Cold Wonderland, Polar Journey.

🌈Zhao Bo｜Polar Journey 📅2024/10/27 - 2024/11/30 A short-term exchange to Oslo in 2011 had a profound impact on Zhao Bo's later creations. The vast starry sky, the magical and magnificent aurora, the breathtaking fjords, the lush spruces... all of these, once seemingly out of reach, suddenly became tangible. During this period, he also gained a new understanding and appreciation of his hometown in Northeast China. As a result, most of his paintings depict scenes that resemble both Northern Europe and Northeast China. It can be said that this is his imagined version of another North, a future polar region that is neither entirely Eastern nor Western. Zhao Bo's 'Cold Wonderland' series was previously showcased in a group exhibition at SGA. Although it appears to depict an uninhabited land, it actually hints at the reality we live in or the future world that is about to come. Seeing it again this time, I like it even more. Before the opening ceremony, I arrived at the gallery. The drinks were ready, and the guests were about to enter, but I chose to avoid the crowd and continue my solo exhibition tour along the Bund.