Faces: unknown yet familiar
Sets of works in different media are being showed at Zheng Bo's solo exhibition "Face origami". The video series just next to the entrance enchants the audience at once - for its simple intention to record a couple of aged faces lit up by endearing memories. Another series with homosexual lovers' voices in earphones talking about their counterparts, from their eyelashes to their characters, exhibits the same quality about human interactions, under the context of identity. The way the portraits of gay men and women are presented -1) facing the floor 2) lit with backlight and 3) some blurred or missing - first seem problematic to me, referring to the "indirect" sightline and difficulty to "see" them. However, I think, the genuine attitude of the artist has saved it from reinforcing the myth of such "invisibility".
"Face Origami" is a hearty and simple subject matter with clean presentation in a frank manner. Zheng is still studying at CUHK. It'a surprising fact I found out on site because the works possess some sensitivity which carries apparently maturer traits.
The image he uses for the publicity was simply created by scanning his own face. He is so sweet to warn people in the introduction not to follow his act for the potential hazard. Now I have certainly a good reason to go to the graduation exhibition of the school this year.
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