Knownprimarilyforhislandscapes,Chakpaintstheformsofthenaturalworldinabstractandpoeticways.Aftershowinginternationally―havinglivedinJapanandtheUSAforseveraldecades―Chak:LandscapesandOtherNaturalOccurrences,isoneofthefirstsignificantsoloexhibitionsoftheartist’sworktobedisplayedinHongKong.TheUMAGexhibitionhighlightsbothhislargertwo-panelcanvasesandsmallerworksonpaperasawaytoillustratetheartist’sevolutionofthought.Thiscatalogueispublishedtocoincidewiththeexhibition.Solidlygroundedintraditionalmethodologies,Chak’sphilosophyofpaintingisdrawnoutinoil,acrylicandink.Eachcompositionisamanifestationofthepainter’sbeliefintheneedtoremaininconversationwithnature.Hisstudyofplants,riversandhillsidesareinfluencedbythepainter’sidealisedmissiontorecreatenaturethroughhisownsophisticatedformofcraftsmanship.Chakisfascinatedwiththecalmthatnatureofferseachofustorechargeamidstourhecticdayswithinurbanenvironments.翟宗浩以山水畫見稱，他以抽象和富有詩意的方式描繪大自然的輪廓。繼在世界各地參展後──他曾居於日本和美國數十載──《翟宗浩：山水與其他自然意象》展覽是翟宗浩在港舉辦最重要的首個個展之一。是次展覽精選展示他的大型雙屏布本作品和尺寸較小的紙本作品，以呈現其思緒的演變。此為配合是次展覽而出版的圖錄。翟宗浩的繪畫哲學紮根於傳統技法，他的油彩、塑膠彩和水墨作品處處流露着這種哲學思想。每件作品的構圖布局，皆體現這位畫家堅持其作品需與自然對話的信念。通過一己之精湛且成熟的繪畫技法來重塑自然，是翟宗浩的理想化抱負。這項使命於他對植物、河川和山坡的研究影響深遠。大自然那使人感到平靜安寧、以及為身處繁華鬧市且日無暇晷的人注入動力的能力，使翟宗浩為之著迷。
展覽 繪畫 NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND OCCURRENCES OTHER
