'Echoing Harmony' Solo Exhibition by Li Ting Ting Catalogue

Echoing Harmony複調 Li Ting Ting 李 18.4 - 31.5.2019

INTRO 導言

‘Harmony’ is the overriding theme of Chinese Ink artist Li Ting Ting’s second exhibition at Karin Weber Gallery. Be it a violin or a solitary individual communing with nature, the current focus in her signature still-lives and landscapes is on emotions of restfulness, tranquillity, equilibrium and joy.

With the evolution of her individual style to include relief and space, Li Ting Ting successfully creates new dimensions and multiple windows to offer differing viewpoints that pique the viewer’s curiosity and imagination. Layering of images, a critical element of the artist’s style, is cleverly used to introduce a third dimension as she experiments with infusion of the concept of time into her compositions. Images of objects, such as a violin, or of hermits are painstakingly created with overlapping washes to create suggestions of depth and time that reflect an unknown and infinite reality. Using waterfalls and mountains as her subjects in landscapes and a colour palette that leans heavily towards blues and greens draws on archaic Chinese painting references and once again emphasise the blending in with nature and infinity.

Whilst exploring the theme of ‘Harmony’ in her landscapes, Li Ting Ting celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the past and pays homage to master ink painters such as famous Ming dynasty artists Tang Yin (14701524) and Dong Qichang (1555-1636). However, her contemporary execution and technique reveal a firm step into the future. Constancy and change are both reflected in a nuanced manner in Li Ting Ting’s delicate and celestial creations that blur the boundaries of traditional ink painting and Pop Art, both genres of great influence to the artist.

Whilst pushing new frontiers and continuing her experimentation with the medium, Ting Ting continues to display an unrivalled mastery over her craft retaining its elegance and timelessness.

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「諧和」是中國水墨畫家李婷婷在凱倫偉伯畫廊第二個展覽的主題。無論是小 提琴或是寂寥地逍遙山水的人物，在她代表性的靜物畫與山水之中，現時的焦 點在於靜默、平衡與喜悅等情感。 隨着她個人風格之嬗變而涵括了浮雕與空間，李婷婷成功營造出引發觀者的好 奇與想像的深度與視角。 以重叠的圖像來創造完整的構圖是藝術家風格的關鍵 要素，巧妙地運用第三維度，將時間的概念注入作品中。 諸如小提琴、仙人等 都經過精心佈局，重覆的暈染，以表現無知無盡的深度和時間。 使用瀑布和山 脈作為她在風景中的主題和傾向於藍和綠的調色板，借鑒於中國傳統繪畫，並 強調自然和無限的融合。 對傳統主題的探討，表現了藝術家與過去及文化傳統的深厚聯繫，然而她富當 代藝術風格的創作及技巧則表現了對未來的展望。恆常與變幻在李婷婷細膩的 創作之中以微妙的風格表現，模糊了傳統水墨與波普藝術這兩種對藝術家影響 深遠的風格之界限。 在推動新水墨實驗的同時，李婷婷繼續展現出對工藝的無 與倫比的掌握，作品散發着優雅和永恆。

LI TING TING 李婷婷

Since 2017, I have been attempting to incorporate a three dimensional element to my paintings. Space in a conventional landscape has been deconstructed and replaced. The interplay of positive and negative three dimensional spaces challenges viewers in their visual judgement.

In my painting ‘Twin Spring’, the spring that appears at the foreground is actually positioned on the same plane as the background. A spring flows towards viewers as the foreground is empty. The stream on the left of the three-dimensional work is rendered in the same manner. The traditional mode of presentation and viewing of chinese ink painting is being challenged here, allowing space to create its own interpretation.

A new series that I started two years ago, uses multiple layers to create the complete artwork just as musical compositions are constructed using different individual notes. Images of violins, wine glasses or of hermits are layered with several applications of paint. Such a polyphonylike approach creates effects of ups and downs. The traces of layering also suggest dimensions of time. Not only are they layers of images, but also layers of time which evocate an unknown, infinite, deep and fruitful world.

