About

Gu Benchi was born in Shanghai in 1979. He was inspired by one of the abstract art pioneers Piet Mondrian and has taken geometric abstraction to a new level in his artworks. By way of using colored high-strength polyester thread he weaves multi-layered configurations playing with balance, harmony, symmetry, perspective and light.

Gu Benchi begins his works striving towards a sense of order. Gu believes the universe is organized with an unseen and subtle order and that human beings naturally aspire towards order over chaos. Following the principles of geometry, he begins with the shapes of …