Imagining the Lacuna: jyu4
Ink on paper, inscribed stele fragment
18 × 18 cm (framed 26 × 26 cm)
2022
In the Imaging the Lacuna series, the artist reimagine the absent elements of the Chinese character of inscribed stele fragments and its imagery. The reassembled imagery is depicted and filled into the stone fragments to construct new possibilities of the absent elements.
The Chinese character "禺" could have opposite meanings when combined with different characters. "日禺" is an expression of yore indicating the time before noon, whereas "禺谷" is a legendary place where the sun sets in "The Classic of Mountain and Seas (Shan Hai Jing)". The character "禺" itself hence has a vague indication of time.
填空補白：禺
水墨紙本、殘碑碎片
18 × 18 cm（連框 26 × 26 cm）
2022
日禺，舊時稱日近中午為禺。
禺谷，《山海經》中傳說日落處。
故曰，禺者，不日不月也。
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