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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, © Huang Rui
Huang Rui 黃銳
Flowers 花
1981
In this oil painting, a vase with pink and yellow flowers and a green leafy potted plant sit on a square table, together with several geometric objects in muted tones of red and green. The table lies against a pale blue background, separated by what appears to be a blue chair positioned behind the table. Flowers is characteristic of Huang Rui’s early career, when he experimented with a range of Western styles. The simplified forms and the flat, abstract patches of colour suggest the influence of fauvism, a movement from the early twentieth century whose participants used colour and bold brushstrokes to express emotion.
Beginning in the early 1980s, Huang incorporated abstraction and geometric shapes into his work as he pursued a paring down of colours and forms. In the 1990s, while he was living in Japan, his practice broadened further, and he produced photographs, large-scale installations, and performances.
Beginning in the early 1980s, Huang incorporated abstraction and geometric shapes into his work as he pursued a paring down of colours and forms. In the 1990s, while he was living in Japan, his practice broadened further, and he produced photographs, large-scale installations, and performances.
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