Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars
三十六星之
Painted in white, the ‘Thirty-six heavenly stars’ of the Water Margins series have been reinterpreted in a state of infancy as they lie asleep adjacent to the unceasing flowing course of events in time while strokes of colours get dappled onto each of these individual characters.
As the old adage goes, infants have commonly been described to be ‘a blank piece of paper’ throughout history and yet, this piece of blank paper also represents one that will be continually filled up through living experience like the unceasing flow of the water margins.
By reframing the thirty-six archetypes that the ‘Thirty-six heavenly stars’ have come to represent in the ‘Water Margins’ series here as contemporary figures, the body of work hopes to provide a platform for the further digging of the classic ‘Water Margins’ underpinning’s historical, societal and traditional value that it has come to represent as moulded throughout history by society.
‘Thirty-six heavenly stars” is thereby a celebration of brotherhood, loyalty and friendship in an age where corruption, abuse of power, and the suppression of voices are rife and hopes to inspire its audience to tap into ancient wisdom to respond to contemporary problems.
A Stoical Pursuit
父爱孩子心
The multi-dimensional mural and installation is a presentation ot the mythological fable of Ne Zha 《哪吒》where the installation honours and adapts the time-honoured tale to offer it a alternate mythic twist. The mural, depicts the tale of how Ne Zha came to conquer the Dragon King 《哪吒闹海》, a story that highlights themes of fillial piety, resistance, courage , sacrifice and destiny.
It is a coming-of-age tale that confronts the theme of filial piety and duties as children and the understanding of the self following hardships and challenges.
Installation, Ceramic, Soil and Wooden Stool
Dimension Variable
“Make sure to remember every person and place has a right to exist. It is true for you too, the entire world as a whole, is your home”
A meditation on the passage of time, the installation explores the cyclical rhythm of life and death through medium and objects that could be found in everyday life such as the wooden stool and the soil, that originates from the natural surface of the earth where it is explored in this installation as both soil and clay–ceramic.
The installation combines the artist’s minute observation of the surrounding natural environment and its processes to look at the eternal process of renewal , rebirth and regeneration within the circle of life.
[Silver Reverie,银思]
Ceramic, Paper Bound Book
Dimension Variable
A tale in the passing of time, a hush persistent murmur...
死别已吞声，生别常恻恻。
江南瘴疠地，逐客无消息。
故人入我梦，明我长相忆。
恐非平生魂，路远不可测。
魂来枫林青，魂返关塞黑。
君今在罗网，何以有羽翼？
落月满屋梁，犹疑照颜色。
水深波浪阔，无使蛟龙得。
The ceramic book that seem eerily empty holds a secret to it where mushrooms can be found sprouting from the pages encapsulating the idea of persistence in the transference of knowledge and in its conversion of form.
Little anecdote that plays tribute to the ever renewal and rebirth of life can also be found on these mushroom as words sprouts above them.
The delicate and fragile books encapsulates the delicate process in the transmittance and transference of wisdom through the ages as an ode to poetry, and the persistence of memories and knowledge.
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