Winter 15, 2015, ink and color on paper, 24" x 48" (61 x 122 cm)

Comment

Comment by Shulin Sun on September 15, 2015 at 10:50am

Thank you for the critique Kristen. I also liked your work, hope to see more exciting works from you in the future.

Comment by Resident Curator on September 14, 2015 at 7:40pm

Curator’s Comments:

 

These ink drawings present abstracted figurations suggestive of Rorschach images.  It’s difficult not to imagine landscape within the organic modulation and sweeping washes of pigment.  I’m most drawn to the Winter series, because of the delicacy of the lacy marks. There is an ebb and flow to the rising of the clusters of shapes that is at once peaceful and exhilarating. This particular work (designated 15) has a top edge evocative of a fading or dissolving horizon.  The splayed out thin lines from the bleed of the wash also conjure crystalline formations occurring in winter snow. I also enjoy the use of negative space in this work, which seems carefully considered.  The white space towards the top is enveloped by the black hatching, which appears to draw momentum from both sides of the picture plane. Elongated as a rectangle, the large actual scale of the piece no doubt accelerates the feeling of horizontal movement.