Heart translation of Huayan Sutra

Creator Wang Xiaoning

Instructor Wang Zan

Programme Ph.D in Fine Arts

Major Painting Theory and Practice

Date of Creation 2022-04-01

Color(If any) Color

Theme(If any) Portraiture

Material(If any) Rock color, hemp paper, gold foil, silver foil

This work is created by using rock color technique after the phased study of Kaihua temple murals and Huayan Sutra It depicts a scene in the author's imagination of Hua Yan world and Xumi mountain world, in which the image of lion is the metaphor of Huayan thought It is also the so-called: "the heart is like an artist, who can draw all the world, and the five aggregates are learned from life, which cannot be made without creation."

Heart translation of Huayan Sutra This work is created by using rock color technique after the phased study of Kaihua temple murals and Huayan Sutra It depicts a scene in the author's imagination of Hua Yan world and Xumi mountain world, in which the image of lion is the metaphor of Huayan thought It is also the so-called: "the heart is like an artist, who can draw all the world, and the five aggregates are learned from life, which cannot be made without creation."
Outside window This work is based on traditional Chinese painting, with a new perspective to explore a new language of spatial expression different from the traditional "far and near method" In order to highlight the intention of form and strong sense of space, the outer frame is not described too much, so as to form a strong contrast between "virtual reality" and "far and near"