
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 87"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
31" x 43"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 87 (details)"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
31" x 43"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 269"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 271"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 272"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 276"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 56"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 53"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 56" (details)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 53"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 37"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
31" x 43"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 37" (details)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
31" x 43"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 93"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 110"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 93" (detail)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 110"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 17"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
59" x 47"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 17 (details)"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
59" x 47"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 14"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 39"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 14" (detail)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 39"
ZHY112
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed R104"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
8" x 8"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 285"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 287"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 21"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 39"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 19"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 39"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 105"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 38"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 70"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 15"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47h"x 83"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 42"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 70"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 79"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 79" (detail)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 4"
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 79"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 4" (detail)
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 79"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 274" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 132" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed R115" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
8" x 8"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed R118" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
8" x 8"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed R93" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
8" x 8"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed D098" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
36" x 36"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed D098" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
36" x 36"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 02" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
51" x 83"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 02" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
51" x 83"
ZHY110
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 135" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 114" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 131" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 126" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 96" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Mini Flowerbed 121" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
6" x 6"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 032" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 032 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Landscape 20" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 59"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 81" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 81" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 77" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 77" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 91" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47"x 71"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 91" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 71"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 80" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 80" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 75" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 75" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 98" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
35" x 35"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 98" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
35" x 35"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 69" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 63"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 69" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 63"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 73" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 73" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 76" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 76" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 86" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 63"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 86" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 63"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 78" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24"x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 78" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
24" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 83" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 83" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
47" x 24"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 94" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 53"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Flowerbed 94" (detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 53"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-IV-12" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 67"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-IV-12 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
53" x 67"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-II-20" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-II-20 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 18-II-27" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
43" x 55"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 18-II-27 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
43" x 55"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 34" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 39"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 34" (Detail) SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
39" x 39"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-II-45" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-II-45 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-III-34" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled #18-III-34 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
23" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled VI-40" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
55" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled VI-40 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
55" x 23"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 59" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
27" x 47"
Zhuang Hong Yi "Untitled 59 (detail)" SOLD
Ink, acrylic and rice paper on canvas
27" x 47"
Zhuang Hong Yi was born in China in 1962. The flower motif dominates Zhuang Hong Yi’s work – a significant image in Chinese culture which carries countless meanings and emotions yet with equally strong associations with the Netherlands, world-famous for its flowers – and he works patiently and religiously on this subject year-after-year, intricately crafting his works with care and forethought. Zhuang Hong Yi’s well-known and highly collectable Flowerbeds are crafted from delicate pieces of painted rice paper, which he has bent and folded into hundreds of tiny buds, creating seductive and tactile works.
In his latest collection, Zhuang Hong Yi has developed his technique from working with a single uniform colour to creating dual and triple coloured works that subtlety shift from one dominant colour to another as you move your body and eyes from one side of the work to the other, adding movement and a visual tactilness to the works. Utilizing the traditional Chinese material of rice paper, the works represent Chinese aesthetics, meditations on colour, nature and form, with an emphasis on technique and uniformity. His focus and handling of the material are all lessons adopted from the Sichuan College of Fine Arts, where he first studied.
Zhuang Hong Yi’s painted canvases bear the influence of Impressionism and other Western artistic practices. Working with a freedom of style, as if liberated from his native country’s well-established artistic traditions and boundaries, his impasto strokes of daring, bright colours are expressive and unconfined. Colours melt together and paint drips down the canvas, seeping over a collage of delicate unfolded rice paper flowers. The sculptural three-dimensionality of the artworks makes them both painting and object. Messiness, variety and chance are all embraced and are drawing the viewer in, encouraging contemplation as they immerse us in a tapestry of colour and form.
Contemporary artist Zhuang Hong Yi is based in the Netherlands but was brought up in China. It is this combination of Chinese background and European influence that define Zhuang Hong Yi’s work. Embracing his present without losing his past, he attempts to define a sense of self that exists between the two. Zhuang Hong Yi enacts this personal struggle visually, vacillating between phases of controlled planning, emotional gesture and careful editing, creating works that represent beauty, sophistication and perfection.
Zhuang Hong Yi studied at the Sichuan College of Fine Arts in Chongqing in China and perfected his technique at the Minerva Academy in Groningen in the Netherlands. He has exhibited throughout Europe and China. His works are held in numerous esteemed public and private collections worldwide and has been the subject of multiple museum exhibitions at Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.
Museum de Zwarte Tulp (the Black Tulip) is currently displaying the first solo exhibition of the Chinese artist Zhuang Hong Yi in The Netherlands in almost 10 years. It is a retrospective exhibition with key works from the period 2003 – 2018. The source of inspiration for the collages, ‘Landscapes’ and ‘Flowerbeds’ which can be seen in the museum, were the endless, colorful flower bulb fields that Zhuang saw glide away below him on his first flight from China to The Netherlands.
ARTICLE IN FRENCH |
Pour la première fois depuis dix ans, le musée de la Tulipe Noire, à Lisse (tout près d’Amsterdam), offre une petite rétrospective des œuvres de Zhuang Hong Yi depuis 2003. Des abstractions lumineuses, inspirées par les champs de tulipes et engagées pour l’environnement. À deux pas du fameux parc Keukenhof, non loin d’Amsterdam, voici de drôles d’œuvres qu’on hésite à qualifier de peintures ou de collages. Petites ou grandes, lumineuses, presque phosphorescentes, elles changent de couleur et d’apparence, selon que l’on se place face à elles, qu’on les regarde depuis la droite ou la gauche. Les contempler constitue une véritable expérience sensorielle. Elles rayonnent, fascinent… Mais sont-elles vraiment des abstractions ?
The Chinese artist Zhuang Hong Yi (*1962 Sichuan / China I lives in Rotterdam and Beijing) combines imaginary opposites almost without effort and condenses them into space-consuming wall objects which, due to their seductive haptic character and enchanting dynamic palette of colours, appear rather as installative wall objects than paintings. He calls them Flowerbeds, these flowerheads which sprout equally from the canvas, sometimes tenderly fragile, sometimes deliberately voluminous. In their material language of rice paper, ink and varnish, they quote Chinese handicrafts to seek for a place to sprout between European NeoImpressionism and Western Abstraction. The Museum Ulm presents a selection of works by Zhuang Hong Yi in a solo museum exhibition for the first time in Germany from March 03 to June 17, 2018.