The twelve zodiac animal series themed around the traditional twelve zodiac animal signs that was created for an invited exhibition at the Faust Kunsthalle in Hannover, and the newest creations will be featured in this May exhibition, along with the artist Hua Qing being present for the opening of the event.

With daringly bold strokes, and rich colors, the artist Hua Qing creates a non-human world, where ration or emotion, the animal instinct and social animal emerge to tremendous strife, where the boundary of man and animal is drawn closer, evincing Hua Qing’s affection for western cultural influences along with a transformation of the traditional Chinese semiotic and zoosemy to envision animals as the wild animals of nature, completely transforming the traditional twelve zodiac signs as metaphors of reincarnation and destiny, while also empowering the animals with a pair of human eyes with which to stare at us, over and over again pleading with us: I am no different than you, you are me, and, I, am one of your faces.

Courtesy of Asia Art Center