Painting & Poetry Series
Spring River Enters the Old Year
Time enters the river
Sulfur dioxide, coal dust, and iron rust on canvas, 2022 — rust-colored waves and pale moonlight transform the canvas into a timeless river.
This work draws from Zhang Ruoxu’s Spring River in the Flower Moonlit Night, particularly the line “The spring river enters the old year.” Using coal dust and rust, the image blurs the boundary between past and present, letting the moonlit river become a metaphor for time’s endless flow and the recurrence of longing.
