Falling fingers scatter blossoms
Zhang Yu - Fingertip Philosophy, Time of Ink
This work from Chinese artist Zhang Yu's "Fingerprint" series shows "action traces" rather than paintings. Zhang experiments with deconstructing Oriental painting tradition, putting down brushes to dip fingertips in ink.
Small dots from artist's fingertips—when repeated thousands of times, screens vibrate with quiet yet powerful energy.
"Fingerprint" series continues from 1991 to present—simultaneously painting, performance, and philosophical work. Fingerprints are unique physical language and proof of existence.
Zhang melts time flow, body rhythm, and existence density into screens by repeating personal traces, translating "energy and movement" spirit in ink painting contemporarily.
This biennale's work is expanded form where you can directly participate, leaving fingerprints on transparent panels. Visitors dip fingers in red ink—this participation becomes art itself.
Exhibition shows 7-meter red cloth installation with tens of thousands of stamped fingerprints feeling like individual lives achieving harmonious rhythm.
Here fingerprints are condensed traces of time, sensation, existence—visualizing Oriental philosophy's "energy and movement" as contemporary language, connecting individual and collective.
Today, participate and leave your fingerprints—experience ink painting connecting individual and collective.