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Five Sky Dancers
Five Sky Dancers Series, 2021 Drawings with natural pigment extracts from cinnabar, azurite, malachite, orpiment, and amphibole & ink on rice paper 180x180cm Collection of Live Forever Foundation, Taiwan This is a series of drawings made in homage to the five wisdom dakinis, which literally means sky dancers and represent the feminine energy in the…
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Whirling Natural Pigment Drawings
Whirling Natural Pigment Drawing series, 2020 Natural mineral pigments and ink on rice paper 89x89cm A new drawings experimenting with the use of natural pigments extracted from minerals such as malachite, cinnabar, ochre. These pigments were found in the cave paintings around Central Asia and along the Silk Road since the 5th century. This is…
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In Memory of Poet Yu Kwang-Chung (1928-2017)
Charwei Tsai In Memory of Poet Yu Kwang-Chung (1928-2017) – Bell Fruit, Mango, Pomegranate, Puli Sugarcane2018Watercolor & ink on rice paperAbout 180x180cm each drawing Drawing series created in memory of late poet Yu Kwang-Chung (余光中 1928~2017) who was born in Nanjing and has been fleeing wars since his childhood. He finally settled in Taiwan in 1950…
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The Goddess & The Monk Series
The Goddess & The Monk Series 2018 Watercolor & ink on rice paper The Goddess is a series of drawings of trees, on which excerpts were written from the chapter in Vimalakirti Sutra where a sex change and a debate on gender equality take place between a monk and a goddess. This is the first…
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We Came Whirling from Nothingness
2014 Watercolor & ink on rice paper Dimensions vary for each drawing We Came Whirling from Nothingness is a series of drawings where various forms of spiral were created by watercolor on rice paper and inscribed with Heart Sutra. The texts gradually disperse in the outer sphere into the void in contemplation of the essence…
