Banksy versus Bristol Museum(click) Graffiti artist Banksy's biggest exhibition has been unveiled by Bristol City Museum, featuring more than 100 of works which were installed in the council-run museum amid great secrecy this week. The show - which was kept secret from council bosses - includes new works including a burned-out ice cream van. Banksy was previously sought for vandalism by the police and council in his home city. He said: 'This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off.'
Chinese Art: The glamor of traditional Chinese painting is its vitality, in which poetry is shown through the presentation of Xie He - Six principles of Chinese painting. (謝赫六法)
In order to freeze the ink in its 3D form, agar-cakes (大菜糕) were used. This freezes the ink and halts it, creating a different and imaginative perception of ink.
The injection of ink create infinite possibilities, including the effects of wet、dry、thick、thin、wild and exquisite. The operation is so much like the process of the “washing-brush”: with the movement of “water”, the ink will spread, causing the amazing impression.
ISSUE: The feature of the agar cake provides an impressive perspective, which brings out the main idea of the artwork - Tracing of “Time”. With the different control of time, the appearance or even the texture of the ink is different, such as the textures of tree branches and dense fogs; some are clearly seen in black and white, but others are hazy and murky.
The concept of the work came from Chinese “Xieyi” painting or contemporary New Ink Art in which “Time” is interpreted as the most significant essence and topic of Chinese painting. Time pass with the deforming images of the ink painting, this is not a permanent piece of art work.
