Category Research Projects

Bird Series

EN: Close-up of a bird drawn with cigar ash, wings spread wide as if caught mid-flight, embodying rebellion, freedom, and youthful desire. CN: 用雪茄烟灰绘制的飞鸟特写,双翼张开仿佛定格在飞行瞬间,象征叛逆、自由与青春的欲望。

This was the very first bird I drew with coal dust — the beginning of what later became the Bird Series. Its form echoes the tradition of Song dynasty literati bird-and-flower painting, where the goal was not realism but the revelation…