For the newly created art fair, Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery presents the works of two great sculptors Wang Keping and Laurent Martin “Lo” share an affinity of biomorphic expression in their sculptures. Using the natural elements of wood and bamboo in their works we can identify a natural intuition in their shared organic compositions. Wang Keping incorporates the natural forms of the wood to allow for nature to guide his artistic process in his figurative and abstract sculptures while Lo’s precision is in the shaping of delicate strips of bamboo to create lyrical sinuous and almost weightless mobile sculptures. Where Wang Keping’s totems convey a fluidity of form, grain and blackened polish they carry the weight of the hard woods he uses, Lo’s gracious balance of bamboo strokes achieve a harmonious ethereal balance within air and space. Within both of these artist’s works we can feel their incredibly pure authenticity and single-minded commitment and determination.
