WILD LINES
EXHIBITION | 3 MAY 2025 - 7 JUNE 2025
WILD LINES SYMBOLIZES A YEARNING FOR UNFETTERED EXPRESSION AND A BORDERLESS APPROACH TO ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES.
WE REVISIT AND RE-ENGAGE WITH THE CREATIONS OF HALLEY CHENG, HENRY CHU, HUANG YULONG, JURI MARKKULA, WILLIAM LIM, STEPHEN THORPE AND XIAO XU, RECENTLY SEEN AT ART BASEL HONG KONG. THIS IS A JOURNEY THROUGH PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND DIGITAL ART, DRAWN FROM OUR ARTISTS IN EUROPE, THE US AND ASIA.
OUR TITLE IS DERIVED FROM AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF ABSTRACT ARTIST WASSILY KANDINSKY. WHEN LISTENING TO WAGNER'S LOHENGRIN, HE ONCE EXPERIENCED A SYNAESTHETIC EPIPHANY WHICH WAS TO HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HIS PAINTINGS. AS HE RECOLLECTED IN CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART (1911), “I SAW ALL COLOURS IN MY MIND; THEY STOOD BEFORE MY EYES. WILD, ALMOST CRAZY LINES WERE SKETCHED IN FRONT OF ME."
THE DISTILLING OF DISPARATE AND VARYING FORCES OF INPUT INTO A SINGLE, COHESIVE OUTPUT IS THE WILDNESS AND CRAZINESS TO WHICH KANDINSKY WAS REFERRING.
IN 2025, ORA-ORA EMBRACES HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO ART, AND NEW BEGINNINGS, ASSERTING THE VERIFIABLE OMNIPRESENCE OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS.
