TRAGIC/MAGIC - Solo Show by Wan Ho Opening night and preview: 09.11 at 19:00 Exhibition dates: 10.11 - 02.12 -o0oSecond solo show at the Nuart Gallery for Chinese born artist Wan Ho. Featuring 10 canvasses and two very limited edition screen-prints hand pulled by the artist himself, TRAGIC/MAGIC presents a juxtaposition of elements from dreams, fantasy and reality, both personal and social. With his TRAGIC/MAGIC work, Wan Ho brings the audience in to a subconscious image where childhood and adulthood elements are delicately mixed together to create a nostalgic surrealistic state. Artist statement: “Recurring dream of a Cheshire smile and a broken ankle along with a vampire witnessing all my sins and childishness’
Artist biographiy: Wan Ho is a Chinese born artist based in Stavanger. His work consists of intricately detailed pen and ink, acrylic on canvas and his own hand pulled artist produced screen-prints as well as objects and installations. His work explores a rich tapestry of influences from Manga to Graffiti, fantasy and reality, politics, both personal and social to dreams and reality. Rich in symbolism, Wan Ho’s work focuses on the dichotomy of his own experiences and draws influence from both China’s rich cultural heritage and the West’s constant search for the “new”. Embracing tagging and graffiti culture at an early age, Wan Ho’s work often contains references to these seemingly polar opposites, the ephemeral (West) and the eternal (East). Clinging to the past whilst attempting to liberate oneself from it creates a constant contradiction that sets up a tension in his work and life that his work explore to the full. His characters, like the artist himself, escape the clutches of the past and set out on journeys of discovery, both inner and outer.
Defiant Order
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 120 x 90 cm Year: 2017 Price: 13.000 NOK + 5% BKH
Level 2
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 100,5 X 100,5 cm Year: 2017 Price: 12.000 NOK + 5% BHK
Level 3
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 100 X 100 cm Year: 2017 Price: 12.000 NOK + 5% BHK
Girl With Dog
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 90 X 110 cm Year: 2017 Price: 11.000 NOK + 5% BHK
But...
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 83 x 74 cm Year: 2017 Price: 9.500 NOK + 5% BHK
Karmen Rider
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 94 x 92 cm Year: 2017 Price: 9.500 NOK + 5% BHK
IDLE
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 90 x 90 cm Year: 2017 Price: 9.000 NOK + 5% BHK
TRAGIC MAGIC
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 63,5 X 80,5 cm Year: 2017 Price: 8.600 NOK + 5% BHK
SAD247
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic and spraycan on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 62 x 90,5 cm Year: 2017 Price: 8.500 NOK + 5% BHK
MAD365
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic and spraycan on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 62 x 90,5 cm Year: 2017 Price: 8.500 NOK + 5% BHK
Level 1
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: Acrylic on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 70,5 x 90 cm Year: 2017 Price: 7.500 NOK + 5% BHK
Mentalizia (RED)
by WAN HO (CH/NO) Medium: 2 colours screen-print hand pulled by the artist himself. Signed and numbered. Edition: 6 Size: 32 x 32 cm Year: 2017 Price: 700 NOK
Mentalizia (GREY) by WAN HO (CH/NO)
Medium: 2 colours screen-print hand pulled by the artist himself. Signed and numbered. Edition: 6 Size: 32 x 32 cm Year: 2017 Price: 700 NOK
5% ART TAX Please be aware that tere is an additional art tax of 5% on purchases over 2000 NOK The money goes into an art fund supporting young emerging artists, and also serves as a pension fund for older artists in Norway.
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