Han Qin Art 韩沁艺术 - The Triumph of wanderers

Triumph of wanserers-left, Han Qin, 2022

Triumph of wanserers-mid, Han Qin, 2022

Triumph of wanserers-right, Han Qin, 2022

Triumph of wanderers (Triptych), 2022

36x 24 inch each, 36 x 72 inch total

Woodblock print on Pi paper

Edition 20

搏浪之歌（三联副），2022

三联画 36 x 24 英寸，共 36 x 72 英寸
91.5 x 61cm，共 91.5 x 183 cm

皮纸木刻版画

版数 20

Installation View at RIVAA Gallery, New York, NY, 2023

"The Triumph of wanderers" (Triptych) is a large scale woodcut printmaking sculpted Han’s10-year life in the US, combined with people she met and surrounded. Using knives on cherrywood board to carve out the various poses and expressions of all beings in the turbulent tide, Han created a world of people some are drifting with the current, some are riding the waves, some are redeeming each other, and some are struggling to dive in the dangerous whirlpool to reach the goal.

During the three-month printmaking process, Han realized that “so-called America’s melting pot has gradually become a bowl of salad, because the union among new immigrants is continuing but religious and cultural identity is also being maintained, and simultaneously, the so-called melting pot may not necessarily by assimilating or melting into one culture, but rather mixing in one bowl, like a salad. " (Ali, 2022.)

Detail of Triumph of wanderers (Triptych).png

Detail of Triumph of wanderers(Triptych).png

Detail of Triumph of wanderers (Triptych).png

This printmaking work is Han’s important return to printmaking, after 10 years of digital art practice. She continually questions the integration of Eastern and Western civilizations, reconnects traditional & digital art making, and rethinks the possibility of traditional artistry in the digital age.

Printing at The Studio at Gallery North

《搏浪之歌》(三联画) 是一幅大型木刻版画作品，雕刻了韩沁在美国十年的生活，结合她遇到的人和身边的人。她在樱桃木板上用刀刻出汹涌浪潮中众生的各种姿态和表情，创造了一个有的人随波逐流，有的人乘风破浪，有的人互相救赎，有的人在危险的漩涡中挣扎潜行，最终抵达目标的世界。

在历时三个月整的版画创作过程中，韩沁意识到所谓的文化大熔炉其实是一碗沙拉，因为移民之间的结合，宗教和文化认同都分别保持于各个族群，所谓的大熔炉可能不一定是通过同化或融合到一种文化中，而是像沙拉一样混合在一个碗里，共同创作未来。

这幅版画的构思是韩沁在美国从事10年数字艺术创作后重新回到版画创作的重要作品，她同时受东西方文化醺陶、先后从事纸面绘画和数字艺术研究的经历和身份，提出对东西文明相互交融疑问，绘画对接电子虚拟时代的考量，以及重新思考数字时代的传统艺术化的力量。