| Stage of Meditation |
| Anxiong QIU |
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Stage of Meditation
He originally studied landscape painting, but he learned oil painting at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany. After he moved to Shanghai in 2004, his artistic interest focused on video art and produced a video work in black and white whose concept was derived from traditional Chinese landscape painting. This work shows video images that resemble a traditional landscape in which the world of eternity embraced by intense silence. Later, his art took the form of animation comprised of black ink drawings made by his own hands, and this requires a great amount of time. this animation work can be regarded as a modern version of Chinese history books: it begins in the universe, undergoes the evolution of animals born in the grand nature of the earth, displays the birth of human civilizations, and repeats their transformation.
At a glance, Stage of Meditation shown here looks like a huge pot installed on the shore. A descending to the bottom of the pot reveals the presence of frames on the edges of the enormous pot. One can see a separated part of the sky and hear the remote sound of waves. As the title suggests, it is a space for meditation. All the viewers visiting this space will be greeted by some changes to both the world and the structure of their minds.
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