Ink Painting Lab led by
Huiqi He
2024/11/26 - 2025/2/18
Every Tuesday, 7-9 PM
Workshop
Transcending space and time: Ink Painting Lab led by Huiqi
Ink painting holds an ever-dissolving mirage, where soul and form intertwine with reality and illusion. Shades and tones are blended between dry and wet, light and shadow. Either meticulous or expressive, its brushstrokes create the bones, flesh, and soul, as phantoms, as peaks, as wind. Imagery twists and turns, the cosmos inverts, leaving space unfilled, with resonant echoes lingering endlessly.
In the short days of winter, at dusk, the Ink Painting Lab opens to explore the folded dimensions beneath the paper and brush with artist Huiqi. Introductory courses revisit major Chinese dynasties, shaping figures, landscapes, and flora. Advanced courses examine Zen and Buddhist philosophies, casting ink upon folk arts. Contemporary courses offer new calligraphic techniques, encompassing cross-media ink practices and exploring the female perspective within ink art.
When ink meets paper, it spreads and flows, showing extreme sensitivity and randomness. Ink painting, with this warm tolerance, offers insight into nature and the essence of creation, allowing even the boundaries of a steel jungle to dissolve. In the same spirit, Huiqi’s teaching incorporates experimental music, inviting uncontrollable and untamed notes to company, seeking spontaneity, chance, and uncertainty.
The perpetual collapse of the present accumulates as history. No one ever steps in the same river twice; yet with its waters, ink diffuses, and that river shall manifest in your hands. Welcome to the lab. Grasp your brush and paint your mind, time, and surroundings.
This course invites you to explore ink painting through a contemporary lens! We will integrate traditional ink painting techniques with contemporary art approaches, beginning with classic works to delve into current ink practices. From an interdisciplinary perspective, we’ll examine how media such as the body and video influence modern ink art, expanding your artistic vision. Throughout the course, you’ll not only engage in hands-on practice but also study art theory and history, discussing the tensions between tradition and modernity to foster both development and innovation. Together, we’ll discuss, learn, visit exhibitions, and create art. By the end, you’ll complete an independent artwork.
Ink painting holds an ever-dissolving mirage, where soul and form intertwine with reality and illusion. Shades and tones are blended between dry and wet, light and shadow. Either meticulous or expressive, its brushstrokes create the bones, flesh, and soul, as phantoms, as peaks, as wind. Imagery twists and turns, the cosmos inverts, leaving space unfilled, with resonant echoes lingering endlessly.
In the short days of winter, at dusk, the Ink Painting Lab opens to explore the folded dimensions beneath the paper and brush with artist Huiqi. Introductory courses revisit major Chinese dynasties, shaping figures, landscapes, and flora. Advanced courses examine Zen and Buddhist philosophies, casting ink upon folk arts. Contemporary courses offer new calligraphic techniques, encompassing cross-media ink practices and exploring the female perspective within ink art.
When ink meets paper, it spreads and flows, showing extreme sensitivity and randomness. Ink painting, with this warm tolerance, offers insight into nature and the essence of creation, allowing even the boundaries of a steel jungle to dissolve. In the same spirit, Huiqi’s teaching incorporates experimental music, inviting uncontrollable and untamed notes to company, seeking spontaneity, chance, and uncertainty.
The perpetual collapse of the present accumulates as history. No one ever steps in the same river twice; yet with its waters, ink diffuses, and that river shall manifest in your hands. Welcome to the lab. Grasp your brush and paint your mind, time, and surroundings.
This course invites you to explore ink painting through a contemporary lens! We will integrate traditional ink painting techniques with contemporary art approaches, beginning with classic works to delve into current ink practices. From an interdisciplinary perspective, we’ll examine how media such as the body and video influence modern ink art, expanding your artistic vision. Throughout the course, you’ll not only engage in hands-on practice but also study art theory and history, discussing the tensions between tradition and modernity to foster both development and innovation. Together, we’ll discuss, learn, visit exhibitions, and create art. By the end, you’ll complete an independent artwork.
About the Instructor
Huiqi He is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher whose practice is rooted in local experiences, rituals, and memories, She lets fluid queer experiences and practices disperse, touch, and connect within the interstices of forests in cross-cultural spaces. Huiqi’s recent work focuses on the shamanistic practices and narratives of southern China, combining ethnographic research methods with personal bodily sensory experiences to create multimedia works such as video, ink painting, installation, and performance. Huiqi graduated with a BFA in Chinese Painting from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, an MFA in Art Practice from the School of Visual Arts, and an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths.
Weekly Schedule
- 12 weeks course + art history & theory lecture + museum & gallery tour every two weeks
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Part 1
Beginner LevelSuitable for those with no painting experience
Week 1 (11/26)— Course Introduction & Materials Preparation
Week 2 (12/3)— Song Dynasty Bird-and-Flower Painting
Week 3 (12/10)— Tang Dynasty Figure Painting
Week 4 (12/17)— Yuan and Ming Dynasty Landscape Painting
Week 2 (12/3)— Song Dynasty Bird-and-Flower Painting
Week 3 (12/10)— Tang Dynasty Figure Painting
Week 4 (12/17)— Yuan and Ming Dynasty Landscape Painting
Part 2
Intermediate LevelFor learners with some foundational painting skills
Week 5 (12/31)— Zen, Buddhism and Taoism on ink painting
Week 6 (1/7)— Late Qing and Modern Ink Art
Week 7 (1/14)— The Realist Turn in Ink Painting
Week 8 (1/21)— Folk Painting and Arts
Week 6 (1/7)— Late Qing and Modern Ink Art
Week 7 (1/14)— The Realist Turn in Ink Painting
Week 8 (1/21)— Folk Painting and Arts
Part 3
Contemporary & Interdisciplinary LevelFor art professionals and long-term students
Week 9 (1/28)—From the Literati Ink Painting Tradition to New Literati Ink Art
Week 10 (2/4)— When Ink Art Goes Beyond Painting: Cross-Media Ink Practices
Week 11 (2/11)— Feminism and Ink: The Gazed-At Body in Ink Art History
Week 12 (2/18)— Ink, New Digital Technologies, and New Media Art
Week 10 (2/4)— When Ink Art Goes Beyond Painting: Cross-Media Ink Practices
Week 11 (2/11)— Feminism and Ink: The Gazed-At Body in Ink Art History
Week 12 (2/18)— Ink, New Digital Technologies, and New Media Art
