Two new exhibitions, Shape or Shadow from the artist Zhang Gongque and Collect Them All from the street artist Michael Lau, were unveiled (揭幕) at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing over the weekend.
The Shape or Shadow exhibition explored the different (stage) of the art career of the late artist Zhang Gongque from the 1950s to his death in 2020 through 24 oil paintings. Throughout his painting career, Zhang chose to create art an open mind and truly express feelings, opinions as well as present an innocent art world, a realm (领域) of freedom where the artist could imagine (free) as he played with shapes and shadows. The artist often said art creation is a (person) matter unrelated to anyone else and that modern artists should not be bound by the environment, tradition or (they).
As Lau's first solo exhibition in Beijing, the Collect Them All exhibition features 12 paintings and three sculptures from the Hong Kong-based artist, (show) his passion for street art. exhibition includes the series Method, First Encounter, Soliloquy and Crazy Children as well as the large piece Yes, We Made It!, honors Picasso's painting Guernica. The large mural (壁画) (create)by Lau in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic is a monument to the disastrous moments the human race (face) in 2020, which shows if we work together, we can win any battle.
