“Four Seasons” by QU Fengguo stems from a sense of aesthetic judgment analogous to “mono- no-aware.” It is the unconscious capture of impermanence and ultimate emotions brought by the seasons...
“Four Seasons” by QU Fengguo stems from a sense of aesthetic judgment analogous to “mono- no-aware.” It is the unconscious capture of impermanence and ultimate emotions brought by the seasons as a natural kind. Seized with a sudden impulse and all the patience, the artist obtains extraordinarily deep insight and empathy into external objects that are changeable and unpredictable, as though the distance between persons and things is expanded into a fleeting moment.
“Four Seasons” could be dated back to 2005, focusing on the institution and condensation of the idea of time. The series interposes itself in the fleeting moments of the nature being naturalized. QU utilizes the quality of opposition and reflection concealed in painting to establish the assembly of the field of lines.
Abstraction is practiced as a habitus but not a scenario-based transcription in his composition. The paint is squeezed out of the tube and left on the canvas by lines and then shaved off by a ruler. To repeat such an act finally conforms to the fulfillment of the entire canvas in horizontal stripes. Different colors of paint get to blend with one another. Though in recent practice of this series, the superposition of division and the division of superposition functions as a structural element occupying the very center of the image. A number of geometric motifs emerge, but the core of QU’s creative language is the disappearance of space and spatiality.