Elapse and Eternity

作品賞析

The artist Chang Tien-Chien adopts a “middle ground” perspective and composes this painting with ink wash and gouache, which he uses to expand the layering and depth of the image. He uses strong, primeval earthen colors to depict both the floating clouds and mountains, as well as the reflections on the water and the trees bending in mountain winds, creating a peaceful, open image. Landscape for the artist provides spiritual solace, and ink painting expresses his poetic ideas. By infusing traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics, he creates a dreamlike fantasy realm that reflects his own experiences and feelings while roaming among mountains and streams. Chang will either use the sun, moon, and stars to define the precise time of a scene or mix it up in the composition, and by depicting details such as the reflections on the water, he outlines his fantasies or feelings on the painting and lets the viewers decide for themselves whether time in this painting is passing or fixed in eternity. Chang himself has transcended time and space to communicate with the ancients, while viewers can appreciate and reflect on his work.