Blindspot Gallery Participates in INSIGHTS at Art | Basel HONG KONG 2013

Art|Basel Hong Kong 2013 – From Su Shi to Bada Shanren by anothermountainman
Date: 23 – 26 May 2013
Venue: Booth 3D12: Blindspot Gallery, INSIGHTS section,
Hall 3 Section 3D Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Blindspot Gallery will participate in the INSIGHTS section at Art|Basel Hong Kong this year, featuring Hong Kong artist anothermountainman’s photography series From Su Shi to Bada Shanren (《從蘇東坡想起八大山人》).

From Su Shi to Bada Shanren, recreates the popular iconology of classical Chinese painting in a highly original rendition. The act of painting on bamboo and other objects was inspired by the work of Su Shi, literary titan and painter from the Northern Song Dynasty. The drive to subvert runs through the series, as the photographic captures of painted objects closely resemble classical Chinese painting. Such blurring of reality and illusion alludes to the art of Bada Shanren (Eight Great Mountain Man), master painter from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty.