Tao Damin, “Remains Window installation,” acrylic and water color, found objects, dimensions variable, 2014
The “Remains” windowsill is a replication of an 80s-era Shanghai family windowsill reduced to the space of the gallery. At that time, the sunlight had a beautiful quality and we are always nostalgic for the scenes we find in front of this kind of window. I hope these objects can make that scene last forever.
The work developed from painting, using a board as a windowsill, using grey paint to depict the silhouette of the window. At the same time the objects are obscured by grey brush marks. On the white board attached to the wall I’ve painted shadows of the objects. Here I am trying to elicit a mid-afternoon scene, with the pureness of the color creating an implication of memory.
I am focusing on the transformation of every day objects as I continue to develop the “Remains” project, which participated in “A Practice of Life—The Fifth Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition,” “Remains Nanjing” at the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, and “Remains Room” Compatible Cube Project.
