[Illustration] Gallery of the PRC artist: iiiis
iiiis is a talented male artist in the PRC who is involved in music production as well as art illustrations. He is known for his soft, ethereal and graceful artstyle and has won many awards. Like another contemporary artist Eno, he follows the technical concept of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in traditional Chinese paintings. The idea is to leave blanks in a painting, and yet the blanks do not mean that the painting is incomplete. On the contrary, the blanks are part of the completed painting. In this way, not only the material world of touchable things is depicted, but also the immaterial world of void.
One of his persistent themes is parallel worlds - of concrete reality and the unseen world of emptiness/dreams.
Another example of parallel worlds in his art.
Another example of parallel worlds in his art.
Another example of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in his drawings.
Another example of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in his drawings.
Another example of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in his drawings.
Yet another example of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in his drawings.
Yet another example of 計白當黑 (ji bai dang hei) in his drawings.
He also illustrates for his music concert.
And music album.
Another one of iiiis' illustrations.
In 2009, he published an artbook called "Apricot Residence" (杏公馆)
His personal blog can be found at: http://iiiis.spaces.live.com/
Really nice water colours. I’ve always liked the use of negative space and gradients in Chinese paintings. I learned it for a bit when I was a kid but I never got good at it :<
Thanks for repostings these!
I really like this concept of parallel worlds.
Besides, thisperhaps might be of some interest. Benjamin’s work made it into a French Music Video:
http://www.tokyopop.de/buecher/artbooks_und_specials/benjamin/trailer.php
Accroding to Tokyopop Germany’s newsletter this song made into the Top 10 of the French charts. I do wonder, if this may imply, the French might start getting more from China…? (It would be quite nice.)
humbug:
Thanks for letting me know. I was under the impression that no one else appreciated his works until you commented. At least now I know I am not alone in the universe.
Shina Luna:
Thanks for the update – I never knew about that.
Yes, the French do seem to be more receptive to these things.
beautiful :) i wish i can paint like that with water color :D
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