The paintings of TAO Hoi Chuen are manifestations of “lightness” in the traditional media of Chinese Ink and had been exhibited in Hong Kong and Taiwan’s Ink Art Expo in 2019 and 2020. He is a skillfully trained Chinese fine-lined painter who focuses on figurative paintings. He is fascinated by the sleeping gesture posed naturally by the models. He renders the human figure pale and reduce shadow as much as possible reducing the contours and allowing the light and texture to give the figures a light and airy quality. Reflecting on the Chinese Aesthetics of the irrelevancy of the likeliness of objects, Tao’s artwork is a contemporary experiment to capture the spirits and essence of the subject.
As the epidemic transforms human life, Tao draws inspiration from the alienated streets, alienated work patterns, and states of stasis. Holiday refers not only to the state of pause during the epidemic, but also to the fact that people are forced out of their daily work and lives and instead have more time to be alone, to reflect and to look at the world again with a curious eye. Fascinated by the intricate brushwork technique of depicting everyday objects, Tao also explores the flatness of traditional ink and wash in a contemporary art context. By observing the "unconscious" state of human beings in everyday life through meticulous brushwork, Tao Hoi Chuen's eleven ink works in this exhibition are a delicate expression of contemporary ink and wash.