Arrow to Heaven, 2022
Financial Times newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic, and sand on linen
150 x 200 x 3 cm
59 1/2 x 78 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
59 1/2 x 78 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
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Artworks
Heavenly Lake, 2022
Financial Times newspaper, archival inkjet, acrylic, and sand on linen150 x 200 x 3 cm
59 1/2 x 78 1/2 x 1 1/2 inCopyright The ArtistFurther images
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‘Heavenly lake’ is on top of a dormant volcano that for the Manchu Dynasty is the source of their origin myth. The waterfall is also from the Changbai Mountains where...‘Heavenly lake’ is on top of a dormant volcano that for the Manchu Dynasty is the source of their origin myth. The waterfall is also from the Changbai Mountains where the lake is. Compressed by 2 holy mountains of Sinai and Song. One symbolising the Western divine right and the other used by China’s emperor to validate their mandate from heaven. Mountains represent the bridge between Earth and Heaven. Tianjin is the cityscape below that translated means Heaven’s boundary. It is also the city where the unfair treaties were signed after the Anglo-Franco 2nd Opium war was won from which an already weakened Qing Dynasty Empire established by the Manchus was to collapse.
An inversion of the landscape like a mirage in the sky destabilises our sense of reality into a surreal narrative about in spite of infighting between empires, humans still seek something greater than ourselves to justify our action. The water and its flow can be read as civilisation, a spiritual sustenance.
Exhibitions
Arrow to Heaven, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France (06/28/2022 to 07/30/2022)
Provenance
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