Li Ting Ting 8 March 2019

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從2017年至今，我嘗試將平面作品注入更多維的空間。在山水組畫中，熟 悉的傳統山水空間被解構重置，真假立體空間干擾著觀眾的視覺判斷。例如 在《雙泉圖》中貌似被前置的山泉其實是和背景在同一平面中，一泓清泉因 虛擬的前置空間扑面而來，在立體作品的左側則有另外一股潺潺溪流以同樣 的方式展現，傳統山水的平面呈現與觀看模式被打破，給予空間判斷新的闡 釋。從前年開始，另外一個新的系列是將某一種圖像以反復疊加的方式出現 在畫面上，猶如音樂中聲部各自獨立，但又和諧統一為一個整體，彼此形成 和聲關系。畫面中的提琴或者酒杯或者財神等圖像被依次疊加，這種復調般 的創作手法，在畫面中產生此起彼落的效果。一次又一次疊加的痕跡顯露出 時間的維度，統一在畫面上的疊印不僅是圖像的疊印更是是時間的疊印，這 種疊印帶給我們一個未知的，無盡的，深邃且豐富的世界。 李婷婷 2019年3月8日

WORKS 作品

Mountain By Dong Qichang 仿董其昌山水 ink on rice paper 144 x 72cm 2018

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detail 特寫

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Landscape No. 14 山水 14 ink on rice paper 107.4 x 82 x 8cm 2018

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Mountain 青山圖 ink on rice paper 26 x 29 x 8cm 2019

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Fishing In Reclusion Among Mountains And Streams 溪山漁隱圖 ink on rice paper 41 x 94 x 8cm 2019

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Twin Springs 雙泉圖 ink on rice paper 20 x 11 x 7.5cm 2019

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Summer Wood 夏木垂陰圖 ink on rice paper 56 x 44 x 6cm 2019

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Emerald Green Accumulated On Spring Mountains 春山積翠圖 ink on rice paper 54 x 41 x 3.5cm 2019

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detail 特寫

WORKS 作品

Listen To The Spring 聽泉圖 ink on rice paper 35 x 54 x 6cm 2019

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Violin No. 1-4 琴 1-4

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ink on rice paper 60 x 48cm each, a set of 4 pieces 2019

Mickey No. 1-4 米奇 1-4

ink on rice paper 47 x 47cm each, a set of 4 pieces 2019

LI TING TING

Born in 1982, Shanxi, China Education 2007 Master of Fine Arts, College of Art, Renmin University of China, China 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Arts, Shanxi Normal University, China Exhibitions 2019 ‘Echoing Harmony’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong 2018 ‘A Vista in Blue: Li Ting Ting’, Daguan Gallery, Taipei ‘Time’, Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai, China ‘Art On Paper’, Chun Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2017 ‘The Sound Of Silence’, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong ‘Oranges are Not the Only Fruit’, YISHU8, Beijing, China ‘What Is Ink’, Beijing East Art Center, Beijing, China 2016 ‘The Power of Attention: Ink Painting Works of Young Artists’, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China 2015 ‘Scope: Li Tingting Solo Exhibition’, Ovation Art Space, Beijing, China 2014 ‘Mind Reading: Li Tingting Solo Exhibition’, 37.8 ART LAB, Beijing, China Awards 2007 Gold Award, Contemporary Art Schools ‘Students’ Nominated Exhibition, Today Art Museum Honorable Award, Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition 2005 Grand Prize, The 20th “New Shape” Art Exhibition, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, South Korea Collections White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia Origo Collection, Switzerland Shan Art Foundation, Beijing, China Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Private Collections

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李婷婷

1982年生於中國山西 學歷 2007 畢業於中國人民大學藝術學院，獲碩士學位 2004 畢業於山西師范大學藝術學院，獲學士學位 展覽 2019 「複調」香港凱倫偉伯畫廊 2018 「藍心之物:李婷婷」台北大觀藝術空間 「時間:李婷婷新作」中國上海劉海粟美術館 「一平尺:上海紙本藝術展」中國上海春美術館 2017 「靜默之聲」香港凱倫偉伯畫廊 「橘子不是唯一的水果」李婷婷個展，中國北京藝術8 「水墨何為」中國北京東區藝術中心 2016 「關注的力量」中國北京今日美術館 2015 「視界：李婷婷個展」中國北京新繹空間 2014 「聽聽：李婷婷個展」中國北京37.8 ART LAB 獎項 2007 當代藝術院校大學生提名展金獎，今日美術館 明園獎、 優秀獎，上海青年美術大展 2005 第二十屆韓國“新造型”藝術大展，特別獎 收藏 澳洲悉尼白兔美術館 瑞士Origo收藏 中國山藝術基金會 中國今日美術館 私人收藏

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