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Contemplate #28 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2018
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83
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Contemplate #35 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2017
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Contemplate #28 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2018
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83
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Contemplate #35 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2017
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84
1 / Contemplate - Mine #4 Mineral pigments on paper 30 x 40 cm 2023
2 / Contemplate - Flying into Fairyland Mineral pigments on silk 48 x 36 cm 2024
85
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84
1 / Contemplate - Mine #4 Mineral pigments on paper 30 x 40 cm 2023
2 / Contemplate - Flying into Fairyland Mineral pigments on silk 48 x 36 cm 2024
85
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Contemplate #38 Mineral pigments on silk 150 x 100 cm 2019
RHYTHM OF YULOH
87
CONTEMPLATE
Contemplate #15 Mineral pigments on silk 100 x 60 cm 2016
86
Contemplate #38 Mineral pigments on silk 150 x 100 cm 2019
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87
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Contemplate #15 Mineral pigments on silk 100 x 60 cm 2016
88
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89
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1 / Vacuous Silence #5 Oil Painting 170 x 130cm 2013
2 / Vacuous Silence #1 Oil Painting 120 x 80cm 2013
88
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89
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1 / Vacuous Silence #5 Oil Painting 170 x 130cm 2013
2 / Vacuous Silence #1 Oil Painting 120 x 80cm 2013
90
Contemplate #29 Mineral pigments on paper 80 x 30 cm 2018
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91
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Contemplate #29 Mineral pigments on paper 80 x 30 cm 2018
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91
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THE ORDER OF BODY
Wuhou (phenology) refers to a visual language documenting the rhythms of natural, seasonal growth and temporal shifts—not a representation of “things” but a grasp of “seasonality”: the seasons when flowers bloom, birds sing, or dew falls. Chen Duxi’s compositions similarly form an image-time system: between each brushstroke, time is “written” into the painting like air currents, rather than “delineated” upon forms. This temporal structure of imagery is particularly pronounced in the The Order of Body, i.e. Ergong series. The term ergong originates from Confucius’ Analects Yao Yue: “Heaven’s ordained sequence resides in your very person (ergong),” originally signifying the cultivation and introspection of “self”. By adopting this title, Chen transforms viewing into contemplation and painting’s ontology into embodied practice. He portrays not the body itself, but its generative structure, the traces and transformations imprinted on the body by natural forces. The spiral, folded, cross-sectional, and translucent structures, which resemble both internal organs and seashells, plant rhizomes and mountain profiles—blur boundaries between living and non-living entities, natural and artificial forms, bodily and landscape elements. The images no longer serve as representation of identifiable objects, but manifest as generative visual entities that are continuously deforming, receding, and growing. Chen Duxi’s bodily images perpetually oscillate between generation and disintegration, as if eternally suspended in the flowing qi.
— Gao Shiyu, The Body of Mountains and Waters, p.245.
The Order Of Body - Bearded Dragon Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
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149
THE ORDER OF BODY
Wuhou (phenology) refers to a visual language documenting the rhythms of natural, seasonal growth and temporal shifts—not a representation of “things” but a grasp of “seasonality”: the seasons when flowers bloom, birds sing, or dew falls. Chen Duxi’s compositions similarly form an image-time system: between each brushstroke, time is “written” into the painting like air currents, rather than “delineated” upon forms. This temporal structure of imagery is particularly pronounced in the The Order of Body, i.e. Ergong series. The term ergong originates from Confucius’ Analects Yao Yue: “Heaven’s ordained sequence resides in your very person (ergong),” originally signifying the cultivation and introspection of “self”. By adopting this title, Chen transforms viewing into contemplation and painting’s ontology into embodied practice. He portrays not the body itself, but its generative structure, the traces and transformations imprinted on the body by natural forces. The spiral, folded, cross-sectional, and translucent structures, which resemble both internal organs and seashells, plant rhizomes and mountain profiles—blur boundaries between living and non-living entities, natural and artificial forms, bodily and landscape elements. The images no longer serve as representation of identifiable objects, but manifest as generative visual entities that are continuously deforming, receding, and growing. Chen Duxi’s bodily images perpetually oscillate between generation and disintegration, as if eternally suspended in the flowing qi.
— Gao Shiyu, The Body of Mountains and Waters, p.245.
The Order Of Body - Bearded Dragon Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
150
The Order of Body - Aquatic Animals #2 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2023
RHYTHM OF YULOH
151
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The Order of Body - Mirror Dory Mineral pigments on silk 90 x 60 cm 2023
150
The Order of Body - Aquatic Animals #2 Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2023
RHYTHM OF YULOH
151
THE ORDER OF BODY
The Order of Body - Mirror Dory Mineral pigments on silk 90 x 60 cm 2023
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1 / The Order Of Body - Moth Orchid Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
2 / The Order Of Body - Lactoria Cornuta Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
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153
THE ORDER OF BODY
1 / The Order Of Body - Moth Orchid Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
2 / The Order Of Body - Lactoria Cornuta Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 50 cm 2024
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1 / The Order of Body - Orchid Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 70 cm 2020
2 / The Order of Body - Lirianthe Delavayi Mineral pigments on silk 100 x 150 cm 2022
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1 / The Order of Body - Orchid Mineral pigments on silk 50 x 70 cm 2020
2 / The Order of Body - Lirianthe Delavayi Mineral pigments on silk 100 x 150 cm 2022
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The Order of Body - Agapetes Lacei Mineral pigments on silk 150 x 100 cm 2022
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213
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The Order of Body - Bauhinia Variegata Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2021
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The Order of Body - Agapetes Lacei Mineral pigments on silk 150 x 100 cm 2022
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The Order of Body - Bauhinia Variegata Mineral pigments on silk 70 x 50 cm 2021