Violence and beauty combine as a poignant metaphor for life throughout Gary Hong’s ethereal works in acrylic and glass on canvas. Using a uniquely experimental technique, Hong paints his surfaces and then applies a sheet of glass which he strikes, causing it to shatter into prisms of light. He then works back into the piece, allowing his fluid paints to flow through these fractures and mix with the layers of imagery beneath. Invoked in the linear and atmospheric structures of these compositions are elements of land and cloud formations and the energetic dance of cellular systems. Hong began his artistic training in traditional and abstract Chinese brush painting, something that has lent a sensitive freedom to the way he uses color and texture in his creations.

Born in Taiwan, Hong now lives and works in La Puenta, CA and has received worldwide acclaim for his art, including acceptance by the prestigious Salon de Automne Francais in Paris, France.

                                                                                                              

                                                                        By  Agora Gallery, NY   2010