Liang Fu, 2022

Liang Fu

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Liang Fu, 2022

Liang Fu

Art, shaped by water

"I enjoy playing the part of the Alchemist."

Liang Fu’s practice is shaped by water. As a painter, using watercolour gives him freedom and fluidity. It allows him to play with colour, light and figuration, before finishing the details in oil paint. His deep blues and rippling brush strokes are a reflection of his liquid muse. As a sculptor, he is fascinated by stalactites – mineral formations shaped by thousands of water droplets over time. His geological sculptures rendered in black crystal call out from prehistoric times. In both mediums, Fu relishes the literal and symbolic power of water.

In his paintings, Fu searches for the elusive...

Liang Fu’s practice is shaped by water. As a painter, using watercolour gives him freedom and fluidity. It allows him to play with colour, light and figuration, before finishing the details in oil paint. His deep blues and rippling brush strokes are a reflection of his liquid muse. As a sculptor, he is fascinated by stalactites – mineral formations shaped by thousands of water droplets over time. His geological sculptures rendered in black crystal call out from prehistoric times. In both mediums, Fu relishes the literal and symbolic power of water.

In his paintings, Fu searches for the elusive middle ground between polar opposites. In Anonym (2021), he captures the transition between absence and presence. A blue-black figure appears and vanishes against a blue-black background. The ghostly apparition has no face and no history that can be seen in the painting. In multiple works titled Boundary, it’s impossible to tell whether the figure is a solid wall or a trick of light. In Fu’s art the only constant is flux – objects cycle between being and non-being.

Bio

Liang Fu was born in Sichuan, China in 1993. He lives and works in Paris.

Accolades

Fu won the competitive Delphian Gallery Open Call for emerging artists in 2020, while completing his MFA at Beaux-Arts Nantes.

Process

As well as water, Fu is fascinated by another element – earth. He produces his own paints using mineral pigments and watercolour binder.

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Collaborations with Liang Fu