| "Untitled" by Ha Bik-chuen. Line is the prominent element of this artwork. His fluid, decisive and imaginative strokes result in the fluent composition of a portrait. As for the background, he uses light ink with washes for the peripheral area. Alongside original brushwork invented by Ha, ink spots of various size close in on the subject to create a sense of depth. The coloured section gives more volume to the lines, so that the figure appears to levitate on the mock-stone background, creating a sense of space and hence a new spiritual realm. Ha was well past seventy when he took the bold step of using ink as a medium to create three-dimensional visual effects on a two-dimensional plane. In doing so, he included his experience of printmaking and sculpture. |
