Liu Guoqiang：Focused distraction
Beijing
29 Jul. 2023 - 10 Sep. 2023
Liu Guoqiang：Focused distraction
Liu Guoqiang：Focused distraction
Hunsand Space (Beijing) is delighted to present Liu Guoqiang's latest solo exhibition, "Focused distraction" , starting from July 29th, 2023. This exhibition showcases nine new works, spanning across installations, videos, and paintings.
“Liu Guoqiang's creative practice encompasses a rich array of mediums, yet his works visually appear to be concise, tranquil, and even self-restrained. Whether it's installations, videos, static images, or paintings, his visual symbols consistently explore paradoxical relationships within time, movement, and physical dimensions, and the inherent limitations and absurdity of human perception. He endeavors to use the most minimalist language to describe his relentless pursuit of these enigmas, all while maintaining a subtle tension and appropriate elasticity in his expression.”
--Zhang Peili
The title "Focused distraction" is a glimpse and summary of these contemplations, just as the artist's creative approach delves into everyday objects. The "horizontal falling" observation method allows the artist's perspective to be both mundane and uniquely insightful. This subtle expression gives the works a sense of focused attention and relaxation, evoking greater imaginative space within the viewers themselves. From visual focal points to surrounding diffuseness, from precise understanding to ambiguous misconceptions, from concentrated focus to dispersed relaxation, all the elements within the works appear to be flowing or blurred, with the focal points also shifting and diffusing differently for each individual. In this exhibition, Liu Guoqiang repeatedly discusses the state relationship of "Concentration" and "Dispersion" as methods and consequences during "moments of boredom" through these nine pieces.
Liu Guoqiang was born in Shandong province in 1988. In 2011 he graduated from China Academy of Art. Now he works and lives in Hangzhou.
