Title of the Exhibition:

Sports Art:

Infinite Playground: Killer's Paradise, Saint's Hell

Genre:
Sports Art
Period-Movement:
Contemporary Art, Geometric Abstraction
Date of Creation:
2015-2023
Technique:
Painting, Sculpture
Materials:
Original digital artworks, Original paintings on canvas
Dimensions:
Variable


Exhibition Description:
This section of the online museum focuses on paintings and sculptures that address themes of competition, the hierarchy between strength and weakness, the subordination of power, and other aspects related to sports. In works depicting athletes, armaments, and modern weaponry, Nicholaas Chiao highlights the aesthetic qualities of technological strength, power, action, and supremacy. The artist emphasizes the complexity of form and color, envisioning peaceful applications for military technologies rather than their use in aggression. Chiao's art advocates for the boundless potential of sporting competitions, playful challenges, and lawful contests as alternatives to violent conflict. Influences include Damien Hirst and Andrei Molodkin. The artist's distinctive contribution is the use of a hierarchy of geometric forms, particularly the triangular form, to symbolize subordination to mechanical strength.