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Unconfined Illumination: Chloe Ho

Past exhibition
14 September - 6 November 2019 London
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Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮 Summer, 2019 Chinese ink and acrylic on cloth 156 x 87cm
Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮
Summer, 2019
Chinese ink and acrylic on cloth
156 x 87cm

‘There is beauty and artistic necessity in an unconfined illumination of expression. My vision floats unencumbered, as I present images to entice and engage the viewer.’——Chloe Ho

 

Unconfined Illumination features a collection of Ho’s important paintings from 2011 to 2019, which demonstrate her use of a diversity of mediums, techniques and subjects. As an emerging artist, born in the 1980s in California and growing up in Hong Kong, Ho flows between ink, acrylic, coffee and charcoal. Influenced by both Eastern aesthetics and Western modern art, she dips Chinese brushes into coffee and ink, connecting the human form and imagery of Shan Shui nature. Ho makes use of charcoal to depict the tonal plurality of classic Shakespeare characters in a contemporary manner, envisioning a connection between past and present. She discloses her love of Klein, Bourgeois, Bacon, and Zhang Daqian with her use of the colour blue. Through dynamic and energetic brush strokes, Ho’s work melds Chinese tradition, modernity and bold mediums.

 

Calvin Hui, Curator of the exhibition and Co-founder of 3812 Gallery writes: ‘In general, Western abstract art carries a tension and destruction inherent in Western culture, emphasising visual stimulation and sexual hormones. In comparison, the culture of Chinese ink is implicit, emphasising space, blankness, temperament and spirit, imbued with particular freedom, leisure, space and breath. With ink and mixed media, Chloe Ho creates works pertaining to abstract expressionism which carries both Western beauty as well as China’s calmness, elegance, aura and temperament. The artist thus reaches “illumination” by combining features of these two diverse cultures. Led by intuition, Ho is fascinated with the evolution of natural life and man’s identity. This guides her directly to spiritual illumination along the light of the soul.’ Hui continues: ‘Looking back at the achievements of experimental ink in Asian countries for the past five decades, contemporary ink has moved beyond merely referring to Western art and has begun to assume an awareness of features of national culture, further bringing the two aspects together. Such is Eastern countries’ adjustment and retrospection of national culture in the context of globalisation. Since 3812 Gallery launched its London Flagship gallery in the St James’s arts district last November, we have been continuously presenting the diversity in Chinese contemporary art in line with our core notion Eastern Origin in Contemporary Expression through our program of exhibitions. I believe Chloe Ho’s exhibition will bring unique inspiration to London’s art scene this autumn.’

 

From Under the Surface (2014, New York), to the milestone show Ascendence (2017, Hong Kong), to the upcoming Unconfined Illumination (2019, London), Ho’s works have gone through a development from figurative to abstract, from past to future, from form to essence and from material to imagery. The show will present seven pieces of Ho’s newest works, such as Autumn and Summer from The Four Seasons series (2019) created with ink and acrylic on cloth.

 

Beginning with her Nature Embodied series (2013) and In the Current series (2014), Ho conducted an abstract transformation of the human figure and blended it with nature and the spirit of Shan Shui through water and ink on xuan paper, thus exploring the relationship between human and nature, human and environment and human and the universe. In Autumn and Summer, with the colours of red and blue together with the strong black ink, Ho harmoniously creates an atmosphere in which she fuses the human figure with the imagery of Shan Shui.

 

For Ho, the seasons are a conceptual metaphor of life – in Autumn, the colours of red, brown and black become deeper and more vibrant. With elements of the painting in flux like leaves falling, Ho depicts the beauty and energy of autumn. In Summer, the blue paint varies from light to dark, from translucent to opaque. The figure is fully formed and electric with colour and dynamic brush strokes.

 

Ho believes: ‘Fabric can be both painterly and sculptural, so it is a challenging and fascinating medium at the same time. Like paper it is unforgiving. Its movement creates new angles and dimensions. It adds a tactile sensibility to the art. It flows visually and envelops the viewer because of its nature.’ – just as Ho’s works are fluid and unconfined.

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Works
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Cat Fish, 2013
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Cat Fish, 2013
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Lion Fish 《獅子魚》, 2014
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Lion Fish 《獅子魚》, 2014
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, The Dreamer, 2016
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, The Dreamer, 2016
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #1 《自然的體現 #1》, 2013
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #1 《自然的體現 #1》, 2013
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #2 《自然的體現 #2》, 2013
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #2 《自然的體現 #2》, 2013
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #15 《自然的體現 #15》, 2013
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Nature Embodied #15 《自然的體現 #15》, 2013
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, In the Current I, 2014
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, In the Current I, 2014
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Summer, 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Summer, 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Autumn, 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Autumn, 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Edgar 《愛德加》, 2012
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Edgar 《愛德加》, 2012
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Caliban 《卡利班》, 2011
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Caliban 《卡利班》, 2011
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Hamlet, 2011
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Hamlet, 2011
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Macduff, 2012
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Macduff, 2012
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Othello, 2012
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Othello, 2012
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Beijing Being 《北京風情》, 2015
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Beijing Being 《北京風情》, 2015
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Breaking Blue 《破格藍調》, 2015
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Breaking Blue 《破格藍調》, 2015
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Wellspring, 2016
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Wellspring, 2016
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Universal Energy, 2017
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Universal Energy, 2017
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Midnight Blooms 《午夜綻放》, 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Midnight Blooms 《午夜綻放》, 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Narcissus in Blue 《藍水仙》, 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Narcissus in Blue 《藍水仙》, 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Reverie in Ink, 2016
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Reverie in Ink, 2016
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Blooms 《綻放》, 2017
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Blooms 《綻放》, 2017
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Perfect Perception , 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Perfect Perception , 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Hong Kong Blooms, 2019
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Hong Kong Blooms, 2019
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Ink Eruption 《墨水噴發》, 2017
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Ink Eruption 《墨水噴發》, 2017
  • Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Volcano, 2017
    Chloe Ho 何鳳蓮, Volcano, 2017
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Installation Views
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  • Unconfined Illumination

    Unconfined Illumination

    Chloe Ho 2019 Soft cover 103 pages
    Publisher: 3812 Gallery
    Dimensions: 280 x 180 mm
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