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管偉邦 KOON Wai Bong, 幽谷圖, 2022

KOON Wai Bong

Deep Valley, 2022
Ink on paper
115 .3 × 25.5 cm
In this artwork, the experimental ink layering expresses life's disappointments, like a child overturning an ink container during adversity, allowing the medium to spread organically across the surface. The dominant...
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In this artwork, the experimental ink layering expresses life's disappointments, like a child overturning an ink container during adversity, allowing the medium to spread organically across the surface. The dominant dark center occupies most of the composition, conveying inner dissatisfaction with reality. The social upheavals of 2019 and subsequent global pandemic created unprecedented challenges for post-WWII urban dwellers. Having never experienced war or major natural disasters, we suddenly faced social instability and widespread anxiety with few outlets for expression except through art. The intensely dark ink combines splashed, broken, and accumulated ink techniques, transforming the ink from mere visual elements into physical presence—viewers can observe dimensional ink formations rising from the paper surface, effectively materializing the medium. This effect comes from methodically building thick ink layers, allowing them to dry naturally or through impression. Consequently, certain areas display compression marks, while others reveal disruptions in newly dried ink layers. This represents not just a variation on traditional splashed ink and "five colors" theory, but a tangible demonstration of experimental ink methodology; these formations, resembling reopened wounds, directly embody the underlying emotional distress.

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