News Releases -- People - Plants - People
People
- Plants - People
Works
by Ren Rong
November 4 - November 30, 2004
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Opening Ceremony - November 4,
2004 6pm - 8pm: The opening
ceremony will be officiated by the Consul General of Germany in Hong
Kong. Dr. Wilhelm Beuth and the artist will be present. For over 15 years,
Ren Rong has incessantly worked on an icon of his own: plant people.
These organic
creations resemble deviations of the century-old images of Chinese
folk crafts of paper-cut. Ren presents them as embodiments featuring
human heads and plant bodies. In his works, viewers often see heads,
hands and other human features extending from flexible and
calligraphic plant bodies on thematic backgrounds.
Over the
years, Ren has developed series of paper-cuts, photograph cuts and
wood-cuts using a wide variety of media.
Born and
educated in Nanjiang, Ren moved to study and work in Dusseldorf in
1989. He made his name in the adopted country. This German artist of
Chinese origin is a sworn believer of the saying – “there is no
construction without destruction; there is no making without breaking”
and he will keep on deconstructing old concepts and breaking new
grounds.
He
will be showing a full range of his works in the up-coming November
exhibition at Art Beatus Gallery.
Art
Beatus Gallery is located at Shop 301-302 Exchange Square Podium
level. For further information about this exhibition, you may reach us
by email at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk, by telephone to
Dominic Chan at 852.2522.1138 or Josephine Hau at 852.2526.0818.
For
further information, please contact:
Canada: tel: (1) 604.688.2633, fax: (1) 604.688.2685
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