Eternal Ephemera series


2020 — ongoing


In this series, the artist returns to her original medium–photography–and rediscovers the value of seeing by identifying open secrets that have had profound, eternal influence on life: The moon reminds of the sun, dreaming remind of awakening, skins remind of bones, embryos remind of ancestors, the advancing reminds of the unarrived, the midmost reminds of the freest... As a Ming poet says, “don’t blame the pupil for indulging in fantasies and illusions, since we all depart from ephemera.” The photographs in this series are proof that we have always been living in each other’s finite times, and in the recursive time of the cosmos.

偏善幻中来 系列


2020 至今

创作这组作品时,艺术家回到了自己最初的媒介——摄影,在每一次专注的观看里,重新发现那些与生命体验始终相随的、公开的秘密:月提醒了太阳,做梦提醒了清醒,皮肤提醒了⻣骼,卵提醒了祖先,前进着的提醒了未抵达的,最中央的提醒了最自由的......恰应明代诗人所言,“莫怪书生偏善幻,何人不是幻中来。”此系列照片见证了我们从来都既生活在彼此转瞬即逝的时间里,也存在于宇宙卷土重来的时间中。




On view at As Precise As Fever, White Space, Beijing, China, 2023


Eternal Ephemera: Starlit Giant

偏善幻中来:巨人


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
126×180 cm



Eternal Ephemera: Descending

偏善幻中来:降临


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
84×120 cm



On view at Asian Bronze, TAG Art Museum, Qingdao, China, 2023

Eternal Ephemera: Under the Moon

偏善幻中来:月下


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
84×120 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Secret Passage

偏善幻中来:密途


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
84×120 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Portal

偏善幻中来:穿越


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
84×120 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Cavity

偏善幻中来:骨腔


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
84×120 cm



Eternal Ephemera: Burning Heart

偏善幻中来:心脏


2023
UV inkjet printed acrylic sheet in lightbox with wooden frame
UV喷墨打印有机玻璃板,木框灯箱
120×84 cm



Eternal Ephemera: Body-Mind I

偏善幻中来:身心 I


2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm




Eternal Ephemera: Body-Mind II

偏善幻中来:身心 II



2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm


On view at Persona and Parasite, White Space, Beijing, China, 2022



Eternal Ephemera: Sky

偏善幻中来:天空



2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Ancestor
偏善幻中来:祖先


2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Sea Girl
偏善幻中来:海女


2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm




On view at A Slow Remembering of A Long Forgetting, BANK, Shanghai, China, 2020


Eternal Ephemera: Divination I

偏善幻中来:I



2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm


Eternal Ephemera: Divination II
偏善幻中来:卜 II

2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm



Eternal Ephemera: Divination III

偏善幻中来:卜
III

2020
archival inkjet print face-mounted to diasec acrylic, in artist’s frame
photograph: 56×42 cm, frame: 118×78 cm
收藏级喷墨照片,亚克力三明治装裱于艺术家自制框
照片:56×42 cm,装裱:118×78 cm









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