Y2Arts presents Jade of Desire, as a second solo exhibiition by Zi Peng in Singapore. Zi Peng uses Jade, a gemstore of unique symoblic energy, as his "material-muse". As the audience perused through his latest crop of paintings, they will be swept away into his new and provocative imaginative realm. Initially, on first look, the featured subject is something the audience is familiar with, Jeff Koon's iconic dog, a Hamburger, Hirst's skull, a Buddha statue, an ice-cream cone, etc.; but juxtaposed within these icons is where Zi Peng's artistic talent truly excels. His creations leads on a surrealistic voyage to embrace and experience the balancing and harmonious effect of Jade. His innate ability to use oil to capture hyper-realistically the brilliance of this wondrous stone, intermingling with his exuberant imagination of incoporating traditional Chinese art into the very veins of the gemstone, challenges the audience to open to new perspectives and wonderment - an art within an art. 

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Image: © Zi Peng 
Mao! Mao!, 2013
Oil on canvas
150 x 140cm