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Monument, 1993
Yan Binghui
China, b. 1956
Monument, 1993
Ink on paper
Promised gift of the Foundation Ink
This work features two large masses—one a shadow of the other. The dark form in the foreground is made up of repeated dabs of ink, growing drier at the center. Behind it, a light form is rendered in a similar manner, though in reverse. This time, wet brushstrokes begin at the center and grow drier moving outwards. The painting, with its dark and light forms, echoing one another, suggests the Daoist concept of yin and yang.
© Yan Binghui, photo: Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva