BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//74.205.86.89//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Fridae Agenda (3508) X-WR-CALDESC:Fridae Agenda (3508) X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20100222T101904CET-2616vmJhXj@74.205.86.89 DTSTAMP:20100222T091904Z DESCRIPTION:http://www.fridae.com/agenda/3508\n\nHui Xin’s new works see him taking traditional Chinese motifs\, and transforming them into kitschy \, gaudy\, artificially beautiful paintings.\n\nHis work is deliberately i nstantly comforting to the eye. It’s prettiness is in-your-face and supe rficial. It is almost as if he is poking fun at his generation who are so easily attracted to the bright lights of the big cities\, and to loud\, co lourful window displays.\n\nMaking use of an airbrush gun to spray the pai nt evenly over the canvas\, he then uses his brush to finely etch out the details. His painting technique adds to the highly stylized\, artificialit y of his paintings that might remind us of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. His w ork is hyper-realistic\, yet we know it is not real at all. Perhaps he is reminding us of how much traditional Chinese culture and heritage has been watered down and diluted in the last fifty years that these symbols and m otifs have become merely pretty yet vulgar images. DTSTART:20091105T170000 DTEND:20091205T170000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:House of Happiness by Hui Xin END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR