Yangnan Qi (b.1997)
Yangnan Qi
I’m trying to make anything in my life expressive and integrate my experience. I find that certain things will definitely happen from beginning to the end. We live in reality, or live in some version of reality— a large part of my inspiration comes from it. To a certain extent, in reality, some repetitive and habitual actions of people often bring some traces to personal space. It is a reflection of the flow of time, the trajectory of people's movement in space.
Most of the time the 'daily traces' that i’m just starting to analyze and reflect upon accumulate information. But some content is just from my imagination. My imagination starts working based on real life events. All along - memories, realities and dreams have always been something I like to record. And the original impulse is this real life event which i’m trying to respond to.
I'm trying to express the connection between me and my life by engulfing the characters in the chaotic landscape and mixed media that gradually becomes the subject itself. This work depicts my childhood, combining realistic memories with vague fantasies. I try to incorporate traditional Asian painting techniques into my work. This not only helped me to show a sense of fluidity in which reality and fantasy interacted, but also an abstract hint to myself and a liberation from the figurative things in my painting.
It looks chaotic, but there is a certain order - the link between characters, the link between landscape and characters. Telling me and the audience about the uncertainties and surprises in life which is the content that I focus on in my works.
Medium:
Mixed media on wood boardSize:
120cm x 240cm
Many of my works depict the place where I live - those spaces and objects are full of my breath. The daily objects that surround everyone have certain traces of use, just like a keyboard that has been used for a long time the traces are real and you can see and touch that. At that time I had to face personal emotions.
Most of the time the 'daily traces' that I’m just starting to analyze and reflect upon accumulate information. But some content is just from my imagination. My imagination starts working based on real life events. Through repeated depictions of everyday events, I think that I am constantly deepening my work with life.