SIMILAR TO AN OCEAN OF FLAMES

Nikolaus Leopold
CEO and Founder of Leopold Fine Arts

During a visit to Shanghai in 2020, we met at a big art space opening event. We immediately had a good connection and similar interest and taste in art, and therefore stayed in touch. Once she presented some of her artworks to us, we were amazed by the depth and the beauty of the large sized canvases.

The colors often bold, seem to find their own path onto the canvas. As with plants, they naturally spread like branches reaching out in all directions and intermingling just like vivid emotions fighting for territory.

Mianhua is adept at capturing the vitality and power of a marvelous and complex interaction. In a balanced fashion, the colors blend in, light and dark, expand and contract on the canvas while, calming and intensifying the viewer’s gaze. Conveying the intangible forces behind matter seems to be her obsession, realized in an expressive, lively and at the same time masterfully controlled brushstroke.

Sometimes the composition comes to fruition in a very simple manner. Other times the ideas materialize in a quite complex fashion, yet never trying to impress or effectively trying to catch one’s wandering eye. Similar to an ocean of flames, life’s intention becomes compelling and nearly tangible. This style of art creation is quite unique and seldom found.

Mianhua’s observations, contemplation, study, and endurance have led to a deep understanding of the perennial processes of nature’s metamorphosis. Forming her core interest, by the laws of nature, Mianhua developed a unique, recognizable, and vivid stylistic idiom. Mianhua’s artistic approach allows an interpretation on several levels. Exactly what one hopes to encounter with a great work of art.

As of 2023, we will represent Mianhua in Europe and hope to showcase her works here as soon as possible. I’m sure, viewers, like me, are immediately drawn to and immersed by Mianhua’s work. Her ideas, the dynamic shapes and fluidity and intense, bold colors give her work a unique, identifiable touch. This is something we usually look for in an artwork or artist.

Leopold Fine Arts is true to the family spirit: We are dedicated to discovering and presenting the work and spiritual core of unique artists. Mianhua is the first Chinese artist which Leopold Fine Arts has a collaboration with, We are very honored to start a partnership with her.

Vienna, October 2023