Looking from a distance, the plum blossoms look like fine snow, indescribably sad and beautiful. Perhaps the pure white sets off the loneliness of the bright red. Eastern culture has always been very different from Western culture, and the two contradictory beauties are deeply attractive. The West always gives people a feeling of being open and direct, with strong colors and imagining a Mercedes-Benz, while the East is warm, containing light, and has a sense of style. The beauty that is implicitly brewing, but with the openness of modern society, the distance between the two has become blurred. The blending of Eastern and Western cultures can be seen in many places, especially the intersection in the art world, which continues to expand the boundaries of imagination.
Korean artist Ran Hwang currently lives in New York. Her works are complex and poetic. Picture 1 shows a bright plum blossom scene from a distance, and a closer look is composed of small plum blossom petals. As she approached only one step away, she suddenly discovered that her sculptures were actually made of buttons and nails (or crystal nails). Such an ordinary object could show the elegance and graceful blooming form of plum blossoms. I had to help. Appreciate Ran Hwangs profound skills and profound sense of beauty.
Ran Hwang believes that her concept is often influenced by Buddhist scriptures, allowing viewers to feel "emptiness" and a sense of existence when viewing, providing an ethereal sublimation of the mind and spirit, in order to achieve a state of enlightenment and perfection. Feel the restrained tenderness in her works. Xu Zhimo’s saying that counting stools is beauty probably describes this magnificence.
