He Ping Exhibition

He Ping’s exhibition Persistence of Form is a fusion of Chinese calligraphy and a brand of European and American abstract expressionism, the direct result of a continuous cultural and artistic exchange between the West and the Orient. Currently on show at Spazju Kreattiv, his expression is spontaneous and instinctive as in gestural, automatic and action painting. It is an effusion of emotion, feeling and sentiment in line with the concepts of Pierre Soulages, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hartung and, especially and particularly, the calligraphic Frans Kline. In the West, the movement towards abstraction was started by Wassily Kandinsky in 1910, a Russian émigré imbued with a spirituality stimulated by the mysticism of the East. Ping’s expression seems effortless: it has an affinity with the simplicity in Joan Mirò’s works and his dexterity and emotional content echo Jackson Pollock. The exhibition is open until October 12 within Space A at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta.