HOUSTON Opening Reception - Friday, September 7th 6-9pm (Houston Gallery Row 2707 Colquitt Street Houston, TX 77098)

DALLAS Opening Reception - Saturday, September 8th 6-8:30pm (Dallas Design District 1130 Dragon Street Dallas, TX 75207)

Laura Rathe Fine Art announces a highly anticipated solo exhibition ‘In Full Bloom’, featuring new works by internationally acclaimed artist, Zhuang Hong Yi. For the first time ever, LRFA will be hosting this exhibition at both their Houston and Dallas Locations. The Houston opening will be held on Friday, September 7th from 6-9pm, while Dallas will be hosting on Saturday, September 8th from 6-8:30pm with an artist talk at 7pm. The artist will be in attendance on both dates.

Brilliantly colorful and richly textured, the work of Zhuang Hong Yi has a powerful yet elegant presence. While flying between his hometown of Beijing and Holland, Zhuang was inspired by the breathtaking colors that shifted in the flower fields below. He then recreated this experience into what he is now most notably known for: his Flowerbed paintings. Zhuang uses delicate rice paper that he painstakingly paints and folds into hundreds of tiny flower buds. He then embeds them into the canvas, as if he has just planted a garden in bloom. The artist densely gathers these elements into dazzling three-dimensional constructions with the colors continuously undulating, depending on the viewer’s distance and perspective.