Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
2018
Format
Article
Materials
Ink on paper
Dimensions
139 x 70 cm
Description
The artist depicts the unrepresentative things through the layering of brushstrokes of dots, lines and washes. The picture presents a state of continuous generation and diffusion. The brushstrokes have the fluidity of water marks and the texture of splashing, making the image vivid. In the artwork, the artist presents the Daoist idea of the oneness of heaven and humans, as she said: “When Bodhidharma sat in a cave, he was confronting his inner world. Silently meditating, he secretly, absolutely transformed. The recluse needs not hide at the edge of the world, but instead must disappear in the face of the world, and then let the world, too, disappear in front of himself or herself.” (Landscape Treatise, , a theoretical framework that the artist created to explain her whole ideas about landscape). The Cavern is no longer a place to reach but an inner world that unfolds in the light. (Angela Tan 28’)
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