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Su Xiaobai

SU XIAOBAI

Su Xiaobai: Blue Tina Keng Gallery 17 December 2022–18 February 2023 Taipei
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As 2022 draws to a close, Su Xiaobai’s blue palette comes to mind amidst the turmoil of the world. Out of several conversations with the artist emerged an idea of organising a blue monochrome exhibition at Tina Keng Gallery, titled Su Xiaobai: Blue. It is not because Su prefers these blue representations of varying shades and sizes, but because he thought it would be interesting to observe a single colour at a time.

The cover of_Ulysses_, a novel by modernist author James Joyce published in 1922, is a light shade of blue. This first edition of Ulysses enthralled Su and his old friend when they chanced upon it in Paris. How to re-create this shade of blue has since haunted Su’s practice. But how to paint a blue that carries the warmth of a body remains elusive.

These works of lacquer — each a nuanced tint of blue — coalesce into a palimpsest of layered poetry and chiseled time.

This exhibition has no official opening, but is accompanied by ‘What the Loved Ones See,’ a text penned by Su’s family members, allowing the viewer a glimpse of the albeit reclusive artist. The exhibition opens on December 17, 2022, and closes on February 18, 2023.

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About the Artist

Su Xiaobai studied painting at the Wuhan School of Arts and Crafts, the Wuhan Institute of Painting, and the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts before attending the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied the techniques of traditional painting and accumulated his abilities in expressive techniques. He was later awarded a German Cultural and Art scholarship to participate in the graduate program offered by the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts in Germany in 1987. Under the guidance of Konrad Klapheck, Gerhard Richter, and Markus Lupertz, he strived to break away from the skills he mastered in Beijing, and develop a visual language rich in personal experience, life observation, and abstract symbols.

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The Tina Keng Gallery has its roots in the Lin & Keng Gallery (1992–2009) based in Taipei, Taiwan and Beijing, China. Delving into Chinese art history, Lin & Keng was instrumental in promoting the work of Asian classical masters. The Tina Keng Gallery has continued this tradition by supporting Greater Chinese contemporary art, with a steadfast focus on nurturing Taiwanese art.

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