$36.99 AUD
Category: Art
This award-winning contemporary art book is made completely from the perspective and language of bugs, from the front page
to the final chapter, with no human writing and text, only the "writing" of bugs. Inspired by the marks left behind by a cicada
walking across his sketchbook, contemporary artist Zh
This award-winning contemporary art book is made completely from the perspective and language of bugs, from the front page
to the final chapter, with no human writing and text, only the "writing" of bugs. Inspired by the marks left behind by a cicada
walking across his sketchbook, contemporary artist Zhu Yingchun placed boards and "ink ponds" of dark-coloured vegetable
juices in his garden for the bugs to crawl through. The resulting marks, were thousands of twisted characters, each with a charm
of its own - the language of the bugs. The accompanying booklet explains the artist's concept and QR code links the reader to a
video of the process.
"The bugs seem insignificant, but their strokes are beautiful," says Zhu Yingchun. "Art is not just those pieces hanging on walls
and placed in exhibition halls. Everything in the world, including every life in nature, has the power to create beauty, and art is all
around us.
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