This exhibition Nine Black Pearls presents new works by the artist He Tianqi. The work visualizes the methodology of his way of observing and translating. Whilst revealing his own mentality and nostalgia through out the historical hardships.

The recent work continues to unmask the intrinsic quality of fluorescence colours and He’s natural ability to manipulate them. However, the exhibiting works are slightly different from the past. The color blocks are increasingly disrupted. The chromatic fragments put aside the compositional integrity. The fluorescent nature deprives the authenticity of the image. The image is not much a reflection of the surrounded space. Rather, it is the space-time refracted multiple times by an infinite mirror.

The dense, chaotic and ambiguous fragmentized moments interweaved in the process and disclosed in the outcome of the work. The reflections on the surface of the object, the shattered forms, and the fabricated shapes present the artist capture of the known and unknown circumstances, through disintegration and reconstruction. The reflexive colours and the suspended objects intertwine with each other. These disordered scenes absorb interlaced light and hints, suggesting even more unknown worlds, which prompts audience’s hope to find an exit from the condensed and suffocating space. The artist looks for an empirical relationship between body and space through out his spatial practice. Supposedly, the artist also provides many visible ways for the audience to dive into the context.

Perhaps the exhibition name Black Pearl implies that in the pictures that are full of confusion, there is eventually a stake, where one can unwind. The “black pearls” may also represent the artist's foothold in the midst of this turbulent era, just like the mainstay of a monumental river, immutable and weighted.