    Date posted: October 20, 2011 Author: jolanta

    Hionas Gallery is pleased to present “Undefined”, an exhibition of new large-scale pastel drawings from Tun Ping Wang. This is Wang’s first show with Hionas, and is just the gallery’s fourth exhibition since opening to wide acclaim in June, 2011. Wang’s haunting portraits reflect the artist’s fascination with the imperfect beauty of faces, and how the viewer rather than the artist imposes the emotions, experiences and mental states of his subjects. In this regard, Wang’s exhibition is ‘undefined’ up until the point when his drawings are looked upon and acquire new life through the viewer’s response.

    NY Arts Magazine

    “Wang sets out to identify some form of undiscovered beauty, or at the very least,
    create one just below the surface”

    NY Arts Magazine, Tun Pin Wang

    Tun Ping Wang, Undefined 3, 2011. Pastel on paper, 40 x 60 in. Courtesy of the artist.

    Tun Pin Wang: Undefined
    Hionas Gallery

    Hionas Gallery is pleased to present “Undefined”, an exhibition of new large-scale pastel drawings from Tun Ping Wang. This is Wang’s first show with Hionas, and is just the gallery’s fourth exhibition since opening to wide acclaim in June, 2011. Wang’s haunting portraits reflect the artist’s fascination with the imperfect beauty of faces, and how the viewer rather than the artist imposes the emotions, experiences and mental states of his subjects. In this regard, Wang’s exhibition is ‘undefined’ up until the point when his drawings are looked upon and acquire new life through the viewer’s response.

    Wang’s drawings evoke a near photographic quality, in which texture, light and contrast all intermingle for a hazy photorealist effect, and yet, each of his portraits exists at a resolution that no lens could capture. “My work focuses mostly on portraits and facial detailing,” says Wang. “I particularly enjoy seeing the way the ‘handcrafted’ likeness appears before your eyes, joined by specific unrealistic strokes and dots which become apparent only upon very careful viewing.”

    Working on large, expansive surfaces, thus reinforcing the viewer’s focus on subjects’ faces, Wang sets out to identify some form of undiscovered beauty, or at the very least, create one just below the surface, residing within gazes of melancholy, regret, and even madness. “Tun Ping Wang’s work is remarkable,” says David Kratz, President of the New York Academy of Art. “His over-sized portraits are as precise and detailed as they are expressive and compassionate. Most artists are good at one aspect or the other. Tun manages to combine both in a dynamic tension that completely entrances the viewer. I can’t get enough of them.”

    To round off its fall 2011 exhibition season, and in keeping with the gallery’s mission of showcasing a diverse range of artistic statements from contemporary and emerging artists, Hionas Gallery will present solo shows from American painter and sculptor Melanie Vote (Nov 4 – 25) and South African photographer Warwick Saint (December). More details on these shows will be announced shortly.

    *** “Undefined” will be on view from October 7 – 28, 2011.

     

    *** This article was published by NY Arts Magazine, 2011. Sponsored by Broadway Gallery, NYC.

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