100 Layers of Ink 千层墨 (painting series)

Creator(s)

Jie-Chang YANG 杨诘苍

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Format

Photograph

Materials

Xuan paper, Guaze, Linen

Description

Jie-Chang Yang worked on the 100 Layers of Ink series painting from 1989 to 1999. He used traditional Chinese Rice paper as a canvas and applied ink to it. After it dries, he applies another layer of ink over the previous layers and repeats the procedure until it is saturated. Because the Xuan paper became fragile and flimsy after being painting many times, he used silk, paper mounting, typical of traditional ink paintings and linen to stabilize the work. (" Yang Jiechang: 100 Layers of Ink, 100 Layers of Action" Susanna Ferrell and Britta Erickson) http://yishu-online.com/wp-content/uploads/mm-products/uploads/2018_v17_02__ferrell_s_p012.pdf (Zhuocheng Jiang '26)