Su Su: seasons Tennis Elbow 139
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This body of work unfolds across four paintings that move between figuration and landscape, each created through a reversed painting method I developed. The title Seasons speaks to cycles of time and influence.
Impressionist artists like Monet and Van Gogh were influenced by Japanese prints that reshaped the trajectory of Western painting. Now, centuries later, I return to East Asian subjects through a self-invented process rooted in Neo-Impressionist color theory. In doing so, I reverse the current while continuing its momentum.
In "seasons," I paint landscapes of memory and inheritance with tools shaped by a cross-cultural lineage. Rather than being the subject of exoticism I am the maker of meaning.
By combining the divisions of color theory, optics, and hsieh yi, a traditional Chinese painting style that uses freehand brushwork to sketch the idea and reveal the artist’s inner spirit, I create paintings that are both sophisticated in construction and accessible in experience. I apply oil paint in distinct dots of pure color to form a vibrant, luminous, dimensional surface. Inspired by the Impressionists, I explore painting’s potential to mirror perception. The dimensional surface invites a dialogue between color and depth, engaging viewers on a multisensory level.
Today, tensions between nations, ideologies, and histories make cultural exchange both urgent and fragile. The seasons shift with storms and undercurrents. Yet art remains a space where complexity can be held. As a painter, I hold fast to the freedom not just to be seen, but to see and to paint. I believe art must remain a space where we continue to honor beauty, culture, and difference.
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