Art Success: Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Le Guo

Art Success: Adelaide Damoah in conversation with Le Guo
London-based artist Le Guo has been living in England for the past twenty years and has since presented his art at important venues such as Barbican Centre, Sotheby’s Institute of Art and The British Museum. His abstract paintings reveal influences by both Western Expressionism and Surrealism as well as a profound understanding of ancient Eastern philosophies, like Taoism. Le Guo’s art does not aim to fix a precise concept, and nor does it intend to provide the viewer with a final image. On the contrary his creations present a multitude of shapes, in which mutability permeates the canvas and continuously originates new forms and possibilities.

Le Guo employs oil, acrylic and ink on canvas or paper. His work presents a continuous dialogue between outward forces and inward impulses, perceived by the artist as energy of nature and human spirit. Through dynamic penetrations of light and interplays of colours, his paintings oscillate between prismatic fragmentations and vibrant brushstrokes. The paint textures created may be sensuous or plain, coarse or smooth, even or inconsistent. Evoking a sense of dynamism, once portrayed by Umberto Boccioni, and gestural movements reminiscent of Hans Hartung, Le Guo’s artwork skilfully captures a modern perception of motion through spontaneous yet rhythmic gestures.

Creating a visual resonance while preserving their own artistic identity, the Gao Brothers’ and Le Guo’s creations convey a fresh quality of sensuality, celebrating new harmonies expanding towards a dynamic rhythm of balanced energies.

Original text by: Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli, Contemporary Chinese Art Specialist. http://www.hua-gallery.com/artist_leg…

Le Guo works at Second Floor Studios in Woolwich. You can visit his studio and see first hand her work in progress, as well as some of the work whown in this video, during the Open Studio event this year. The event runs from the 2nd to the 5th of June 2016 and all are welcome. Le’s studio is on the top floor of Unit 7, studio number 212. Come and visit!

Learn more about Le Guo’s work here: http://www.hua-gallery.com/artist_leg…

Please click the link below for more information on this years Open Studio event.
http://www.secondfloor.co.uk/open-stu…

Share this video: https://youtu.be/EoL0Yui5xY0

About the interviewer: Adelaide Damoah

My name is Adelaide Damoah and I am an artist. I also have a studio at Second Floor in London. I make figurative oil paintings and am currently exploring story telling using figures with text on the painting surface.

The Art Success series of interviews started off in 2011 with written interviews for my blog. I started this project because coming from a science/business background, I had to rethink what success looked like to me and wanted to figure out what it took to become that in this unique business. In talking to other artists in this way on camera, I hope to pass on useful information to other artists and art lovers. Fellow artists can watch and learn from their contemporaries and art lovers can discover new artists and art. Of course, there is the added benefit of promoting my colleagues to new audiences.

Please subscribe to stay up to date with interviews and my art Vlogs.

Follow my other social channels:
Instagram: http://instagram.com/adelaidedamoah
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdelaideDamo…
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdelaideDamoah