Boundary - Huang Dan Solo Exhibition
Is the end of the narrative when the real adventure begins? Pairings, partnerships, families – the narrative torrent of life streams along familiar lines. There is little resistance to the all-consuming force. And yet, some escape the flow: a solitary figure at the cliff edge, motionless, merging into the wilderness.
Galerie Ora-Ora presents “Boundary,” a solo show by Beijing-based artist Huang Dan, a series of paintings in her signature liquid blue, arid orange and shimmering black and white.
“Boundary” explores the resting point when the forward motion of life is suspended, and we are no longer dynamic protagonists dictating events. When the story is on pause, we turn inwards. What awaits us there is the inner landscape: perhaps a barren wilderness, a bleak steppe of our own introspection, or a warm, bright solitude free from anxiety.
Huang Dan’s watchful figures have reached the end of narrative. The artist’s journey towards abstraction begins with physical passivity, a psychological, chasmic plunge over the cliff edge, a lonely investigation of ourselves. What happens now?
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Huang Dan 黃丹, All the Rage 入時, 2015
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Barrier Free 無礙, 2014
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Boundary 界限, 2016
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Bright Horizon 明亮的地平線, 2015
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Late Spring at the Lake 晚湖春, 2014
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Modification 變動, 2016
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Scudding 卷舒, 2016
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Season of Confidences 少言時節, 2015
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Tree Melody 樹琴, 2015
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Huang Dan 黃丹, Weeds in the Shallows 淺草, 2014