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Half-Truth
by Klein Sun Gallery
Location: Eli Klein New York
Artist(s): LU Zhengyuan
Date: 5 Sep - 21 Oct 2012

Eli Klein cordially invites you to attend the reception and private viewing of Lu Zhengyuan's first solo exhibition at the gallery: half-truth. Please join us on Wednesday, September 5th from 6-8 PM. Lu Zhengyuan will be present.

Lu Zhengyuan's collection of works entitled half-truth uses different media to explore the deceptive nature of viewer perception. Working in sculpture, painting, photography, and installation, the artist analyzes the dichotomy of "real" and "fake," and the manner in which such an assessment shapes the viewer's appreciation of an object. With pieces such as the light installation "Red Green," where words conflict with the colors in which they appear, Lu Zhengyuan also examines the relationship between sensory perception of an object and cognitive understanding of its meaning.

Using playful painting techniques such as a trompe l'oeil effect to create optical illusions within his pieces, Lu Zhengyuan presents a clever twist on the concepts of real and fake, one that may require viewers to take a second look at the work before them. In his "Fake Flower Series," the artist renders arrangements of fake flowers with meticulous detail. Through his visible effort to recreate exact copies of these bouquets, Lu Zhengyuan turns an otherwise ordinary object into an extraordinary one, giving it increased value simply through his manner of representation.

Despite his mischievous manipulation of viewer perception, the message of Lu Zhengyuan's work is optimistic; the artist demonstrates for the viewer new methods to understand and appreciate an object. Here, "fake" is not viewed in a pejorative light, as the skill and ingenuity required to render a "fake" object bestow it with a significance all its own. "Moon in the Room," encapsulates the value inherent within Lu Zhengyuan's fake objects. In order to view the moon in a city where smog prevents the real moon from being visible, the artist developed a means to capture the various qualities of a moonlit sky, thereby recreating the moon's effect.

Lu Zhengyuan was born in Dalian, China in 1982, and received his Master of Fine Arts from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where he is currently a professor. Recent solo exhibitions include "Refle-Ction: Lu Zhengyuan," White Box Museum of Art, Beijing, China (2012) and "84 Days, 84 Works of Art," Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (2010).

half-truth will be on view at Eli Klein Fine Art from September 5th through October 21st, 2012.

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