Since its opening in 2011, 3812 Gallery sees itself as a catalyst for the contemporary expression of the uniqueness of Eastern culture. In the last nine years, the gallery has evolved into an art enterprise owing to its diverse approach to the promotion of Chinese contemporary art, its close relationship with artists, scholars and collectors, and most importantly, the understanding that art development and heritage preservation take more than a few white walls in the age of globalisation.
3812 Gallery has published three issues of Collect since 2017, an art journal aiming to provide a captivating and informative channel to art appreciation, a continuation of profound discussions that often take place within gallery walls and less often outside of them.
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Here you can read articles selected from Collect, from art history and artwork analysis to exhibition reviews and insights into the art market, to continually inspire you along your journey of art collection.
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TJ Ren, East Wind, 2019, Cupronickel, bronze gilding with 24K gold, 58 x 52 x 120 cm
For this week's ARTpiece, we are delighted to share with you a comparison of TJ Ren's gilded bronze sculpture, East Wind, and a ‘calico’ Lingbi scholar’s rock from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). A fine example of our gallery's specialism, Eastern Origin and Contemporary Expression, TJ Ren draws upon this cornerstone of Chinese culture to create a dialogue between the present and the past.
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Dynasties 千秋, 2019 Ink and colour on paper 水墨設色紙本 137 x 828 cm
For this week's ARTicle, we are delighted to present extracts from the art curator and critic Hans Ulrich Obrist's interview with Raymond Fung.
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Contemplate the shared mission of Nanjing-born and Shanghai-based artist Liu Guofu with the American born painter, sculpture and photographer, Cy Twombly. Although born over four decades and more than 7,000 miles apart, the search for the "human longing to communicate" unites these two artists. We have chosen to focus on Liu's The Cold Mountain No.7 and Twombly's 1971 mixed media canvas, Nini's Painting.
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Chloe Ho painting in Wei Ligang's studio
We are delighted to present the renowned contemporary Chinese ink painter Wei Ligang's musings on Chloe Ho's contemporary ink works. Extracted from two essays, the first written in 2014 following Chloe's apprenticeship at Wei's studio in Beijing during the winter of 2013, and the second published in the 2017 exhibition catalogue Ascendence, Wei Ligang reflects on particular paintings by Chloe as well as on her painting style and presence.
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Huang Guanyu, Golden Lotus Pond 2, 2007 Oil and mixed media on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
ARTpiece #11: This week, we examine the painting Golden Lotus Pond 2 by Beijing-based artist Huang Guanyu, to inspire you to add this beautiful work to your collection. Here we compare Huang's painting with an oil on canvas work entitled Red Dragonfly by one of the great founders of Modern Chinese Painting, Wu Guanzhong.
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Hsiao Chin, Light of Divinity-16, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 110 x 180cm
ARTicle 11: We are delighted to present the essay Hsiao Chin: A Fundamental Sense of Hope written by British award-winning art critic Richard Cork for the exhibition catalogue of Hsiao Chin's retrospective In my beginning is my end: the art of Hsiao Chin, which takes place at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia from 31st July to 25th October 2020, as part of the celebratory programme for the artist's 85th year. In the essay, Richard Cork develops from Hsiao's early works from the 50s and walks you through the extraordinary sixty-year oeuvre of the post-war abstract master of the East.
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Wang Jieyin, Green Skies, 2017 Acrylic on canvas 73 x 100cm
This week we compare Shanghai-based artist Wang Jieyin's Green Skies painting with the High Tang Dynasty cave painting, Parable of the Illusory City from the Lotus Sutra.
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Zheng Lu, Shiosai, 2015, Stainless Steel, Lacquer, 384 x 200 x 200 cm
ARTicle 10: We hope you enjoy studying Zheng Lu's essay through an essay written by the renowned art critic and curator Wu Hong.
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Yu Yang, Ink Object - Rhythm of china No.1, 2015 Ink and colour on paper, 94 x 88 cm
In the biweekly series ARTpiece, we are highlighting one artwork from 3812 Gallery's collection, to inspire you to add it to yours. For this week's ARTpiece we have chosen to highlight the Ink Object series created by Beijing-based artist Yu Yang, the co-founder of the avant-garde Chinese art group “Cold Ink”, to inspire you to add one or more of this extraordinary series to your collection.
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Li Lei, Calm Contemplation 6 - The Greenish River in Spring like Dyed by Bluegrass - Calm Contemplation 26, 2015-2019, Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 450 cm
ARTicle 09: We hope you enjoy studying Li Lei's abstract painting through an essay written by Zhou Xian, Professor at the Art Institute of Nanjing University.
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Victor Wong, The Fauvist Dreams of Gemini 01, 2020 Artificial Intelligence, Chinese ink, acrylic & gold paint on rice paper, 131 x 43 cm
For this week's ARTpiece we have chosen to highlight the latest series created by Victor Wong and his artificial intelligence assistant AI Gemini, to inspire you to add one or more of this outstanding six-part painting series to your collection.
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Raymond Fung, Tolo Harbour, 2012, Ink and colour on paper, 60 x 240 cm
ARTicle 08: We hope this article will walk you into the ink world of Hong Kong artist Raymond Fung.
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We have enjoyed an exciting week for our 85-year-old master artist, Hsiao Chin. Starting with the opening of his major retrospective exhibition In my beginning is my end: the art of Hsiao Chin at the Mark Rothko Art Centre on 31st July, through to a number of exciting articles published this week due to the wonderful global reception of the exhibition.
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Huang Guanyu, Silhouette, 2007, Oil and mixed media on canvas, 200 cm x 414 cm
ARTicle 07: We hope you will enjoy studying Beijing artist Huang Guanyu's lotus in this week's ARTicle, through an essay from his Lotus in Haze exhibition catalogue.
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Hsiao Chin, The Cycles (Il Cicli), 1963, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 76 cm
ARTpiece #6: this week we have chosen to highlight another exemplary artwork from Hsiao Chin's Punto period, The Cycles (1963), to inspire you to add this outstanding painting to your collection.
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Hsiao Chin, Contemplation, 1962, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 90 cm
ARTicle 06: This week, we are presenting an essay from the exhibition catalogue Hsiao Chin - Infinite Universe by Sotheby's Hong Kong, to walk you through his extraordinary journey.
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Hsiao Chin, Power of the Light, 1965, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 130 cm
ARTpiece #5: this week we have chosen to highlight an exemplary artwork from Hsiao Chin's Punto period, Power of the Light, 1965, as we study his premise of adopting abstract painting into Asian philosophy.
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ARTicle | Hsiao Chin's Beginnings and Endings
by Philip DoddHsiao Chin, Vibrazione Universe, 1965, Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 290 cmARTicle 05: This week we are delighted to present the exhibition foreword written by curator Philip Dodd for Hsiao Chin's retrospective In my beginning is my end: the art of Hsiao Chin at Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia.
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Raymond Fung, Breathing (1), 2020, Ink on paper, 90 x 360 cm
This week, we have chosen Raymond Fung's beautiful painting series Breathing, with which the artist hopes to inspire reflection and action on the climate emergency.
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ARTicle | Liu Guofu's Surfacing Colour
by Dr. Andrew BenjaminLiu Guofu, Pervasion No. 21, 2016, Oil on canvas, 90 cm x 120 cmIn the fourth edition of ARTicle, we hope you will enjoy the study of Liu Guofu's colour through an essay written by world-renowned philosopher Dr. Andrew Benjamin.
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Zheng Lu, Water in Dripping - Silent Narratives, 2019 Stainless Steel, Site-installation, Variable size Exhibited in Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, Ningxia, China
In the biweekly series ARTpiece, we are highlighting one artwork from 3812 Gallery's collection, to inspire you to add it to yours. For the third edition, we have chosen Zheng Lu's gravity-defying sculpture series Water in Dripping, inspired by Chinese calligraphy, a beautiful example of Eastern Origin and Contemporary Expression. Huang Du shares with us his study of Zheng's work in his essay On the Form and Formlessness of Water.
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ARTicle | Wang Jieyin's Grand Landscapes
by Dr. Xia KejunWang Jieyin, Song of Dawn, Acrylic on canvas, 3900mm x 2200mm, 2017ARTicle 03: This week we are presenting an essay written by art critic Dr. Xia Kejun, to immerse you in Shanghai artist Wang Jieyin's grand landscapes.
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Liu Zhuoquan, Story of Insects, 2011, Glass Bottle, Mineral Colour, Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Wooden Frame, 122 x 64 x 8 cm x 8
In the biweekly series ARTpiece, we are highlighting one artwork from 3812 Gallery's collection, to inspire you to add it to yours. For the second edition, we have selected Liu Zhuoquan's Story of Insects. Liu draws upon the traditional craft of Chinese snuff bottle painting, painting on the inside of glass bottles known as "neihua" or "inner painting", and has transformed it into a contemporary art form.
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ARTicle | Yu Yang & Cold Ink
by R. A. SuriYu Yang, Disorder and in Order, 2014, Ink on paper & wood, 130 x 500 cmARTicle 02: For the second edition of this new feature curated by 3812 Gallery, we selected a piece for Beijing-based artist Yu Yang written by art critic R. A. Suri for your weekend digest.
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Hsiao Chin shared his six-decade artistic journey from Taiwan to Europe and the United States with 3812 Gallery co-founder Calvin Hui.
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Chloe Ho, Ink Eruption, 2017 Chinese ink, coffee and acrylic on rice paper, 159 x 131 cm
In the biweekly series ARTpiece, we are highlighting one artwork from 3812 Gallery's collection, to inspire you to add it to yours. For the first edition, we have selected Chloe Ho's Ink Eruption. Painted in Chloe's beautiful Aberdeen studio in Hong Kong in 2017, this work is an uplifting explosion of colour.
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ARTicle | Lifelines: The Visual Poetics of Wang Huangsheng
by Dr. Katie HillWang Huangsheng, Metaphor Vision 2014, 2014, Colour rubbing on paper, 180 cm x 99 cm (x2)ARTicle 01: For the first edition of this new feature curated by 3812 Gallery, we selected a curator's monograph for Chinese renowned artist Wang Huangsheng written by Dr. Katie Hill for your weekend digest.
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Chloe Ho, X-Ray Fish, Chinese ink and acrylic on paper (Details) (Courtesy of the artist and 3812 Gallery)
Look into the development of Contemporary Ink Art through the decades.
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Liu Dan, Airy Mountains, Rushy Glens after Li Tang, 2004, Ink on paper (Courtesy of Sotheby's)
For all contemporary art, there are many aspects that attract collectors, such as history, rarity, provenance, size, subject matter, quality, or even fashion.