What To See - Forest
Guo Tianyi
郭天意
Production date
2012
Object Detail
Media
pencil on paper
Measurements
100 x 80 cm
Notes
Working with the simple medium of pencil on paper, Guo Tianyi depicts glimpses of his everyday life with subtle variations and gradations of tone. Crumpled pieces of paper, discarded bottles, folded bedclothes, the light in a corner of an empty room; each carefully composed and deliberately cropped view is rendered in exquisite detail.
Guo Tianyi believes that the subject of landscape is important, and in 2012 he created a series of works depicting scenes inspired partly by photographs and partly by his imagination. What to See—Forest (2012), shows a narrow path through a glade of trees. Tall birch and poplar trees, with spindly wintry limbs outstretched and scribbly, calligraphic markings on their trunks, recede into the pale distance. Every detail of the leaf litter on the ground below is clearly visible, and mist shrouds the distant view. There is a sense of stillness, of silence, as if the landscape is holding its breath
Guo Tianyi believes that the subject of landscape is important, and in 2012 he created a series of works depicting scenes inspired partly by photographs and partly by his imagination. What to See—Forest (2012), shows a narrow path through a glade of trees. Tall birch and poplar trees, with spindly wintry limbs outstretched and scribbly, calligraphic markings on their trunks, recede into the pale distance. Every detail of the leaf litter on the ground below is clearly visible, and mist shrouds the distant view. There is a sense of stillness, of silence, as if the landscape is holding its breath
Accession number
2013.058