Chai Yiming
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Texts
- Untitled, water color and ink on xuan paper with cloth mount, 70 x 100cm, 2010
- “Journey to the West, Nos 1 and 2,” ink on paper, 161 x 35 cm, 2009
- About Chai Yiming’s “World” series
- Chai Yiming, Abstract, No. 4, Watercolor on xuan paper, 32 x 26.5 cm, 1998
- Landscape No.1, ink and collage on yunlong paper, 90 x 80 cm, 2008 – 2011
- Untitled, ink on silk, 60 x 60 cm 2005-2011
- Untitled, water color and ink on xuan paper with cloth mount, 70 x 100cm, 2010
Exhibitions
- Learning from the Literati 4
September 14th, 2013 - October 29th, 2013 - Abstract Expressions
April 14th, 2012 - May 27th, 2012 - Cold Comfort
February 4th, 2012 - March 18th, 2012 - Forgotten PlacesNovember 26th, 2011 - January 7th, 2012
- Learning from the Literati 2September 6th, 2011 - October 17th, 2011
- Refracted Realities
April 9th, 2011 - May 9th, 2011
About Chai Yiming’s “World” series
ink on xuan paper
67 x 67cm
2010
The inspiration for this work comes from Shanghai, the things you see when you are feeling distracted and you are in a slow-moving car, watching things go by.
Sometimes in this state you see things but don’t see things. The sensation of sight ¬– the eyes ¬– is often separated from the mind and the sensation of feeling. When we are in a chaotic mental state, we cannot see what is true and what is false. For instance we cannot enjoy the feeling of surprise or experience a sense of happiness or contentment. These are basic things that people should strive for but we always forget.
Sometimes you’re in a party and go you from one person to the next person, from one thing to the next ¬¬– but by doing this you don’t really feel anything. This kind of speed involves a lot of “forgetting.”
But actually forgetting can be really a wonderful thing. Scientists have studied it in animals and people and they say it’s good because you can forget the good things and the bad things – it’s especially good for those kinds of people who can’t forget the past. These kinds of people will never experience happiness because their current happiness will always pale in comparison to their past joys.
