Ye Henggui
Time：2024/07/27-2024/09/01
Address：Platform China Contemporary Art Institute (Beijing)
Artists：
Platform China will grandly present the solo exhibition of artist Ye Henggui on July 27th, showcasing the vibrant energy and enduring momentum in his paintings at the A&B Exhibition Space.
Ye Henggui was born in Ma'anshan, Anhui in 1962. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1989 and was assigned to teach at Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei. In the early 1990s, unlike his classmates Fang Lijun and Liu Wei, who quickly rose to fame, Ye Henggui entered a state of slow growth that continues to this day. Some attribute this to his "slow pace," but he appreciates this state. The "slow and steady" development is a testament to his inner persistence and strength, as well as the precious vitality and enduring momentum in his painting. After 2000, Ye Henggui resolutely left his well-endowed university teaching position to stay in Beijing as a professional painter. He remains indifferent and carefree, refusing to be agitated and focusing on painting, content with being on the periphery.
The 1990s were different from the 1980s, with various artistic trends and the commodification of art intertwined, causing many painters to be both excited and at a loss. In the noisy era, Ye Henggui faced the dynamic with tranquility, seemingly isolated from the mainstream yet finding his own angle towards painting in his inner world, within his small studio, amidst the colorful reality. He avoided the high waves that could be achieved overnight and also dodged the decline in the turbulent middle. The lofty culture created by the mainstream actually concealed a value sequence, which negates the legitimacy of current life. It seems that the detachment or attachment to the system directly leads to a binary judgment of good and bad. However, Ye Henggui chose the most ordinary perspective for himself, returning to the perfect nature and soul in the most simple way, trying to capture the glimmer in daily life. He painted a large number of various characters, landscapes, daily scenes, and objects. His recent works have tended to be semi-abstract, flat, and minimalist. The language of painting is clean and pure, and the picture is so full of life and poetry, as clear and transparent as looking at the blue sky and the sea.
