Johnny Yue is an artist who was born in southern China and
now lives in Hong Kong. His art is absolutely stunning but also with revelation, and leading readers to think in deep. From Johnny Yue's aesthetic conceptions, stream of consciousness literature knowledge and abstract thought of death & desire from film field, he success to form the unique style. Recently,
Johnny has an exhibition in Berlin, it’s great news for readers, but I think
people would also want to know more about his philosophy, so at the time, we have an
interview with Johnny.
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Can
you give us a brief bio, where is home, and how long have you been an artist?
I was born in the small town of 1978 in
southern China and I grew
up in China's economy. if I need to return
to China, I just want to back my original town,
rather than this rigid city.
In 1994, I began to learn the traditional western art and live in Hong Kong from 2001. Because the high cost of living index in Hong Kong, I must have another job in my life, so I work
in a CGI company and be the senior designer now.
Around 2008, I set up own works web page and started to upload my
works with friends, it is my only freedom of creation without
customer impact, just
like another kind of balance.
Have
any artist inspires you? What influences your work?
There
are many artists, I cannot just say a few names, I admire if they have unique
style, whether from antiquity to modern times, even younger than me, or any unknown
artist from internet. And I like to study their good knowledge, just like a
sponge to absorb all the new art knowledge.
I have seen a type of novel which very
abstract and free style, called stream of consciousness, I like the atmosphere
of the novel that rendering, it can bring audiences go into the most abstract mood. I apply this style on my works that can omit many details and I also focus on the description of the
atmosphere with more abstract and ambiguous, and let audience's
imagination broader and freedom. This is the
mainly introduction of my work style.
And my favorite painting is the “Mona Lisa”, because
everything is perfect, modern man seems no time and patience to create this high level painting again.
Sometimes color reflects emotion of a
person; can you tell us what’s the message behind your dreamily like color
tone?
I work in commercial and always be in touch with about film
shooting, I have seen all the original movie film, they
always tend to a monochromatic tones and blurred images that
facilitate to tune the color contrast, I like to use this original movie film
tone very much, the gloomy tone for describe the theme of death &
desire and appropriate to the mood, but maybe my style
will change in the future, because I am interested in learning of Chinese
Taoism recently. It made me rethink the implications on the life, natural and how
to depict the life glorious meaning and dignity of life, which became the theme
in my recent thinking.
Which artwork of yours is the most favor
for you? And the reason is...
Although each work
are created by heart, but has so far not really most like works yet, I only care
that there is more possibility in the future creation, I am not standing still
and always looking back.
Please give a good advice for people who want to be an artist.
If you have plenty of economic background, and the majority of social
network, there are a lot of friends to help you, then your success is
inevitable faster; but if you're same as me, must have a 10 hours commercial
work a day to pay your rent and living, then you must more efforts to seize the
remaining time to create more of yourself works, of course, before you do, more attention to a variety of new style on
the Internet, about completion of your works, a lot of communication platform
on the modern Internet, you can create your online page, or all kinds of
creative exchange platform, or e magazine, or Facebook and initiative to look
for opportunities, not waiting for an opportunity to come to you.
View more stunning work in Johnny Yue's website: johnnyworkerpaints.com
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Berlin Avantgarde
The exhibition of Johnny Yue and German artist Claudia Birkheuer
Exhibition period: 5 May - 6 June 2012
