HUANG Zheng
Shedding the Skin

March 27 – April 18, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, March 27, 6:30-8:00pm
Location: Gallery EXIT, G/F, 1 Shin Hing Street, Central, Hong Kong
Gallery opening hours: Mon-Sat, 1100-1900
Website: www.galleryexit.com

Gallery EXIT is pleased to present the opening on March 27, 2009 of Shedding the Skin, the first solo exhibition of HUANG Zheng. Two new series of paintings will be exhibited alongside complimenting each other: partial portraits of a blind-folded woman and layering of gestural abstraction.

Is beauty only skin deep? HUANG Zheng takes an interest in the common intentions behind applying paint onto the surface of a canvas and applying cosmetics onto the face of a person. Although both are modes of creating illusions and diversions, the character of the person underneath nevertheless leaks through. Things are constantly hiding and uncovering themselves at the same time. The titles of Huang's work interprets this process: to uncover, is to "shed the skin", which brings about "a new beginning" and "congealing" a true identity. All these require "a strength to go forward."

HUANG Zheng (b.1981) was born in Nanning where he graduated from the Guangxi Arts Institute in 2005. He currently lives and works in Beijing. He works in the medium of painting and photography.

The artist will be present at the opening on March 27th, 6:30-8:00pm.

For more information and images, please contact Doris Wong (2541 1299) or email info@galleryexit.com