Gao Yuan 高源, Where the Clouds Pass By 云经过的地方, 2019

When We Become Us²: Venice

24 February - 23 March 2024

Gao Yuan 高源

Where the Clouds Pass By 云经过的地方, 2019

acrylic on canvas 布面丙烯

45 x 80 cm
17 1/2 x 31 1/2 in

'Where the Clouds Pass By' (2019) depicts a street scene in Hong Kong. The title references the scene in the animation, 'Cloud of the Unknown', where a group of clouds...

'Where the Clouds Pass By' (2019) depicts a street scene in Hong Kong. The title references the scene in the animation, 'Cloud of the Unknown', where a group of clouds float in the foreground. Gao breaks away from photographic source material, so that backgrounds emerge as a space to be filled. Paying homage to the real world, she wishes for the background to appear more substantial and graphic than reality.