Cave

洞穴  I


在佛家故事里,有这样一个比喻:芥子须弥,它是说把一座巨大的须弥山塞入一粒菜籽里,刚刚合适。而当我在创作背景层的时候,一粒粒细小的矿石仿佛形成了气象万千的星云,宇宙。扫描仪让我能捕捉到人眼所忽略的众多细节。我惊讶于这样一种微观与宏观间的奇妙联系。正如佛家的这则比喻。

在《洞穴》系列摄影中,艺术家探讨了这种宏观世界和微观世界之间的关系。它意味着宏大也包含在最小的里面,最大的和最小的都有同样的权利存在,两者都可以在我们的想象力中占据同样的空间。他的摄影作品中的物质基础来自各种矿石的小碎片和颗粒。艺术家对它们进行了扫描,然后电脑屏幕显示了肉眼看不见的微小细节。它们被纪念碑式的放大,这些图像揭示了一个被忽视的世界,具有令人惊讶和宏大的美。在这些被扫描出来的非现实洞穴中,尺寸和比例在此被消除,微观世界变成宏观世界,反之亦然。


《新风景 - 洞穴》中有一张的构图,借鉴了旅法的油画家赵无极(Zou Wou Ki)的作品《向克劳德·莫奈致敬》。这张巨幅的作品命名为《无极洞》(Cave) 它是关于洞穴与星空,过去与现在。



Cave I


In the story of the Buddha, there is such a metaphor: The whole Sumeru Mountain in a mustard seed. The metaphor tells to put the highest mountain Sumeru into a small seed, it is just fit. And when I created the background, I uses grains of ores. On the scanned pictures, the grains of ore looks likes magnificent and changing nebula and the universe. The scanner allows me to capture the details that are overlooked by the human eye. I am surprised at such a wonderful link between micro and macro world. It is in unison of the Buddha metaphor.

In the photographic series The Cave, the artist delves into the relationship between the macrocosm and the microcosm. It indicates that the infinite is nestled within the infinitesimal, and both the colossal and the minute possess an equal right to existence and can simultaneously inhabit the expanses of our imagination. The material foundation of his photographs are minute fragments and grains of various ores, details of which are scanned by the artist and unveiled through computer-assisted magnification, a process that uncovers aspects imperceptible to the unaided eye. Amplified to monumental proportions, these images unfold an overlooked world of startling and grand beauty. Within these scanned caves of unreality, sizes and scales dissolve, resulting in a universe where the microcosm morphs into the macrocosm, and vice versa.


The composition of a work in New Landscape: Cave was enlightened by Salute Monet of Zou Wou Ki, an oil painter in France. The large painting is called Wou-Ki Cave, depicting cave, starry sky, past and present.