The art of “osmosis” (Greek for “intrusion“) is a succession of Chinese traditional Zen Buddhism aesthetics, which tells the story of the true life, at the same time as it understands and brings forth contemporary art in the sense of osmosis. Osmosis is regarded as a sensible mind-set while it also possesses a power and strength which mankind or rather the souls of men nowadays have lost. Thus, osmosis is a good remedy for human being’s poor mentality.
In this exhibition, artists try to reveal their own disposition and feeling by the plain strokes of brush. The art works on display focus on the essential things of the world, which shows the artists’ state of mind or philosophy in art. That is why the works appear to be natural, light, imperturbable and unpretentious, as they do not want to impose themselves on the viewer and are bare of any pomposity. Fighting against the superficiality of this world and unaffected by the collapsing value systems, the artists are trying to fix the traditional values in their paintings. According to the Zen Buddhism, two different reactions to the mundane affairs are the results of two different thoughts: enjoying the happiness of earthliness (Ru Shi) and renouncing worldly joys (Chu Shi).The artists’ attitude is similar to Chu Shi, so they take the point of view of a person looking from the sky into a well; not the point of view, which is like Ru Shi, taken by a person looking from within a well towards the sky. Hence the philosophy of life that lies behind any art work is much more important than the art work itself. The artists’ state of mind is like “resting in Tao” and is based on an “absolutely free soul”, which encourages the artists to rethink and return to the simplicity and naturalism by turning the back on the confusions of the numerous ideologies of the world. |
