The Simon Lee Gallery to present works by Jeff Elrod, Alex Hubbard and Yang Shu at its Hong Kong venue.This July the Simon Lee Gallery will open a group exhibition of works by Jeff Elrod, Alex Hubbard and Yang Shu. From July 13 through to September 4, 2018, the gallery’s Hong Kong venue will compare and contrast these three artists’ styles.Working across the painted medium, all three artists share a commitment to gesture, colour and graphic mark-making, albeit in very different ways, according to the gallery. Yet, there is a common approach to anti-hierarchical materials and techniques unites the three artists, each of whom continues to challenge the traditions of painting in bold and experimental ways, not least in their handling of the performative gesture and the ways in which it can be relayed in two dimensions.Elrod presents large-scale abstract paintings that are concerned with the relationship between hand-painted and digitally-created mark-making. "Central to Elrod’s practice is the development of sophisticated software and print technology, which has enabled him to combine typically ‘analogue’ and ‘digital’ techniques, resulting in an innovative visual language specifically his own. Many of his works are hybrid images that incorporate more traditional materials with ‘frictionless’ digital drawings that originate using familiar programmes such as Illustrator and Photoshop. The resulting paintings are characterized by shifts between flat planes of color and a reductive, computerized iconography,” says the gallery.Then there are Hubbard’s paintings, by contrast, often suggest a mechanical means of production. "Fields of color in fiberglass and resin are interrupted with richly pooled, dripped and poured paint. Working with fast-drying materials, such as epoxy and latex, the artist is forced to act quickly, embracing chance happenings and revealing in the autonomy of his chosen media. Through this deconstruction every traditional opposition of the formal language of painting is opened up: figure and ground, material and illusionistic depth, the horizontality of production and the verticality of display,” the gallery adds.Shu is an early adopter of non-representational painting in China, his exuberant and unrestrained painting is informed by both traditional Chinese and contemporary Western art practices, as evidenced by calligraphic gestures and arcane, Twombly-esque compositions. There are also references to German Expressionism and outsider art pervade Yang Shu’s practice, while his naive, pastel palette is offset with graffiti-like scrawls, hints at more subversive themes than his energetic oeuvre presents at first glimpse.The exhibition will be on view from July 13 through September 4 2018 at Simon Lee Gallery, 304, 3/F The Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong. For details, visit: http://encn.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/simon-lee-gallery/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.http://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin
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