"Two Peas, No Pod" (两个豌豆，没有豆荚)
// BLURB //
My older brother almost always knew what to do. Even if he didn’t, he always knew what to say, and most of the time that was enough. I miss the guy—I could talk to him about almost anything. I especially liked talking to him about art. Zhou is gone now, studying mathematics at Peking University, “putting his drawing to work” as he liked to say. I remember him telling me about how all the great artists used mathematical principles in their drawing, “from Sichuan Province to Rome” he would say. I think this is why he’s studying maths (that, and it was one of the few choices mother and father gave him). Zhou wanted to be an artist—and he had a knack for it too. He played music often, and painted flames on my bike when I asked him to. The butcher, who lives down the street, even bought one of Zhou’s paintings— two fish swimming in a river. They were the happiest-looking fish I’ve ever seen.
My older brother almost always knew what to do. Even if he didn’t, he always knew what to say, and most of the time that was enough. I miss the guy—I could talk to him about almost anything. I especially liked talking to him about art. Zhou is gone now, studying mathematics at Peking University, “putting his drawing to work” as he liked to say. I remember him telling me about how all the great artists used mathematical principles in their drawing, “from Sichuan Province to Rome” he would say. I think this is why he’s studying maths (that, and it was one of the few choices mother and father gave him). Zhou wanted to be an artist—and he had a knack for it too. He played music often, and painted flames on my bike when I asked him to. The butcher, who lives down the street, even bought one of Zhou’s paintings— two fish swimming in a river. They were the happiest-looking fish I’ve ever seen.
EDITION, MEDIA, SIZE & WEIGHT
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2018
Gongbi painting (工笔) on rice paper, teakwood frame
64(W)×46.5(H)×2.5(D) cm // 3.4 kg (framed)
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
69(W)×54(H)×12(D) cm // 8.6 kg
EXPOSURE
• “Disaster Diaries” at island6 Shanghai Main Space
CREDITS
Wang Tie Zhong 王铁中 (Gongbi) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction) • Irmantas Bortnikas (documentation) • Carlin Reinig (blurb)
Unique Edition, Shanghai 2018
Gongbi painting (工笔) on rice paper, teakwood frame
64(W)×46.5(H)×2.5(D) cm // 3.4 kg (framed)
CRATE SIZE & WEIGHT
69(W)×54(H)×12(D) cm // 8.6 kg
EXPOSURE
• “Disaster Diaries” at island6 Shanghai Main Space
CREDITS
Wang Tie Zhong 王铁中 (Gongbi) • Yeung Sin Ching 杨倩菁 (production supervisor) • Thomas Charvériat (art direction) • Irmantas Bortnikas (documentation) • Carlin Reinig (blurb)