A reverse beginning
Pap's bird house with nest / Mountain House / Sept. 2000
a reverse beginning
on the way of lost voyagers of dreams.
~ GOD'S SMALL BEINGS (3) by Iranian poet Robab Moheb
Pap's bird house with nest / Mountain House / Sept. 2000
Carving above a door in / Ljubljana, Slovenia / May 2005
New curtains brighten the front room as late afternoon sunlight (fabric is Volumes and Plumes by Anna Maria Horner) / April 2009
A fabric patch adds style to a dull bag (Anna Marie Horner's Drawing Room line of heavy-weight cotton; Pressed Flowers in Rose) / May 2009
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Dusk in Anita's magic garden with the Manneken Pis fountain / New Jersey / April 2009
ink not ink exhibit of Chinese contemporary ink painting; the building was designed by Frank Furness as the Centennial National Bank building (circa 1876), it is now the Paul Peck Alumni Center at Drexel University / Philadelphia, PA / May 2009
Fashion City by Nan Xi, 2008, ink on pape / ink not ink exhibit
Nan Xi composes his art using fading ink dots -- similar to a faxed or newspaper photo with many round dots -- and the techniques of broken-ink, accumulate-ink, stained-ink, and washed-ink.
He has "created a metaphor-featured painting mystery close to history and reality. The intention and value of the original images has been doubtlessly disrupted to a large extent and provoked brand-new reflection and questions. Therefore, his recent works always give people various thoughts -- it is certainly not easy to achieve."
"Nan Xi brought us great inspirations. Under the circumstances of digital age, when somebody considers the wash and ink media insignificant and no longer coordinated with the colorful and volatile new life, and have to develop towards abstract ink and wash, he has not only persisted in seeking the new possibilities for this traditional media, but also creatively endowed it with new cultural attributes and mode of expression."
~ Lu Hong writing about the works of Nan Xi
Ink on hemp paper mache, silk, iron wire; ink not ink exhibit
Detail from The Night, III, ink on paper, 2008 by Wu Yi; part of the ink not ink exhibit
Detail from a work by Li Jin; ink on paper