Part of: Preludes
Installation /research-based project 2022 Video, sound, canvases
A painting can be presentative, illustrative, illusionary, or expressive. It assemblages of various components that work with physical factors like light, shape, and time. What do we talk about when we talk about the materiality of painting?
In this experiment, I made a painting that is not only for humans to see, but also for nature to interact with. Namely, I use sugar as a binding agent to make color. Combining honey and sugar with some non-poisonous pigments such as Ultramarine, iron oxide yellow, cacao, or curcumin creates eatable color. Combining color and smell in the form of pigments and sugar creates a sensual attraction for many animals.
After finishing the paintings with these colors, I take each piece of canvas and put it in different environments and locations. River, rock, grass, ferns, mud, bushes, and trees. Nature continues each part’s individual completion process, which is beyond my control.
24 ×18cm, 24 canvas
2022
Xy June Li 