Xu Shanxun captures the fleeting moment of fireworks bursting forth with swift lines. Dabs of pigment fly like scattering sparks, halting abruptly at the peak of radiance. The blank space unfurls like an endless night sky, holding the fleeting brilliance.
A tension arises between the blazing fervor of fireworks and the silence of the void. This echoes the Buddhist precept of “all conditioned things are impermanent”, and interprets the philosophical notion that “the instant is eternity”.
Observing the curved lines intersect and diverge to build unique tension, before gradually fading into another dimension, viewers may perceive life’s transience—as brief as dew or lightning. The “nothingness” embodied in blank space, precisely contains all imagination and memories of “being”.