'Method'
43.2x65.6cm or 40.5x55.5cm(with frame) | giclée fine art print, aluminum frame | 2022I started this series in order to respond to the fact that when it comes to talking about my work, it seems that I am always able to speak more about ‘how I paint’, instead of ‘what I paint’. I often say that ‘the process of painting is what matters to me.’, and the word ‘process’ refers not only to the drawing or doodling action in painting, but also how I set up or arrange the images, and the way to plan the working procedure.
So what I did in this body of work was to scan my drawings and drafts and then erased everything I was about to paint, left only the notes or marks I made. I tried to turn things like these, things that seemed to come from behind the scenes, things that were beside or outside painting, into the work itself.