The Impression of the city
The impression is between clarity and obscurity, and between reality and illusion.
This series of work aims to find the impression of this ‘root’ and everything that is connected to it. I recorded this place while on board a vehicle by making quick sketches, which also represent how city folks observe the city. What one can extract from daily life while on a fast-moving vehicle is most easily overlooked. And what is to remain because of this neglect?
I integrate snippets of visual memories, space and emotions into a series of multi-layered and movement-like paintings, deploying layers and layers of thin paint and different painting materials in the process. When painting, I search my mind for memories of the place, and the result of the search may not necessarily be just figurative impression of buildings, but could also be feelings, noises, air or smells. I repeatedly build and compress all these bits and pieces of materials and symbols, allowing them to evolve on the canvas on their own. The result is a completely new scenery in which things look clear sometimes and obscure at some other times. It is at once strange but familiar.
This series of work aims to find the impression of this ‘root’ and everything that is connected to it. I recorded this place while on board a vehicle by making quick sketches, which also represent how city folks observe the city. What one can extract from daily life while on a fast-moving vehicle is most easily overlooked. And what is to remain because of this neglect?
I integrate snippets of visual memories, space and emotions into a series of multi-layered and movement-like paintings, deploying layers and layers of thin paint and different painting materials in the process. When painting, I search my mind for memories of the place, and the result of the search may not necessarily be just figurative impression of buildings, but could also be feelings, noises, air or smells. I repeatedly build and compress all these bits and pieces of materials and symbols, allowing them to evolve on the canvas on their own. The result is a completely new scenery in which things look clear sometimes and obscure at some other times. It is at once strange but familiar.