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GAO XINTONG | BEYOND VISIBLE
Curated by Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli at Crysalis -
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"Every invisible is a new visible."
Artist StatementI make a distinction between ”visible” and “invisible” in order to be able to think about the world that I can see.
I always find inspiration by deconstructing images, because in every visible image there is its invisible power.
Our invisible online life today is made up of visual elements. And I attempt to reflect today’s life by showing everything without showing all.
Composition, form, and colour are combined to reconstruct a piece of work in an abstract way. Human and organic shapes appear before our eyes, enabling consciousness to flow dynamically, letting the viewers communicate with the picture at their own pace, while feeling the power of the invisible-visible through visual forms.
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Gao Xintong’s research draws inspiration from the art of great Western masters including Picasso and Boccioni, to name but a few, and the centuries-old practice of Shan-Shui 山水 - traditional Chinese landscape painting. As a young artist from China currently based in Italy, his art is a resulting convergence of living between Eastern and Western civilisations.
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Gao brings forth his own Weltanshaung by deconstructing and rebuilding visual elements through a vibrant colour scheme mixed with subtle transparencies.
His pieces often seek to create an illusion by manipulating people’s perceptions of portraits. These are abstract visions, yet when viewed appear to be akin to human faces.
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Gao Xintong | Beyond Visible: London
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