There Is Oneness in Artist Wong Tze Chau’s Inventive Cosmos

Because the world turns into more and more interconnected, the will to face alone and in isolation turns into ever stronger within the artwork world. Making an attempt to point out the potential of divine concord in range, architecture-turned-artist Wong Tze Chau’s newest physique of labor, titled “Cosmic Variations”, delves deeper into the idea of Oneness by the concept of variations in classical music — a grand return to summary but easy kind and pure colors.

With a background in structure, Wong was by no means removed from the realm of artwork and design. But it surely was solely with the affect of German playwright and poet Frederich Schiller’s philosophy that “the inventive arts can remodel the human spirit” that he determined to pursue portray whereas nonetheless working as a lecturer at Republic Polytechnic in 2010.

Since then, he has participated in group exhibits in Singapore, Thailand and India, earlier than touchdown his first solo present at a business gallery in 2018. This led him to win the UOB Portray of the Yr in 2019 beneath the Established Artist Class, which lauded his creations for its interrogative but visually fascinating nature. The remaining is historical past, the most recent chapter manifesting in a set that had solely begun in March earlier this 12 months.

On Cosmic Variations, Wong says that the “concept of making infinite variations and improvisations upon a number of easy constructions” notably appealed to him as he needed to additional develop his decade-long investigation of Oneness with an expression that was extra common. If all beings are related by interdependence, and the stripping of 1’s masks and types will reveal the identical core hidden inside, then the essence of kind and color is the dot — the identify of the sequence that can be proven on this exhibition.

“Dots are used to kind phrases in numerous languages. Phrases are the symbols of various folks and cultures. My purpose is to create a bridge between completely different realms. I imagine that there may very well be concord on this more and more divisive world if we see past variations.

Types thus emerge by splattering layers upon layers of dots over months with minimal contact between brush and canvas. By balancing the duality of probability with management, construction with variation, mild with darkness, simplicity with complexity, Wong seeks consonance in summary works that painting imageries of both the macro or micro cosmo. This ongoing sequence is a quest for connection between particular person existence and cosmic presence. In case you are eager to expertise Wong’s magical world, his solo exhibition can be displaying till 29 September at Gallery1819. There may also be a meet-the-artist session and a dwell demonstration of his Dot Collection on 10 September at 3.30pm.

To study extra about Wong Tze Chau, observe his Instagram: @wong_tze_chau. Go to Gallery 1819’s web site right here and make sure to observe the Instagram: @gallery1819singapore.

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