Jiang Dahai - Diffusion
The Mayor Gallery, London
Curated by Jérôme Sans
2nd November - 16th December 2016
In his famous cloud paintings, the artist composes his canvases with a modern method of stippling all-over the canvas, echoing the action-painting of the American Expressionists, building his composition with up to 15 layers of paint. The art of Jiang however is the opposite of this movement, aiming instead to re-create the essence of the Chinese aesthetic and meditation. Through his clouds paintings, the illusion of vaporous mists recalls the traditional Chinese landscape, in his canvases Jiang finds the subtle balance between the emptiness and the openness, the saturation and the void.
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London
Exhibition view, Jiang Dahai - Diffusion, The Mayor Gallery, London, 2016, © Courtesy of the artist and The Mayor Gallery London