Belief
2022
Ink and mixed media on paper
68 x 66.5 cm
Walking aimlessly on the street,
I don't know what the next stop will be,
Between the sound of the wind and the sound of conversation,
Let their flow lead me,
I was led to a noisy place,
Various rhythms spread to the ears,
The song leads my eyes,
I saw the swaying of the skirt,
Dance with the song,
Shuttling through this celebration unconsciously.
Walk between them,
Take me from winter to bright season,
With this flow,
I pushed the door and walked in.
Seeing the scene full of elephants dancing with ants,
It's much quieter here than before,
Different people are communicating about the confrontation between ants and elephants,
Unwittingly, the sunlight penetrating through the window dyed the corners of my clothes,
Want to follow the lead to the next place?
I'm back on the street again,
Down the narrow road,
There's a door open for me,
The aroma of coffee is calling me to explore again!
The work quotes "At thirty, I planted my feet upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart."
The main visual element of the work is an irregular and open form. The whole visual is run through with flowing lines, and the lines are constructed like flowing lines with brush textures. They have a clear direction of flow, showing that our beliefs and inner values are precisely these invisible forces that drive us toward an unknown future.
Artist Bio
QIAN is a Hong Kong-based artist and is an artist-in-residence at the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre. QIAN graduated with BA (Hons) in Visual Arts from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2019 and was awarded Professor Raymond Fung Award for Chinese Painting. She specialises in ink art, while at the same time dabbles on illustration and three-dimensional mediums.
QIAN melds ink with various materials to expand the possibility and context of this traditional medium. She has developed a relationship with ink from pure instinct, creating works in different rhythms.
Through Chinese ink, QIAN expresses her emotions and thoughts towards life in abstract visual language. This differs from traditional Chinese painting that emphasizes on appreciation of nature and downplays personal emotions, her works convey intimate feelings with diverse brushworks and textures, which also establish void and solid spaces for dialogues.
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Affordable Art Fair 2023
Date: 18 - 21 / 5 / 2023
Venue: Hall 1E, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
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