No looking back
By Chitralekha Basu |
HK EDITION |
Updated: 2022-05-27 13:56
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Louis To Wun's (CWC Art Gallery) bamboo and colored-rice-paper sculpture, San Syu Wat Leot Are Not Here, is a fantastical mythical creature. Treated to further increase its malleability, in To's hands the bamboo lends itself to shapes that recall the abstract geometric, and often lighthearted, images of Picasso and Paul Klee.
"I was influenced by cubism, notably the deconstruction of figures, multiple planes and views from several angles," says the artist. "The three dimensionality and abstraction in my work are inspired by George Condo. I also follow the principles of the I Ching (the Chinese divination manual and book of wisdom dating back to 1,000-750 BC), and fluidity of tai chi, in my works."
