HO SINTUNG – DUSTY LANDSCAPE
2016-09-19In less than a decade Ho Sintung has emerged as one of the most distinctive artists of her generation. Preferring to work on a small scale and favoring pencil and graphite on paper above other media, she gives visual expression to her passion for all aspects of the cinema, not only films themselves but the buildings in which they are shown, posters and other ephemera. Although she has said that her favorite pastimes are “reading books and watching films,” her work also reveals her familiarity with a wide range of twentieth century visual art to which she refers in her tongue-in-cheek hommages to the “movies.”
For Dusty Landscape Ho Sintung turns her attention to horror movies. In a recent interview, she remarked how her father used to love watching violent and scary movies although she did not share his taste at the time. She recognizes, however, that “the horror film has a significance in the history of film that should not be neglected – it tirelessly brings up the past, retelling stories that have been rejected over and over again. It makes sure that prayers that were unheard will be heard; justice that was absent will resurface once more. Horror films respond to reality in the same way that our bodies react to horror films. These drawings, although milder and more tactful in tone, disrupt the familiarity of the densely-knit fabric of day-to-day life, exposing its inner abnormality.”
Opposite – When the Triangle Descends the Stairs, 2016
Exhibition runs through to November 20th, 2016
Chambers Fine Art
Red No.1-D, Caochangdi
Chaoyang District
100015
Beijing
China
