Asia Fine Art presents "Icon-Luminous" a solo exhibition by Mediha Ting. The Icon-luminous series is highly charged with tension, ironic humour, sensuality, and ambiguity.

The strong, fluorescent colours are sensual and contemporary and serve to create an intense luminosity, which act as somatic stimuli; her palette is influenced by the luminous lights and neon signs of the city, as well as those found in space. The series investigates three main areas; firstly the relationship between cultural values and the subconscious. Secondly, the new formation of varying cyber texts, chat languages and slang. Thirdly, capturing the time which is shown in the layers and scripts.

The impetus to create the paintings came from a sense of linguistic estrangement felt by Ting every time she returned to Hong Kong. The artist felt as though she had to learn a new language every time she went back; there were so many new forms of slang and invented words and terms.

Multi-layered, each painting contains a variety of shapes which naturally emerged from the canvas and been subconsciously enhanced. A few layers of Chinese writing can be detected beneath the surface, each communicating intimate feelings and thoughts – some regret and some guilt.

Continuing previous explorations into cultural identity and its conflicts, Ting was led to explore the philosophy and psychology of Sigmund Freud – in particular his research into dreams, the subconscious, duality and repression. In Icon-luminous Ting plays around with the subconscious – in shape, colour and form.

About the Artist:

Mediha Ting is a London Based Taiwanese Chinese artist. Since graduating from the Byam Shaw School of Art in 2000, Ting has engaged in independent studio practice and research in addition to participating in more than 30 group and 6 solo shows internationally. Her work was exhibited at the ScopeBasel 2009 in Switzerland.