Tang Tang

My name is Tang, I am a French painter, 41 years old, living in Lyon. Born in the countryside in the South of France and being in love with nature, trees and branches slowly appeared in my work as they had always enriched my daily routine and helped build my imagination. What fascinates me with a tree is that it is the ideal object, a true witness of time, as the arm of a clock that changes constantly. It changes from a somber architecture in winter to an explosion of a multitude of greens and flowers in the spring with a welcoming umbrella protecting with its fresh shadows during the summer, and fireworks of warm and rusted colours in the fall. All enthused by these abstract feelings, it is after two years in Japan between 2009 and 2011 that trees have definitively invaded my studio. In Japan I discovered the peculiar man-tree relationship in parks and gardens, the art of contemplation and the interest of the entire people for this mute but expressive companion. My EDA pieces, which means branches in Japanese, are a tribute to this period of my life. Website links for further info:http://tangworks.blogspot.com/