Period:Unknown
Materials:paper
Technique:printed
Dimensions:Height: 66 centimetres (image) Height: 70 centimetres (paper) Width: 95 centimetres (image) Width: 100 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock with water-soluble colours on paper, collage. Figure descending into a dark pool. On two sides, collage of printed legs from different periods of Chinese art history.
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Comments:Zhao Yiyun is a young printmaker who demonstrates an experimental approach to woodblock printmaking. Inspired by the ‘assembled block printing’ (douban) technique, she carves small blocks and prints them on rice (Gampi) paper before cutting them and reassembling them as a collage. The translucency of the paper reveals the overlapping shadowy images. The images of legs are drawn from historical sources of the Han, Tang and Ming dynasties. According to the artist, the assemblages of legs references the frantic pace of modern life. These faceless, mysterious figures are perpetually trapped and moving towards an unknown direction. It is left ambiguous whether the figure descending into a black void in the print is in a worse predicament or escaping into another realm. Zhao was the first-prize winner of the MET competition in 2020.
Materials:paper
Technique:printed
Dimensions:Height: 66 centimetres (image) Height: 70 centimetres (paper) Width: 95 centimetres (image) Width: 100 centimetres (paper)
Description:
Woodblock with water-soluble colours on paper, collage. Figure descending into a dark pool. On two sides, collage of printed legs from different periods of Chinese art history.
IMG
Comments:Zhao Yiyun is a young printmaker who demonstrates an experimental approach to woodblock printmaking. Inspired by the ‘assembled block printing’ (douban) technique, she carves small blocks and prints them on rice (Gampi) paper before cutting them and reassembling them as a collage. The translucency of the paper reveals the overlapping shadowy images. The images of legs are drawn from historical sources of the Han, Tang and Ming dynasties. According to the artist, the assemblages of legs references the frantic pace of modern life. These faceless, mysterious figures are perpetually trapped and moving towards an unknown direction. It is left ambiguous whether the figure descending into a black void in the print is in a worse predicament or escaping into another realm. Zhao was the first-prize winner of the MET competition in 2020.
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