KWAI FUNG HIN ART GALLERY G/F, 20 ICE HOUSE STREET, CENTRAL, HONG KONG YANG DIN (Born 1958, China) Although the artistic voice of Yang Din's works speaks to its audiences in muted whispers, it resonates with its ability to strip away all frivolity and expose the simple beauty of existence. Yang's images take the idea of expressive simplicity to its apex. He is unafraid of using only a few objects - a tree grounded in space, a single pot with a solitary sprout adorned with only two or three leaves, a striped beach towel with a bloom anchored in a blue vastness - and allowing the void surrounding those sparse objects to act as both a force meant to emphasize the strength of existence imbedded within each object as well as a suggestive element that reminds the viewer of what should also be present, thus ultimately alluding to one's own substantiality. Yang intensely scrutinizes his subjects and composition, paring everything down to its simplest shape, so enabling his images and objects to transcend all sense of individuality and even iconography. His work speaks to the mind - void of any message or impact, be it social, political or fantastical. He is content with simply inducing in the viewer a contemplation of his paintings' neutrality, of its serene, even aesthetic, thus leaving behind only an impression of actuality and universal unity.