Jin’s "Veins" Series is a fundamental reconception of ink painting. Using a minimalistic ink vocabulary, Jin eliminates the brush altogether, and utilizes the tearing and layering of xuan paper, as well as the perceptual contrast between black and white, to present an expressively bold visual experience. "Most contemporary ink painters will likely mention that ink production is somehow connected to Zen. ‘Zen,’ this word, is not easy to understand—yet there is no need to have to explain it. I just want to say that water and ink are substances that cannot be controlled— they are unpredictable—which is how new ideas can germinate." - Jin Jinghua Veins Work on paper. Ink on Xuan paper. 130 x 384cm. 2013.
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