张林海油画作品展张林海《ParadiseSeriesNo.42》215x360cm2005张林海《PurpleSeriesNo.1》1155x156cm2006张林海《PurpleSeriesNo.2》80x100cm2006张林海《PurpleSeriesNo.3》80x100cm2006张林海《PurpleSeriesNo.5》116x150cm2006
展览时间：2006-12-15-2007-01-17
开幕时间：2006-12-14　18:30-20:30
展览城市：香港-香港
展览机构：少励画廊
展览地址：MainGallery,21-31OldBaileyStreet,Central,HongKong

展览介绍
SchoeniGalleryLtd.isdelightedtoannouncethemuchanticipated4thsoloexhibitionofartistZhangLinHaientitled“PurpleSeries.”Pre-eminentinhisfield,ZhangLinHai’scollectionofnewworksshowshowheisevolvingstylisticallyasanartistashefurtherdevelopshisscopeofimagination,andhismotifofbaldyoungboysagainstabackdropofapost-industrialaridwasteland.Moresonowthaneverbefore,ZhangLinHai’sonusisplacedontheindividual,ratherthananobliquefieldofthemasses.ZhangLinHaiisalsobringingastrongemotionalpiècederésistancetothefore,explicitlyarticulatingfeelingssuchassadness,fear,aneedforescape,bemusement,andevenmoredisconcerting,thevapidglareofshockorevenpossession.Thedenseterminalclustersofthegrasslandsarestillusedtogreateffecttoexplorethelandscapeofmemorythroughlocallyspecificsymbolsandtypographicalreference.Butnow,ZhangLinHaiborrowsfromhisuniformrepresentationofyouthtoenforcetheidentityoftheindividual–hissoloprotagonistspeeroutfromthecanvaswithlooksofbewildermentandemotion,sometimestearsarespillingdownthechubbycheeksofinjuredyouth.ZhangLinHai’spaintsinthecharacteristicgreysofhismutedandsombrepalette,hisfiguresaredepictedinmonochromeandattimesgarbedincrimson,ahighlightingtechniquethatbringsaharrowingandhauntingqualitytothecanvas.Inadditiontothisstylisticdevice,ZhangLinHaiisalsoexperimentingwithochreyellowsandterracottahues,throwinghismonochromefiguressharplyintorelief,moresoeventhanthecraggytipsthatspanthehorizon.ZhangLinHai’sworksfosteradiscoursethatimpliesthesignificanceandresonanceofpersonalboundaries,astheyareexpressedthroughandagainstsociety.Thetoneofhisworksismuchlessaboutstaringacrossafieldofmasses,orintoadizzyingheightofstrangelyandrogynousformsassimilatingintotoweringarchitecturaltowerslikethefabledtowerofBabel-theseheightsnolongerdescenddownupontheviewer.Spatially,ZhangLinHaipitsapanoramicexpanseagainsttherecognitionandsolaceofsolitude-thereseemstobeaneeriedimensionthathasnowbeeninfusedintohisworks,thusdenotingashiftinhisawarenessofthetranscendentalandotherworldly.Again,ZhangLinHaisurpasseshisalreadyestablishedheightsofachievementandartisticclairvoyance.Thisshowisonenottobemissed.　WrittenbyAlexandraHamlynZhangLinHai’smasterpieceshasbeencollectedandexhibitedinternationally;suchastheChinArttravelingmuseumexhibition,whichhasbeenshownGermany,Italy,Hungary,PolandandSpain.Inaddition,anotherinternationalprogrammewasheld,injointvision,withthedistinguishedMKMMuseumKüppersmühle,GermanylastJuly2005,wherethegallery’sexclusiveartistsZhangLinHaiandWangYiDongwereinvitedtoartisticallysupporttheircontemporaneousleaderinChineseContemporaryArt,CaiGuoQiang.ZhangLinHaiwasoneofthefinalistsinthe2003/2004SovereignContemporaryAsianArtCompetition–winningthesecond“SchoeniPrize”.