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
Landscape No.1, ink and collage on yunlong paper, 90 x 80 cm, 2008 – 2011
My works are created according to the idea of growth, just like a gradually growing seed. I slowly add things to the painting, but I am merely a sower of seeds who allows my work to develop freely. When they grow for a long time, they become more complicated, and produce many different ideas, so it becomes a narrative language.
When I start to think about painting something, just then something [a magazine cutting or image] pops up and I will find an appropriate place for it in the painting. In this way, meaning is produced through these different combinations.
Mankind has a short history, thus the damage man can do to earth is limited. In the end, we will find out that the trees, stones and rivers are the most powerful. This is the reason why nature occupies such a large area in my works.