DAXI YUAN

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Born in Fujian in 1973, Yuan Daxi has graduated from the History Department at Fujian Normal University.He began his interdisciplinary training at a young age, developing his talents in such areas as calligraphy, Chinese ink art, Western painting, and classical music. He holds the belief that an extraordinary artist has to explore a wide variety of practices, and obtain the spirit of a scholar. In ancient Confucianism, a scholar is required to master the six artistic abilities of ritual, music, archery, governance, calligraphy, and mathematics. This demand for obtaining the holistic abilities and cultivate spirituality has always been the conscious pursuit of ancient Chinese literati and artists. Yuan’s attitude towards art and experimentation aligns with it. Resembling meditation, Yuan allows process and practice to evoke his body and spirit, and thus explores human’s deep subconscious.

Yuan’s oil paintings are composed in an abstract style, with traces of harmonious curves resembling gracious strokes of Chinese calligraphy.Heavy textures scattered around the canvases unfold the artist’s mind, shifting from awareness to a spiritual state. Both sculptural and painterly, these paintings serve as mirrors that reflect the artist’s transcendent journeys at the time of creation.