EXHIBITED:
Affordable Art Fair 2015, Hong Kong, May 2015;
Moments in Time solo exhibition, Yan Gallery, Hong
Kong, December 2015; Ink Asia, Hong Kong, 2015

LITERATURE:
Moments in Time - Ink and Colour Paintings by
Cheng Tanshan, Yan Gallery, Hong Kong, 2015

Zheng Danshan, born in 1989 in Hong Kong, is a graduate from Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her paintings show reminiscence of her childhood spent in the countryside of Shanwei, Chaozhou. Memories of observing animals and plants while playing around the fields in those summer nights, of dragonflies and butterflies from that fleeting but precious time, all work as great inspiration to her. A Midsummer Night’s Dream stages a merry-go-round as the main subject. Every wooden horse appears majestic and elegant with its flying mane, revolving along with the music, up and down, round and round. Cheng Tan Shan follows the techniques of traditional Chinese ink paintings while tying to find her own way in the mainstream contemporary art circle. Through her ink paintings, one can get an interesting glimpse of modern urbanites’ ambivalence towards the nature. Using a merry-go-round as the subject, she managed to fuse the imagination and the reality together through her delicate brushworks. The metaphor hiding behind the exquisite image is left for the viewers to savor.