Gao Xiang | Interrogating Dreams

Gao Xiang uses rich greens and blues to give the horses he depicts spirit and grandeur. They are young stallions, galloping into the year of the horse in 2014. As a Chinese person, he truly understands the year of the horse. He brings everything from the present together into this one animal. The riders of these horses PDOHRUIHPDOH GDQFHZLWKWKHKRUVHVLQYDULRXVFRQ¿JXUDWLRQV Gao uses simple layers of fine brushstrokes to express the unstoppable movement of horses, as well as their wildness and XQHDVH7KHVHGUDPDWLF¿JXUHVFDUU\VWURQJDOOHJRULFDOPHVVDJHV In 2014, horses are sacred symbols of luck, and their attendants DUHLGROOLNH¿JXUHVWKDWOLYHDQGGLHZLWKWKHVHVSLULWXDOKRUVHV In contrast to Desgrandchamps, Gao has neither abstracted the figures nor segmented space. His almost realist brushstrokes create links between the figures and the horses. These links are related to the horse’s power, the attendant’s goals, and the incorruptible bond between attendant and horse. Although his images are dream-like, they show that modern people have the potential to break out of the sadness and isolation surrounding them.

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Everyone has a unique way of interpreting Gao Xiang’s work, but we cannot overlook the allegories and prophecies in his paintings.

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From the second preface to "The Poetry of Illusions: The Dialogue Exhibition of Marc Desgrandchamps and Gao Xiang" Han Licheng, Vice Chairman of the Ningbo Federation of Literary and Arts Circles and Director of the Ningbo Museum of Art 18 September 2014

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