Loo Foh Sang 1994 Selected Monoprint Collection
A selected
collection of Loo Foh Sang’s Prints from period of 1994.
Nature and its essence is a big part of Loo Foh Sang's inspirations. The way nature is part of our everyday life, its changing seasons - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, the wind that breezes through our window, each leaf and flower that passes our path, the sunlight that changes through day and night, the light that reflects transitioning seasons, every tree and every little part of this tremendously amazing nature - all these .... makes up every piece of Loo's Art Prints.
With background in Chinese Painting and his education in Nanyang Academy of Fine Art Singapore, Loo infused the technique of Chinese Art composition into printmaking, combining the best of both art styles into a brand new innovative printmaking style.
This new innovative printmaking is what sets Loo Foh Sang's artworks unique.
He uses elements of nature around him ie feathers, leaves, carefully selected and worked on to be part of a layer of composition in each print layout. Every element is carefully carved out and layered with colours selected to bring out the essence of each titled work. The complexity in layering, knowing which to come first, and placement of colours sequencing, affects every effect of the print. Loo has experimented so many attempts over the years, and this period is where he reached a perfected approach to this new technique.
We can see a lot of his life reflections in each artwork. Innovating, tranquility, stability, zen and ever persisting to reach the next level of his practice. The period of 1994, was an evolution of Loo's print techniques to another level. His artistic eye and innovative methods came to a peak of translating Nature's essence into this series of beautiful prints.
“During the
stage of creation, the use of materials can be diverse, depending on the
artist’s creative ideas and intended effects. For me, I usually use natural
materials such as feathers, leaves and petals. I use nets and aluminium foil to
enhance the visual effects. This technique requires placing the materials and
intaglio paper board onto a monoprint plate, fully allows the artist to create
printing layouts according to their ideas, achieving the best visual effect.”
~Loo Foh Sang
For over 50
years, he has dedicated himself to developing the language of his art and to
addressing certain limitations of traditional print methods.
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