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Spring comes again 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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SiLang visits his mother 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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Junction of three roads 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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Toast for the Nature 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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Riding 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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Admiring the beauty of flowers 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
Peony Pagoda 146x105cm 2007 Mixed media
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Lotus 75x75cm Mixed Media
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Killing the Sun 130x97cm
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Han Emperor 130x97cm
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On the River 130x97cm |
ZhouYu of 3 States 130x97cm
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Ceremony (78x75cm) |
Tang Emperor (74x80cm) |
Abiao Of Miao minority group, Abiao was born in Kaili of Guizhou province in 1966. He graduated from Art department of Central Minority University in 1992 with a bachelor degree. Selected Exhibitions: 2002 ¡°Universe¡±,
Solo Exhibition, Guangxi 2011 Abiao's New works, Beijing Commentary: Abiao on Review The Analects
of Confucius series: Facing the various papers I created each time, I could feel the simple and plain experience and wisdom carried by the Analects of Confucius. As the adaptive strategy for Chinese to our living environment, Confucian theories are free from happiness and anger, love and hatred, encouraging harmonious vigor outside oneself whilst maintaining tolerance inside. It was this vigor and tolerance that enabled our ancestors in the Ming dynasty to disseminate their delicate porcelains and Chinese culture to the world in a kind way. Each time I look at the Analects, I still feel its wisdom and purity so that I inevitably end up lost in a myriad of thoughts, lost in moodiness, love and hatred towards them. I express such feeling in my works. Bamboo slips were used to record human wisdom, later they were milled into pulp and made into paper, which are still used to record human wisdom. Paper was introduced to the West, but the recorded wisdom remained in the East. Delivered between the East and the West, paper never brought any disturbances, thus they remained out of people¡¯s concerns. Long time no see, Cai Lun! I reverted Cai Lun¡¯s papers into pulp again, and together with recorded wisdom, I changed their shapes and organized their styles. Mixed with a brush, painted with paints, pounded with stick, I brushed, sprinkled and burned, attaching the spring breeze mingled with redbud fragrance at Swallow Hill to these ¡°hamburgers.¡± What I can dedicate to you are only my paints, my beloved canvas and paper.
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