LandE scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Lives and works in New York metropolitan area, USA
A s an international artist and designer, I am fascinated by the splendid cultures and great architectural achievements. After years of world travel, this project contains fifteen abstract photographs captured on four continents. This growing body of work reveals the exquisite beauty of architectural design in natural light, the geometric transformation of space, and the magnificent cultural identities.
As a Chinese woman artist living in the Western world, I am aware of art, literature, philosophy, and mythology from both cultures. My understanding of Chinese philosophies has shaped my thinking and conduct. The prudent and contrary-minded Taoist beliefs, the attached-tothe-earth reality of Confucianism, and the sudden enlightenment and intuitive insights of Zen are the foundation of my life. On the other hand, Western culture has inspired me and opened new ways of thinking.
Developing a personal visual language that expresses universal ideas, I create artworks for the stories and aesthetics of each image, and for making visible those concepts which reflect my personal experiences. I want my viewers to look at my images through magical windows into a deep secondary space.
Inspired by nature and multiple cultures, my artwork explores our common humanity, diverse society, and my inner voyage. Creating artwork required me to realize my nature, restudy my culture, and adapt new thinking, which resulted in a new perspective on life. It has also challenged me to constantly solve visual problems, learn new techniques, and explore the splendid human heritage. My images form a visual communication that interacts in several collective dialogues. These dialogues are between eternity and transience, oneness and variety, existence and emptiness. Beyond various techniques and conceptions, the process of creating and making art has enchanted me.
At the core of my art-making is an attempt to attain moments of transcendence, to reach the artless-art, emptiness, and egolessness. My artistic creation is a process of deciphering my life journey.
Jing Zhou www. jingzhoustudio. net