Petitree Gallery

“They are essentially transformations of my own life experiences, as well as similar experiences from other people’s lives. It contains certain psychological states of individuals or groups in this society or particular era,which are busy, non-stop and oppressed…Beneath the lively and jubilant scenes, there’s a sense of sadness. Many things cannot be explained so clearly.”

‘If radio gymnastics helped me gain my body, then painting gives me my image-driven world of experience. My painting isn’t spontaneous. It’s a form of revenge against the canvas after being stimulated by image.’

The term “alienation” seems to have evolved from internet slang into a descriptive term that can be applied to observe everyday life. The state of rest depicted by Yuhao, the occasional glances towards the audience, and the curled-up body, are common to humans, a complex and entangled emotion. The symbolic characters and animal images create a …

Pippa’s colors—so rare and wild—craft a passage to realms unseen, where time, space and memory meld—amorphous and serene. In waiting’s hush, the scene unfurls, the curtain lifts, the play begins. Behind the veil, the phantoms dance—as dreams through gold, silver strands.

A burl is the form a tree takes as it heals itself. Maggie’s sculpture often symbolizes how life chooses its place to grow and rest. As she puts it: “I aim to create works that resonate more with the human experience—allowing a universal, spiritual emergence of life to break through.”

In this exhibition, Bradley Childs delves into the delicate balance between functionality and art through his candle holders. The steel pins embedded within them are both fragile mends and poetic imperfections. As the candles slowly burn and the wax drips down, it seems to take root, sprouting from the candle holders themselves. When existence and …

In the increasingly intense discourse on racial issues, Ekene offers us a gentler perspective. Ekene deliberately paints the skin white in his paintings, seemingly contrasting with dark, athletic skin tones. However, this expression reflects the artist’s deep contemplation on the ‘normalisation’ of gender and race. His paintings never consider the frame’s distance; what is rolled …

“The courage to face the unnameable, the improvised, the ever-shifting unknown. Those lines and brushstrokes are traces of passion and vitality triggered from within, flowing outward. It feels as though, amidst the currents of fate, I can sense the ‘rudder’ residing within my body.”

“But when sunlight poured into the room, these objects seemed so vibrant and lively, and that feeling is still with me until today.”

Quiet and dreamy tones, silent burst of vitality, this is the Ammi Majus under Yage Guo’s brushes. Facing a wildflower, Yage painted as if she was painting two portraits of someone. Movement and stillness, softness and strength, following the laws of nature.