ASSOCIATES EXHIBITION OF ART III

Bai has made the concept of The Mask his chosen vehicle for exploring the boundaries of
abstraction and representational form over a recent series of paintings. By reminding us of
our earliest obsession with recognizing and reading faces, he asks: What is it that you want
to see in this picture? But instead of eyes and mouths defining and signaling the emotional
content, Bai's haunted masquerade characters express deeper truths by underscoring what is
hidden or missing. This recognition game takes surprising turns as a harsh landscape
suddenly becomes an ancient aboriginal visage and a glittering carnival mask becomes an
abstract mosaic of precious stones and twisting metallic arabesques. Although his lonely
figures lack exterior warmth, their classical, Christian and neo-pagan forms retain and
communicate a powerful sense of mystery and dignity.

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