Have seen Loi Cai Xiang's work for a while. Was ok. But this series he did good. His painterly skills have improved. His subject matter though personal to him is still interesting enough. And he didn't go too 'over the top' by painting the animals and other stuff in his work. But the Giraffe piece did seem a bit odd. He is from the NAFA school and he next needs to work on the conceptual aspect of the works. And the works need to resonate with people and not just dealing with himself. But definitely a good artist.
Our favourite piece
The giraffe piece
Nice piece too
Another nice piece
Points for collectors: Strong Buy. He is passionate and paints a lot and it is reflected in his improvement. As with all young artists, we need to sit back and see where he goes from here. We at 75GOP/PATE advocate buys early in the career of the artist to support them, but there is a chance of being burnt. The other option is sit back a bit and wait a few years and decide if you really want to support the artist before going in. Both also can.
Another note... the pieces were a bit on the expensive side for a 25 year old, but with the amount of effort and time gone into the painting I won't complain too much about it (hence the strong buy rating). The per sq cm price was more for the bigger pieces compared to the smaller pieces and thus we aren't surprised that the bigger works didn't sell.
