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Chris Huen Sin Kan

CHRIS HUEN SIN KAN

RE-FRESH Pilar Corrias 13 May–16 June 2016 Eastcastle Street
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Across the 2016/17 programme Pilar Corrias Gallery will present RE-FRESH, a series of solo exhibitions which will contemplate the broad scope of painting at present. In his 2015 text, The Sext Life of Painting John Kelsey contextualises painting as a form of ‘refreshment’. Kelsey describes the experience of viewing painting within the context of an information and image saturated age, drawing comparison to the constant feed of information one experiences through vehicles like social media. RE-FRESH considers each exhibition as an iterative re-posting or re-freshing of the space, looking at the ways the medium is enacted in the work of each artist.

The paintings of Hong Kong based emerging artist Chris Huen Sin Kan, are characterised by his pursuit to capture the details and miniutiae of everyday life.

Huen meticulously observes personal, and yet, commonplace occurrences drawn from his studio/home. He seldom plans for a painting; keeping his brush strokes gestural and light as he works to catch a moment before it passes. Through their subdued colours Huen’s paintings materialise as ethereal essences of reality. Typical domestic scenes include pot plants in the corners of his apartment, and often feature his dog Doodood sleeping on a sofa or bed. His subjects lie within the reality of human nature. It is through painting Huen experiences the nuances of looking and builds an archive of the experiential phenomena of life.

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Chris Huen Sin Kan: Painting Again and Again Conversation Chris Huen Sin Kan: Painting Again and Again Chris Huen Sin Kan’s paintings accumulate everyday moments into records of the physical world, a collection of which are now on view in Simon Lee Gallery’s online exhibition, Puzzled Daydreams. Read the story
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Swift strokes of diluted oil paint accumulate in the works of Hong Kong artist Chris Huen Sin Kan, distilling quotidian moments and experiences into poetic visions.

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About the Gallery
Pilar Corrias is a contemporary art gallery in the heart of London’s West End which opened in 2008. The 3,800 square foot gallery space on Eastcastle Street was designed by the architect Rem Koolhaas and is made up of two exhibition spaces.

Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Alongside its internal programming, the gallery places great importance on supporting their artists through fostering relationships with public institutions, private foundations, museums, and commissioning bodies.
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54 Eastcastle Street
London
United Kingdom
Opening Hours
Mon - Fri, 10am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 6pm
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London 54 Eastcastle Street
Pilar Corrias contemporary art gallery in Eastcastle Street London United Kingdom
Pilar Corrias
54 Eastcastle Street, London, United Kingdom
+44 207 323 7000
http://www.pilarcorrias.com

Opening hours
Mon - Fri, 10am - 6pm
Sat, 11am - 6pm
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