{"id":32333,"date":"2018-09-17T01:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=32333"},"modified":"2018-09-16T07:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T14:39:57","slug":"zhuang-hong-yi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/17\/zhuang-hong-yi\/","title":{"rendered":"zhuang hong yi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=32334\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32334\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=32341\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32341\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32341\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI-1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI-1-159x1024.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 584px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlsgESFlNqH\/?utm_source=ig_embed_loading&amp;utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control\" data-instgrm-version=\"9\">\n<div style=\"padding: 2px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.43055555555556% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlsgESFlNqH\/?utm_source=ig_embed_loading&amp;utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Zhuang Hong Yi (@zhuanghongyiart)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2018-07-26T12:57:59+00:00\">Jul 26, 2018 at 5:57am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and now a whole bunch of closeups, just because!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=32342\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32342\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI2-57x300.jpg 57w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ZHUANG_HONG_YI2-195x1024.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ceramic? Nope. Plastic? Nope. Fine rice paper and acrylic on canvas? Yep. This is the work of Chinese born, Netherlands based artist<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zhuanghongyi.nl\/\">\u00a0Zhuang Hong Yi<\/a>. As if these &#8220;flowers&#8221; aren&#8217;t mind blowing enough, somehow he has painted\/arranged these delicate little petals so that the color changes depending on the angle you&#8217;re looking at them from&#8230; click PLAY on that Instagram video above to see what I mean! Sigh&#8230; so beautiful, as is this description of his work via <a href=\"http:\/\/thehouseoffineart.com\/artists\/33-zhuang-hong-yi\/biography\/\">HOFA Gallery, London<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The flower motif dominates Zhuang Hong Yi&#8217;s work &#8211; a significant image in Chinese culture which carries countless meanings and emotions yet with equally strong associations with the Netherlands, world famous for its flowers &#8211; and he works patiently and religiously on this subject year after year, intricately crafting his works with care and forethought. Zhuang&#8217;s well known and highly collected &#8216;flower bed&#8217; works are crafted from delicate pieces of painted rice paper, which he has bent and folded into hundreds of tiny buds.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>{Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/melaart\/\">@melaart<\/a> for pointing me to this crazy beautiful work.}<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post shared by Zhuang Hong Yi (@zhuanghongyiart) on Jul 26, 2018 at 5:57am PDT &#8230; and now a whole bunch of closeups, just because! Ceramic? Nope. Plastic? Nope. Fine rice paper and acrylic on canvas? Yep. This is the work of Chinese born, Netherlands based artist\u00a0Zhuang Hong Yi. 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