Black ink on lithographs
26x31cm
Printed by Idem, Paris
Lyrics of love songs that I grew up listening to in Taiwan on love and loneliness are written on lithographs of bonsais, which are trees that are manipulated and dwarfed for a sense of beauty.
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Special thanks to Patrice Forest, Mathilde Roussel, Idem staff, David Rosenberg, and Atelier Phuong.