Wheel of Life #11 Painting

《Coffee．Sink》 Wheel of life, may it rise or fall, it all originates from this Oneness. In this era of chaos and disturbances, he who pacifies his body, soul and mind in One, is unbounded by destiny and thus free. Daidi Hu, an artist who had lived in Germany for decades, returned to Taiwan in Autumn 2011. She moved to Hualien in summer 2012, and has been active in art and writing. Taiwan has seen a rise in the coffee culture in the recent years, and coffee residues became a commonly reused material. Having been experimenting this for her art in many different ways, she has elaborated coffee paintings as her main artistic expression at this stage. The current exhibition "Coffee．Sink" is a continuation of last year exhibition "Coffee Talk．Diviners". What does "sink"(degeneration) mean here? After a period of experimentation, where Daidi Hu became familiar with coffee as a new medium. The initial creation using coffee from residues, which was based on oracular and instinct, seemed to sink in and emerge as a more definitive impression or phenomenon. The work seemed to carry a certain sense of destination, which inspired her to inquire deeper into or "sink" into the theme. Enter the world of "Sinking" by hearing and by iconography, and break away from all existing understandings and convictions, whereby thoughts become abstract and potentiated: one can see the power of nature before a fierce storm. A lonely ship battles against the boiling dark see. Or one can see an invisible sunset, illuminating the hope and longing of new immigrants in eastern Taiwan. In the land of "Sink", there must also be water, sounds, rhythms, floating and sinking, turning wheels, ascension, dance.... and endless expanding imagination, as the bitter fragrance of coffee that rises from the bottom of a cup and blossoms on the tastebud. “Sink” is commonly a negation, but each “sinking” potentiates a “Non-sinking”. All that is negative, passive is transformed instantaneously into something positive and empowering.

Painting:Watercolor on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:28.4 W x 23.6 H x 0.8 D in

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