Ink on paper
This is a study of a minimalist representation of space and dimensions by Hung. Using simple geometric elements and shapes.
The rectangles of urban landscapes (visit also Urban Galleries), triangular shades, horizontal lines of horizon(s), and angled ones adding perspective. Color blocks, softness of alcohol ink pens layering on soft paper. The result – urban or architectural landscapes with amazing depth and balance, harmony, and tension. Utterly simplified yet recognizable. Devoid of visual human presence, yet its existence insinuated – houses, a lake cottage – people live in them, likely.
Unexpectedly, these abstracted environments are deeply emotional. Lonely, estranged, yet warm. Existing on their own, universal geometry in space and time. They can be rotated, juxtaposed, and slightly changed in color scheme – each, even slight, modification evoking a different mood, assembled from essentially the same geometric shapes.
Take a look at these paired images – which one do you like better and why? Do they evoke the same emotional response for you? Or do you also feel that one of these is more mysterious and unsettling, like I do?
Is it the exactness of a geometric math or intuitive placement of shapes and color that makes the image attractive, pleasing, and intriguing? A blinding sun and black shade or a softness of irregular line, bleeding ink that defies the precision and starkness of geometry? Or, is it just the poetry of it all?
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