Signature
With one seal of the artist
2017
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China has a very rich "lotus" culture. Lotus grows in all four seasons, passionate and blending harmoniously with the environment. Lotus is also
a gentleman. Those who love it likewise possess the virtue of "stainless it rises from its slimy bed; modestly it reposes on the clear pool – an
emblem of purity and truth". Artist Han Yanting re-examines and re-thinks about the beauty of the lotus with the vision of the contemporary,
and explores the inner thinking, the value of life and the state of life. As a Hong Kong artist born and raised in the 80s, her creations blend
modern ink, watercolor, dynamic images and installation art language all together, gradually revealing the personal style of painting and giving
the ink a new meaning. The painting "Ink Lotus in Zen" uses the almost abstract brushwork of traditional Chinese art, and the picture is very
expressive. A large blue lotus leaf hangs around a blushing lotus flower, leaving a little brightness in the cool colors. She lets the intense light
spread out from the painting, balance the whole picture based on the cold blue, and seeks a sense of warmth in the silence. The "Zen" of
the East blooms in the mist of "Ink Lotus", perfectly blending traditional Chinese painting and Western painting techniques, capturing the
momentary changes of light and shadow and the processing of details. The picture of the wonderful dreamy mood seems to be swinging with
the wind. The blue lotus leaf symbolizes the change of the season, which symbolizes the direction of life. Although it is prosperous, it implies a
change in thoughts, reminding people of fragments and memories of life.
Rebecca Hon is a Hong Kong artist that born in 80s. She is specialized in using ink and mix-media as a language; to reconstruct different
materials and images.Graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Sunderland, UK in 2010, she obtained a BA (Hons)
in Graphic Design and a diploma in Creative Cross-Media Illustration and Digital Drawing Techniques from the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
She is studying the Master of Arts in Fine Arts (M.A.) at Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).