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Artist Crush: Louise Zhang

September 16th, 2013 · 4 Comments

Louise Zhang is currently studying Fine Arts at COFA in Sydney, Australia. Zhang’s paintings embody the physical opulence, sing-song-y compositions and romantic idealism of Rococo painters such as Watteau. Her sculpture pushes the physicality much farther, obscuring the reference but not losing it entirely.

“Louise Zhang’s work starts with the most basic unit of construction: the amorphous, inchoate ‘blob.’ This entity, defined by its infinite mutability, and pure, constructive potential, is central to Zhang’s work, as she manipulates ‘blobs’ to produce abstractions of the everyday… ” – Boo Patricks

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Louise Zhang_Impressions- 2012- oil and acrylic in plywood- 40x60cm_highres

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Louise Zhang_Indeedy- 2013- oil and acrylic on canvas- 40x50cm_highres