Jungwei HSIEH
2025.08.06 Yesterday and the Bees
gel ink pen on paper
38*61.5cm
2025
In the Yesterday and the Bees series, Jung-wei Hsieh works with ballpoint pen and water, letting ink diffuse and soften. Lines drawn with clarity shift into edges haloed by blur, holding a balance between control and emergence. The images unfold with the slow tempo of growth, where time and mark intersect.The rhythms stem from the artist’s sustained attention to time and perception, and from a cultural sensibility attuned to qi, rhythm, and subtle detail. These works are not built from predetermined images; instead, they let ink and water determine their own course, forming visual fields shaped by cadence.What remains are traces of time and matter meeting on the surface—quiet spaces where perception finds its own rhythm.