![Landscape, Ink, Ice, 2004](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2021-09/40475.jpg?itok=KeYn42ng)
Landscape, Ink, Ice, 2004
Dai Guangyu
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, b. 1955
Landscape, Ink, Ice, 2004
Giclée print on fiber-based paper
Promised gift of the Foundation Ink
In this diptych, natural forces and the passage of time become active participants in the creative process. On the left, the characters “mountains and waters” or simply, “landscape” (shanshui) can be clearly read. On the right, they are almost entirely erased by the forces at work. Landscape painting in water and ink takes concrete form as three manifestations of water: landscape (“mountains, water” or shanshui), ink (“ink water” or moshui), and ice (“ice water” or bingshui), together spelling the title of the piece.
© Dao Guangyu, photo: Maurice Aeschimann, Geneva