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About my artwork: I love color and summer. These were my childhood fascinations and I attempted to express it through scribbling and coloring all the walls of my family home. Since then, doodling has become part of my everyday life.

Doodling makes me happy. It inspired me to create these paintings. The process is automatic and absentminded. I would make a rapid section of outlines, choosing color quickly and randomly, while I am only focusing on transferring my emotional energy into the tip of my brush (similar method used in Chinese calligraphy). Then, I would attempt to recreate links between this abstract representation of my subconsciousness into an organic form of reality.

During the process of making these images, the reality of painting is jumbled by shades, shapes, lines, and colors. I will then try to re-establish an order accordingly by re-organizing all the elements, trying different types of order on top of the old one, sometime successful or it might end in utterly chaos. It is through this interesting journey of success and failure, I can pin down a voice of my deepest emotion; where ideas become artificial and thoughts rendered useless. It is this abandon of ideas and thoughts, I can finally enjoy the journey of painting and each day I can discover something different in the same painting.

Centre of the artworld:: London, Berlin, Beijing, my studio, nowhere and everywhere, another city

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At 3:58am on December 24, 2008, xuyun said…: Do you know some galleries of Beijing?

At 1:49am on December 24, 2008, xuyun said…: Hi Tak ,
Beijing is China's most important cultural center for a new artist, the exhibition in Beijing is not an easy task, however, try, you can never know what will happen in the future, is not it?

At 2:50pm on December 23, 2008, razeea Lindner said…: Hi Tak ,thanks! How are you? Wish you a wicked time for Christmas

At 2:39am on December 23, 2008, xuyun said…: Thank you for your comments, you fully understand what I want to say. A lot of hand-expression, it's always talking to you. Gloves are representative of the act, as you say ‘thats life’.

At 10:46am on October 27, 2008, ART & ARTISTS LA said…: BLUEBIRD ART HOUSE AND ART&ARTISTS LA are pleased to announce the 1st INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION 2009.

Open to all artists in all fine arts media we seek to recognize outstanding quality and diversity in the arts.

The 2009 IJC is open to all artists worldwide, age 18 and older. All works must be original. Entries in the following medias will be accepted: Painting, Drawing, Mixed media, Printmaking, Watercolor, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Photography.

Entry Deadline February 15th 2009.

AWARD

A solo show next winter 2009 at Bluebird Art House and $1500 to the winner. 1 work in the show for each one of the 3 runner up.

To receive the Submission Form and bases

E-MAIL: BBIRDINTCOMP@YAHOO.COM

At 11:03pm on October 17, 2008, razeea Lindner said…: Sometimes,yes...!I like the piece 'Do I look chinese?'

At 3:19am on October 15, 2008, tak (shi yu) said…: thanks, love the site, so much infomation! i will start using it now. cheers

At 2:05pm on April 7, 2008, artreview.com said…: Hi Sze

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