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I wield metaphors to reveal the truth. Infinite metaphors.
There will always be one able to reach one’s heart.
A flash of light —not seen, but radiating from within.
You know you are this light.
–Shuo Hao, huile de vitre (2025)
Can glass become oil? Can flowers placed on a wounded body turn into blood? Can you wash away your burning secrets in the cool water of a pond? Play ping-pong with a mirror-paddle? Blow soap bubbles in the sun?
In Shuo Hao’s work, painting and poetry intertwine. Huile de vitre (Glass Oil)—the title of both the exhibition and the accompanying collection of short stories—encapsulates this bond between image and language: at the threshold between the visible and the invisible, between word and silence—where intuition precedes meaning and where hope or miracle may emerge. From these imaginary or seemingly futile gestures, devoid of any apparent effectiveness, arise a quiet beauty and the possibility of i…
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I wield metaphors to reveal the truth. Infinite metaphors.
There will always be one able to reach one’s heart.
A flash of light —not seen, but radiating from within.
You know you are this light.
–Shuo Hao, huile de vitre (2025)
Can glass become oil? Can flowers placed on a wounded body turn into blood? Can you wash away your burning secrets in the cool water of a pond? Play ping-pong with a mirror-paddle? Blow soap bubbles in the sun?
In Shuo Hao’s work, painting and poetry intertwine. Huile de vitre (Glass Oil)—the title of both the exhibition and the accompanying collection of short stories—encapsulates this bond between image and language: at the threshold between the visible and the invisible, between word and silence—where intuition precedes meaning and where hope or miracle may emerge. From these imaginary or seemingly futile gestures, devoid of any apparent effectiveness, arise a quiet beauty and the possibility of i…
