Inkpulse #3
[ 01.11 – 22.11 / 2017 ]
SPRMRKT Daily
To some, the perfect moment is one in which time stands still. For Yeo, “It is a special time of focused attention and heightened awareness.” Using her signature approach of fusing traditional forms with contemporary mediums, the captured moment on display in Here\Now features a bold slash of traditional Chinese ink on paper. Inkpulse #3 is unpremeditated, every mark on paper representing an instinctive gesture that was inspired by the moment and action themselves.
Inkpulse #3 has such a remarkable intensity and boldness to it, with a spontaneous unpremeditated quality. How long does it take you to create a painting like that? Do you have to prepare yourself before a painting or is it random and unplanned?
The process of painting is fast but the preparation and experience that adds up to the point takes many years of painting (I’ve been painting since 1999). Just like a musician who plays a piece on stage. I will prepare all my ‘instruments’ , ink and papers on the floor and turn on my favorite piece of music and then wait for the ‘moment’ to execute the works. My mind is only focus on the strokes and not the contents of the works.
An excerpt from Book IV of Music of Changes in John Cage’s calligraphic score. Source
Yeo Shih Yun
Inkpulse #3
Born in Singapore 1976, Shih Yun is a full-time artist and Director of INSTINC, an independent artist-run space. With an ink-based, East-meets-West aesthetic—influenced by the tutelage of eminent painter Chua Ek Kay—she has been known to reinterpret the very act of ink painting with striking results. Her experimentations of fusing the traditional form with contemporary mediums like new media or performance art has garnered much acclaim, including a commission by the Singapore Art Museum, and winning the Sovereign Asian Art Prize People’s Choice Award in 2012.
Pictured: Inkpulse #3, 2017, Yeo Shih Yun. Chinese ink on paper.
