Duality of Death

    • PROJECT FEATURED ON:
    • MICA Portfolios — 6/9/2020
  • 生/Death, 22''x30'', Chinese Watercolor collage with Graphite, 2019
  • Life/死, 22''x30'', Chinese Watercolor collage with Graphite, 2019
  • Blossom, 11''x15'', Chinese Watercolor collage with Graphite, 2019
  • Timeless, 30''x 22'', Chinese Watercolor collage with Graphite, 2020
  • Hope, 38''x 50'', Chinese Watercolor collage with Graphite, 2020

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Richard Liu
United States

About Project

Having exposed to significantly diverging viewpoints, rituals, and customs growing up as a chinese american, I reflect on the differences between the two cultures portraying death as a subject. Consequently, perhaps it is not surprising that notable differences, such as black and white versus color, abstraction versus realism, and symbolism versus direct depiction inform my imagery. The subject matter itself that I work from — transient plants and permanent rocks — embody strong contrasts. Even the materials I employ, like traditional chinese watercolor 工笔 (gongbi) and graphite reflect disparity.
Published: May 27, 2020
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