For the 1st project at yellow.ant.art.lab in 2014, Qingtai Hu will present his art project entitled “Qingtai, the most beautiful is yellow".

Once Qingtai Ju’s mother said to him, “Qingtai, the most beautiful colour is yellow." Since then, the artist started to be obsessed by these words. He wanted to make himself believe that was true. Since the beginning of April 2012, Qingtai Hu repeatedly painted yellow colour on canvases like mad, to get self-brainwashed, self-recognised, and therefore make that sentence a reality. At one time, he even moved to a secluded spot, secretly forced himself with high pressure to reach that conclusion. By the end of July 2013, Qingtai Hu made 17 pieces of painting on canvas, some notes on daily experience, and a project termination statement.

Qingtai Hu was born in China in 1985. He finished his B.A. at Hubei Academy of Art in 2008. His recent major exhibitions include: “ExtremeSeriousStubbornUnsociable” at Aviff Art-Film-Festival in Cannes, 2014; “Qingtai, the most beautiful colour is yellow” @ Art Basel in Hong Kong, 2014; “Eight Possible Paths” @ Uferhallen, in Berlin, 2014; “Condition↔Reflection”, curated by LEAP magazine in Hong Kong, 2013; and “The 14th OPEN International Performance Art Festival” in Beijing, 2013.

-Gallery 55

* Image (left)
© Hu Qingtai
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery 55