More is less
時間之漬
More is Less)
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More is Less_ Nothing Matter
時間之漬：無代誌 2025 color and ink on Chinese handmade paper 彩墨．蟬翼宣 134x66cm |
More is Less_ Nothing Matter
時間之漬：無代誌 2025 video 錄像 4k, 9 min |
Ink Traces of Time Project (More is Less) reinterprets the classical "Accumulated Ink" (Ji-Mo) technique, transmuting the act of painting into a profound contemplation of time and the vestiges of ink marks. On sized Xuan paper, the materiality and spirituality of ink converge; as countless dots and stains overlap, a new spatial dimension emerges, while once-defined contours fracture and dissolve into ambiguity.
This fluid transition from figuration to abstraction manifests the inherent properties of the medium and the rhythmic tension of Eastern ink aesthetics. Here, the Ji-Mo technique is endowed with a contemporary vitality: it is liberated from the service of landscape representation to become a metaphor for the passage of a lifetime. The layering of ink marks mirrors the filling of years; as the white paper is progressively consumed by ink, it symbolizes the diminishing "empty space" of one’s remaining days. It is a dialectic of More is Less—where the pinnacle of accumulation reveals the inevitable ebb and flow of life.
《時間之漬》重新詮釋了古典山水畫中的「積墨法」，將繪畫過程轉化為對時間與點漬痕跡的深度凝視。在熟紙上，墨色的物質性與精神性交織，隨著點漬無止盡地重疊，畫面上浮現出全新的層次空間，原本明晰的輪廓則隨之碎化、隱去。
這種從具象（文字或圖像）流變至抽象的過程，展現了材質本身的特質與東方墨韻的張力。在此，積墨法被賦予了全新的當代生命：它不再為描繪山水圖像服務，而是成為人生歲月的隱喻。點漬的疊加如同歲月的填充，當白紙逐漸被墨跡占滿，亦象徵著人生可支配的餘裕正隨時間消逝。這是一場「多即是少」的辯證，在極致的累積中，看見生命的消長。
