Soka Art Beijing is pleased to announce the opening of “Zhao Bo Solo Exhibition” from July 11 to August 30, 2015. The opening will be at 4pm on July 11. Curated by Sun Yiwei, the exhibition presents two latest series: “A Beautiful New World” series and  “ A Moveable Feast ” series that the artist has created in the last two years.

Since the 1970s, there has been talk that oil painting is becoming a lost art. A few decades later, this rumor has proven untrue. Not only have oil paintings not faded away, they have been continually propagated by artists from different eras and different regions, over and over again. Of those who have ventured out into new representations of visual image, Zhao Bo, is one of them. Born in 1984, Zhao Bo was calmer and more rational than others at his age. In his art works, Zhao doesn’t merely follow those who went before him, nor is he overly sensitive toward politics, and nor does he base his works on grand stories. He chose not to base his studio in Beijing, the capital of Chinese contemporary arts. Zhao was born and raised in Northeast, and he continues to work there to this day. As an educated painter with a solid academic background, he uses his own methods of observation to display internal survival and growth. In his works, he expresses his perceptions and thoughts on society. At the same time, Zhao reflects an “ideology” that has appeared or formed, yet the majority of society still cannot see. Through the visual images in his works, a viewable “ideology” is produced, originating simultaneously from both society and Zhao Bo himself. He aims to bring the truest ideological images to the audience, inspiring viewers to examine the ideology of their own existence. Zhao wants to remind those of us who live in this society of overwhelming internet information, that if computers and cell phones were to one day disappear, a sense of nothingness will engulf our consciousness.

Zhao Bo’s works record his perceptions of life and society. He used to create perfectly beautiful surreal dream worlds, but now he’s deconstructing this dream-world style he created. In its place, he creates fantasy patterns of consciousness in a state of truth, asking his audience to enter a deeper state of thought. He is still expressing a kind of consciousness that people cannot see through visual representation alone. This kind of ideology changes with the artist’s perception of society, life and his own personal growth. However, every moment of every stage is also a true reflection of the ideology. He records everything for his audience, hoping that they will be able to examine their own state of consciousness anew. The rhythms and melodies of the picture form an overriding harmony. Every point, every line, every side or different block of color ultimately forms a complete image representing the artist’s ideas towards the implications that our ideology imbues upon our state of living. Zhao Bo visualizes his ideology, producing a growing ideological image in the context of Zhao Bo’s interpretation. He does not have the sense of restlessness that pervades the modern art world. Rather, he keeps a rare sense of serenity. He truthfully records his perception of the world in his own way. He is constantly contemplating whilst remaining true to life. Not only did he not fall into the system of conceptualization, he found "A Beautiful New World" through his works.