FROM LANDSCAPE TO LANDSCAPES

山铭水绣

Friday 06 September 11:00 am to Friday 27 September 07:00 pm

La galerie , Alliance Française de Singapour

ADD TO CALENDAR 2024-09-06 03:00:00 2024-09-27 11:00:00 FROM LANDSCAPE TO LANDSCAPES 山铭水绣 La galerie

Alliance Française de Singapour is delighted to host Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery's debut exhibition in Singapore: From Landscape to Landscapes. It is a group show that brings together works by artists across generations and cultures to examine the changing landscape as a site of artistic inspiration as well as personal and shared histories. Tracing the geography of their imagination, the exhibition explores these artists’ responses to places in relations to nature, heritage, modernity and cultural relations.

These artists take viewers beyond the traditional painting genre and look into the intertwining relationships between nature, culture, tradition and progress. Landscapes, in plural, speak to an ever-expanding field of expressive language, embodying not only the law of nature, but also our living space and its continuously transforming surrounding.

Discover the work of ten artists, including some French painters introduced below.

ARTISTS

BAI MING 白明 born in 1965
LI HUAYI 李華弌 born in 1948
LALAN 谢景兰 1921-1995
XUE SONG 薛松 born in 1965
JU MING 朱銘 1938-2023
GEORGES MATHIEU 乔治-马修 1921-2012
ZIAD DALLOUL 齐亚德-达卢尔 born in 1953
BERNARD BUFFET 贝尔纳-巴菲特 1928-1999
CLAUDE VENARD 克劳德-韦纳 1913-1999
OSWALDO VIGAS 奥斯瓦尔多-维加斯 1923-2014

La Galerie, level 2

Lalan 谢景兰

(1921-1995)

Being one of the few French-Chinese multidisciplinary female artists in the 20th century art history, Lalan developed her unique aesthetics by combining the spirituality of traditional Chinese landscape paintings with the spontaneity of Art Informel. Formally trained as a musician and dancer, Lalan transformed bodily gestures into expressive brushstrokes, approached lanscapes with graceful rhythm and flowing movement.

Georges Mathieu

(1921-2012)

A French painter known for his vibrant and energetic abstract art, integral to the Lyrical Abstraction movement. Though his work is abstract and non-representational, it subtly reflects landscapes through dynamic compositions, vivid colors, and textures that evoke natural forces and emotions. Mathieu's paintings, with their rhythmic brushstrokes and intense hues, capture the essence of the natural world, revealing how abstract art can express the underlying dynamism and beauty of landscapes.

Bernard Buffet

(1928-1999)

He was a French painter renowned for his distinctive style characterized by bold, linear brushwork and somber, often melancholic tones. His work, while primarily figurative, reveals a deep connection to landscapes through its evocative portrayal of urban and rural scenes. Buffet's use of stark lines and muted colors captures the mood and atmosphere of these environments, offering a poignant reflection on the human condition and the world around him. His landscapes, though simplified and stylized, convey a strong emotional resonance and a unique perspective on the natural and built environments.

Claude Venard

(1913-1999)

A French painter known for his vibrant and expressive approach to modern art. His work often features bold, dynamic compositions and a striking use of color. Venard’s landscapes are characterized by their vivid hues and geometric forms, blending abstraction with representational elements. His unique style captures the essence of natural and urban scenes through energetic brushstrokes and a distinctive palette, offering a modern interpretation of landscapes that highlights both their emotional impact and visual complexity.