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'''''Persistence of Form''''' is a pair of artworks by Chinese artist [[He Ping]]. They are composed of Chinese ink on Chinese rice paper, set on canvas. They each measure 72cm x 72cm. This work was donated to [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività]] in 2016 and is now part of the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]].
'''''Persistence of Form''''' is a pair of artworks by Chinese artist [[He Ping]]. They are composed of Chinese ink on Chinese rice paper, set on canvas. They each measure 72cm x 72cm. This work was donated to [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività]] in 2016 and is now part of the [[Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection]].


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In these art works He Ping infuses quintessential elements of Chinese culture with a contemporary and modern expressionistic approach. Despite the abstract facade of the works, Ping’s abstraction is, in effect, deeply rooted in nature, life and mankind as he attributes their intrinsic qualities with a spiritual impression visible through their external physical form. Ping’s forms are animated with the bold invigorating monochrome contrast of black Chinese ink against a white background, or through a fusion of bright-coloured paint which radiates a different kind of life force.


==E. V. Borg Review==
Aesthetically, Ping’s works resemble rotund personas absorbed in introspective meditation. Yet, his simplified representations, or rather symbols, venture into the realm of minimalism wherein elements hidden to the human eye are revealed through images defined by the familiar forms of traditional Chinese calligraphy.


<blockquote><q>They seem shadows, ghosts or phantoms and have decadent or consumptive properties. It is a deconstruction of matter to capture the essence, the spirit or soul through dynamic movement without losing primordial form: hence the title ‘Persistence of Form’.  
<q>''It is through searching in the depths of things that I discovered the infinite possibilities of painting. There possibilities may not be apparent, but they are indeed an existing component of the colorful and structural constituents of life and the universe.''</q> '''He Ping'''


He Ping’s expression is a fusion of Chinese calligraphy and a brand of  European and American Abstract Expressionism the direct result of a continuous cultural and artistic exchange between the West and the Orient. His expression is spontaneous and instinctive as in gestural, automatic and action painting. It is an effusion of emotion, feeling and sentiment in line with the concepts of Pierre Soulages, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hartung and especially and particularly the calligraphic Frans Kline. In the West the movement towards abstraction was started by Wassily Kandinsky in 1910, a Russian émigré imbued with a spirituality stimulated by the mysticism of the East.
For more information: [[Persistence of Form (exhibition)]]


He Ping’s expression seems effortless. Standing in front of his easel he seems to dance or fence with his fast brush, marking the paper or canvas by swinging movements creating arcs of circles or linearity. His forms seem to swirl like straw in the wind. Casual, with hand in pocket he stains surface with ink or paint and at times pauses to think. His expression has an affinity with the simplicity in Joan Mirò’s works; his dexterity and emotional content echoes Jackson Pollock. There is an unnerving balance between the white of the paper/canvas and the black strokes of the brush, between the coloured squiggles and the background. It is a matter of practice. He seems to work all day and in the end experience pays. As in handwriting or calligraphy when practised incessantly it becomes second nature.
==Exhibitions==
* 3rd September to 28th September 2018: The work was featured in the [[Id-Dinja M'Għadiex Ċatta|Id-Dinja M'Għadiex Ċatta (The World Is No Longer Flat)]] exhibition between the at the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg;
* 2nd September to 12th October 2016: The work was first exhibited as part of Ping's [[Persistence of Form (exhibition)|Persistence of Form]] exhibition, held at [[Spazju Kreattiv]] ([[Media:Persistance_Of_Form_-_Fb_banner.jpg]])


His work is imbued with the spirit within. It is animistic as the blue horses by Franz Marc. Naturally with He Ping the physical horse or model disappears and instead the essential spirit remains in the form of abstract arcs or lines.
==External Links==
This continuous cultural and artistic exchange between the west and the orient started in time immemorial.  The Chinese artist is conscious of the acute realism, naturalism and idealism of Masaccio and Jan Van Eyck’s vision and the mythical or real association of the latter with canvas and also quite familiar with the contrasts of a water-ink medium and oil paint; rice paper and canvas that has characterized this east-west dialogue.</q>
*http://www.kreattivita.org/en/event/wirja-ta-he-ping-persistence-of-form/
 
*http://www.contemporaryartcurator.com/he-ping/
E. V. Borg
Art critic & curator</blockquote>
 
 
==Exhibitions==
'''''Persistence of Form''''' has been displayed in the following exhibitions.
* The work was first exhibited as part of Ping's [[Persistence of Form (exhibition)|Persistence of Form]] exhibition, held at [[Spazju Kreattiv]] between the 2nd September 2016 and 12th October 2016.
* The work was featured in the [[Id-Dinja M'Għadiex Ċatta|Id-Dinja M'Għadiex Ċatta (The World Is No Longer Flat)]] exhibition between the 3rd September 2018 and 28th September 2018 at the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg.


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Revision as of 07:20, 14 September 2018

Persistence of Form is a pair of artworks by Chinese artist He Ping. They are composed of Chinese ink on Chinese rice paper, set on canvas. They each measure 72cm x 72cm. This work was donated to Fondazzjoni Kreattività in 2016 and is now part of the Fondazzjoni Kreattività Art Collection.

In these art works He Ping infuses quintessential elements of Chinese culture with a contemporary and modern expressionistic approach. Despite the abstract facade of the works, Ping’s abstraction is, in effect, deeply rooted in nature, life and mankind as he attributes their intrinsic qualities with a spiritual impression visible through their external physical form. Ping’s forms are animated with the bold invigorating monochrome contrast of black Chinese ink against a white background, or through a fusion of bright-coloured paint which radiates a different kind of life force.

Aesthetically, Ping’s works resemble rotund personas absorbed in introspective meditation. Yet, his simplified representations, or rather symbols, venture into the realm of minimalism wherein elements hidden to the human eye are revealed through images defined by the familiar forms of traditional Chinese calligraphy.

It is through searching in the depths of things that I discovered the infinite possibilities of painting. There possibilities may not be apparent, but they are indeed an existing component of the colorful and structural constituents of life and the universe. He Ping

For more information: Persistence of Form (exhibition)

Exhibitions

External Links

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