Zhao Zhao 趙趙
Sky 2021-03《天空 2021-03》, 2021
Oil on canvas 布上油彩
150 x 150cm
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Concept behind Sky series by Zhao Zhao: ‘I first began the Sky series in 2009 contemplating on the permanent pollution of Beijing where the sky is rarely blue. As I...
Concept behind Sky series by Zhao Zhao:
‘I first began the Sky series in 2009 contemplating on the permanent pollution of Beijing where the sky is rarely blue. As I was executing it, I instinctively thought about the real sky, wanting to reference some form of flow... but photographs are static. During that time, I could not see what the sky really looked like. For things I haven’t seen in a long time, I need to draw from my own memory and subconscious to depict them. In a way, behind the Sky series is my fabrication of the sky.
I was returning indoors to complete a monochrome depiction of something from the outdoors. It was not reliant on photographs, or on the range of colours. I used Prussian and Rembrandt blue. This is a rather forgiving colour, which is why I say it is like ink. I used its two extremes, black and white, as well as its intermediary hue, blue. I grasped the different shades and hues that emerged between. I also constrained my own abilities as much as possible.’
‘I first began the Sky series in 2009 contemplating on the permanent pollution of Beijing where the sky is rarely blue. As I was executing it, I instinctively thought about the real sky, wanting to reference some form of flow... but photographs are static. During that time, I could not see what the sky really looked like. For things I haven’t seen in a long time, I need to draw from my own memory and subconscious to depict them. In a way, behind the Sky series is my fabrication of the sky.
I was returning indoors to complete a monochrome depiction of something from the outdoors. It was not reliant on photographs, or on the range of colours. I used Prussian and Rembrandt blue. This is a rather forgiving colour, which is why I say it is like ink. I used its two extremes, black and white, as well as its intermediary hue, blue. I grasped the different shades and hues that emerged between. I also constrained my own abilities as much as possible.’
Provenance
3812 Gallery
Directly from the artist
Exhibitions
Hong Kong, 3812 Gallery, Summer-Scape, 21 August-13 September 2024
香港，3812畫廊，Summer-Scape，2024
London, 3812 Gallery, Masterpiece London Art Fair, Stand 617, Spirit and Landscape, 30 June-6 July 2022
London, 3812 Gallery, Spirit and Landscape, 13 July-3 September 2022
Publications
3812 Gallery, Masterpiece London Art Fair catalogue, Spirit and Landscape, London, 2022, p.55