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About the artwork
Fish represents longevity and experience, being able to flow in many surfaces, move fast to many locations and encounter more happenings that are usually unknown to the eyes of human beings. The hardly discovered underwater world exist all in the iconic image of the fish. Hong Zhu An sacralizes the fish by using words that all in all resemble the amount of stories that could be told if the fish could speak. At the same time by giving an extremely deep texture to the background and by creating contrast between it and the simply outlined fish he mentions that even with all those being told how humble one could feel being depicted on top of a profound vast and extremely mysterious space which is the sea.
About the artist
Chinese-born Hong Zhu An (b. 1955) is one of the finest artists in Singapore today. Trained under famous art scholar Wang Zidou at the Shanghai Art and Craft Institute, the artist is proficient in both Chinese and Western Art. Painting in acrylic and ink, his works exude a serenity and energy that calms the mind and offers insightful abstract interpretation alongside enchanting visuals. Constantly growing in both skill and prestige, he has exhibited his works in South East Asia, the USA and Australia and has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including the UOB Painting of the Year ‘Grand Award’. His works have been collected by major institutions such as the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Princeton University Museum in New York, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Singapore Art Museum.