Li Jingfang and Tobias Zaft interpret the charm of the East and the essence of the West in their respective ways.

When artistic expression branches along divergent paths yet converges towards spiritual resonance, it gives rise to this visual dialogue entitled “Two Paths, One Light”. Centred on the narrative core of “two paths, one light”, the exhibition focuses on the creative practices of artists Li Jingfang and Tobias Zaft.

Li Jingfang employs oil painting as his foundational medium, with his works consistently rooted in a keen observation of the texture of his era. Amidst the layered blending and blooming of colours and the rhythmic pauses, breaks, and turns of his brushstrokes, one perceives both the natural transparency of color transitions and the sharp precision and robust momentum of the brush's rise and fall. Every detail reveals his mastery of technique and divine inspiration in his brushwork, allowing viewers to sense the exhilaration he feels when becoming one with his brush and pigments.

This fusion of technique and emotion not only embodies the translation of real-world scenes but also subtly inquires into individual sentiments and collective memory. More groundbreaking still, he does not confine the language of oil painting to the boundaries of traditional canvas; instead, he attempts to deeply integrate it with digital interactive installations. When a viewer's hand gestures sweep across the screen, the figures in the static painting stir to life and unfold new trajectories. This liberates the two-dimensional work from physical constraints, cultivating a dynamic vitality that is perceptible, participatory, and co-creative, forging a dialogical bridge between the “traditional language of painting” and the “contemporary digital context”.

Tobias Zaft employs experimental combinations of diverse media to construct a more trans dimensional expressive sphere. His drawings eschew mere formal replication, instead using intricate line density and tonal gradations to delineate the subtle, symbiotic yet estranged relationship between “humanistic spirit” and “technological advancement”. His neon relief installations- a series of animated relief works - take vintage red neon tubes made of transparent glass as their core medium. These works fuse the neon texture of the industrial era with the poetic expression of natural motifs, constructing an immersive scene with both visual tension and spiritual depth. His video installations are even more contemplative: using a slow-motion narrative rhythm, they showcase how machines, like humans, traverse a “life trajectory” - from the innocence of childhood, the visor of youth, the physical decline of middle age, to the wrinkles of old age, muscle atrophy, and eventual skeletal decay. This embodies the blurring of boundaries between machine and humans, prompting the audience to engage in profound reflection on“time”, “existence”, and “technological ethics”.