Dualism-Poetically Dwelling, is a hand-made cyanotype album, with seven pairs of related images on both sides of the opening leaves. Each pair of images discusses a division of a daily situation conceptually into two opposed or contrasted aspects.
The one-of-a-kind cyanotype leaves are carefully made in the artist studio, then mounted onto every page of the handmade book. Each piece of the blue was exposed in the summer sun with pieces of negative drawings and washed in running water. The final images are appeared on a luxurious fine art paper made from rice. The cover and slipcase are made from blue silk. They are bound in an accordion-style format that was traditionally used to bind volumes of imperial Chinese poetry.
The book is a limited edition of twelve, each has a page of colophon and contents. Each edition is subtly variant, due to the idiosyncratic nature of the cyanotype process. The red seal QR code is a digital portal connected with artist’s website.
Dualism--Poetically Dwelling，2018
Artist book, Cyanotype
Book Size: 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 7/8 inches | 30 x 25 x 2 cm
With Slipcase : 12 1/4 x 10 x 1 1/2 inches | 31 x 26 x 4 cm
Edition of 12
Installation View at 2018 Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, New York
Detail of Dualism--Poetically Dwelling
Detail of Dualism--Poetically Dwelling
Detail of Dualism--Poetically Dwelling
Detail of Dualism--Poetically Dwelling
《二元论--诗意地栖居》是一本手工制作的青花画册，开本两侧有七副相关的图像。每对图像都从概念上讨论了将日常情景分为两个对立或对比的方面。
独一无二的每片蓝晒在工作室精心制作，然后镶嵌在手工书的每一页上。每一片蓝晒都在夏日的阳光下与底片图画一起曝晒，并在流水中清洗。最终的图像出现在用大米制成的奢华美术纸上。封面和封套由蓝色丝绸制成。封面和封套由蓝色丝绸制成，采用手风琴式装订，这种装订方式传统上用于装订中国古代诗集。
该书限量发行 12 册，每册都有一页扉页和内容。由于青花工艺的特殊性，每个版本都有微妙的差异。红色印章二维码是连接艺术家网站的数字门户。